With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Sugar Hill works elsewhere
There are 6,648 jobs in Sugar Hill, against 12,418 working residents. Sugar Hill grades A− for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. Household incomes here are higher than in 82% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Sugar Hill: the gist
Sugar Hill draws workers from far and wide
The 6,648 jobs in Sugar Hill are filled from a wide area. Sugar Hill’s own residents hold 7% and the ten next-biggest home towns 14%; the other 79% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
No single place dominates Sugar Hill’s commute
The biggest draw, Atlanta, gets only 7% of working residents, and 61% work outside the top ten towns entirely. Sugar Hill residents fan out across the region. The commute map ↓
Sugar Hill has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Sugar Hill went from 4,030 in 2014 to 6,648 in 2024, +65%. The jobs ↓
Home offices are common in Sugar Hill
24% of Sugar Hill workers work from home, against 16% across Georgia. Time on the road ↓
Sugar Hill workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 33 minutes each way, against 28 across Georgia. Over a year that’s about 253 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Jobs & income in Sugar Hill: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Sugar Hill is better than 81% of U.S. towns, #33 of 263 in Georgia. Job access by car is its strongest input (ahead of 84% of U.S. towns); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (4.0%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Sugar Hill could be anywhere from B+ to A.
7% of working residents work in Atlanta
Where Sugar Hill clocks in
7% of workers
5% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
The kinds of work in Sugar Hill
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sugar Hill, 2014 → 2024: 4,030 → 6,648. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sugar Hill’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Sugar Hill, about 33 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sugar Hill workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 9,994 commuters (the 24% who work from home are left out). Across Georgia: 84% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Who works in Sugar Hill, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 11,941 residents head out to work, 477 work right here, and 6,171 people come in from elsewhere.
About 24,000 people are in Sugar Hill on a workday afternoon, 20% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
How far Sugar Hill goes to work
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
In Sugar Hill, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Sugar Hill is more walkable than 35% of U.S. towns, #206 of 263 in Georgia. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.1% across Georgia.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 13,064 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.4% of Sugar Hill households have no vehicle (Georgia 5.9%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Sugar Hill’s commuters take a bus or train.
483rd of 1,506: where Sugar Hill ranks among U.S. towns of 20,000 to 40,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mountain Brook AL | 21,661 | $201K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Upper Dublin Township PA | 27,258 | $168K | 3.2% | 1.9% | 8% | A+ |
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| 110 | Holly Springs GA | 20,261 | $114K | 3.9% | 2.2% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 274 | Decatur GA | 25,276 | $139K | 6.2% | 4.3% | 9% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 308 | Woodstock GA | 39,895 | $103K | 6.6% | 2.7% | 8% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 481 | Roxbury Township NJ | 23,427 | $135K | 3.9% | 6.8% | 8% | A− |
| 482 | Streamwood IL | 38,277 | $101K | 10.2% | 3.4% | 3% | A− |
| 483 | Sugar Hill GA | 29,280 | $107K | 7.3% | 4.0% | 4% | A− |
| 484 | Hudson MA | 20,341 | $103K | 5.3% | 4.8% | 13% | A− |
| 485 | Moorpark CA | 35,023 | $148K | 4.9% | 5.1% | 10% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,506 | Barstow CA | 24,804 | $53K | 23.1% | 11.9% | 16% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Sugar Hill, the top three, the last and three more from Georgia.
How Sugar Hill compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Buford (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Sugar Hill workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sugar Hill | – | A− | C+ | 33 min | $107,389 |
| Buford | 5% | B− | B− | 28 min | $69,471 |
| Suwanee | 4% | B+ | B− | 30 min | $103,260 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Sugar Hill’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Sugar Hill: questions
What is the median household income in Sugar Hill?
$107,389 (±$6,778) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,353 across Georgia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sugar Hill?
7.3%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sugar Hill?
33 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally. 24% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sugar Hill work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Atlanta (7%, 32 mi), Alpharetta (6%, 14 mi), Buford (5%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Sugar Hill walkable?
Sugar Hill is more walkable than 35% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 7.4 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Sugar Hill without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sugar Hill, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sugar Hill
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.