How is Sugar Hill run?
Sugar Hill’s city government spent $15.5 million on day-to-day services in the year to December 31, 2024, about $609 per resident. Water and other utilities ($5.7 million) are counted separately.
What stands out about how Sugar Hill is run
Read from the city’s budget and official records.
About $609 per resident a year, or $1.67 a day
Day-to-day services only. The biggest line: parks & libraries, at 22%.
Thank you for being a neighbor
No comparison or trend for Sugar Hill yet
The fair comparison uses 2022, the last year the Census Bureau counted every government (later years are a sample), and Sugar Hill’s 2022 figures are a Census estimate (it reported none of its 2022 dollars). It reported 2024 only (2022 and 2023 are estimates), so there is no trend yet either. The next full count is 2027.
How Town Hall compares budgets →full-time in March 2025, up from 85 in 2022. Both are Census estimates.
The typical homeowner pays $3,993 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 0.97% of the home’s value, vs 0.77% across Georgia.
Typical yearly bill next door and statewide
The Housing page’s calculator splits a monthly payment into loan, tax and insurance at Sugar Hill’s rate.
Can I afford it? →The median bill homeowners report to the Census survey (bills of $10,000+ are reported as “$10,000+”). The effective rate is that bill ÷ the median home value: a rough guide, not the official tax rate.
Tax bills are one input to Sugar Hill’s Cost of living grade. Cost of living in Sugar Hill →
Who’s in charge in Sugar Hill
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
Sugar Hill’s meeting calendar isn’t in our feed yet. The city posts agendas and minutes on cityofsugarhill.com ↗.
One full-time city employee for every 282 residents
On the payroll in March 2025, from the Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll (a Census estimate). Residents: the Census population in the 2024 finance file (25,407).
By department full-time, plus part-time, March 2025
The Census reports one month’s payroll (March); yearly figures are that month × 12, an estimate. Part-timers count half in the bar lengths.
Gwinnett County School District
Sugar Hill’s K–12 school district, shared with Berkeley Lake, Dacula, Duluth, Grayson, Lawrenceville and more. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $15,623 per pupil, $9,481 goes to the classroom (teachers, aides, supplies); the rest to buses, buildings, counselors and administration. Building projects and debt payments aren’t in the per-pupil figure.
Georgia districts overall: 49% local, 39% state, 12% federal.
School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.
Sugar Hill’s votes are counted by county
Georgia reports official results by county and precinct, not by city, so there are no official results for Sugar Hill alone, and we don’t estimate them. These are Gwinnett County’s results.
Kamala D HarrisDemocrat57.6%242,507 votes
Donald J TrumpRepublican41.1%173,041 votesOthers: 1.2% (5,133 votes).
Most votes in Gwinnett County: Kamala D Harris
Georgia: Trump 50.7%, Harris 48.5%
100% of Sugar Hill lies in Gwinnett County. Every 2024 race in Gwinnett County is on the county’s page.
Gwinnett County’s 2024 results →Official 2024 general election returns, as certified (MIT Election Data + Science Lab). Percentages are of votes for candidates; blank and spoiled ballots aren’t counted. Candidates are listed by votes, and party colors are neutral on purpose.
Portraits: Kamala D Harris: official vice-presidential portrait, Lawrence Jackson, The White House, 2021; Donald J Trump: official portrait, Shealah Craighead, The White House, 2017. All are U.S. government works in the public domain. A race shows photos only when every candidate has an official portrait; otherwise every candidate in it gets initials.
From town hall to Washington
Every level of government that speaks for Sugar Hill.
- 1Your cityMayor & councilOfficials: cityofsugarhill.com ↗
- 2Georgia HouseSugar Hill is split between 3 districts
- 3Georgia SenateState senator
- 4GovernorStatewide
- 5U.S. HouseYour representative in Congress
- 6U.S. SenateBoth represent all of Georgia
Democrat · Republican · other or independent. Tap a name for their official page.
How Sugar Hill compares with the towns next door
Sugar Hill’s 2022 figures are a Census estimate, so it isn’t placed among them. Neighbors that reported 2022 spent $661 to $1,507 per resident. Tap a town to see its page.
Day-to-day spending in 2022, the last year every government was counted, for governments that reported it; hospital and utilities left out. Tax bill: the typical homeowner’s bill (Census ACS, 2020–24).
Reach Sugar Hill’s government
The official site has phone numbers, hours and forms. Neighbors add the rest to the Handbook.
Questions about Sugar Hill’s government
How much does Sugar Hill spend per resident?
About $609 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to December 31, 2024, as reported to the Census Bureau.
What is the property tax rate in Sugar Hill?
Homeowners report a typical bill of $3,993 a year (Census ACS, 2020–24), about 0.97% of the typical home’s value, vs 0.77% across Georgia. For the official rate per $1,000 of assessed value, see cityofsugarhill.com.
Who runs Sugar Hill’s government?
See cityofsugarhill.com for current officials. We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Sugar Hill yet.
How did Sugar Hill vote in 2024?
Georgia counts votes by county and precinct, not by city, so there are no official results for Sugar Hill alone. Gwinnett County, where 100% of Sugar Hill lies, voted Harris 57.6%, Trump 41.1% for president; its page has every race.
How many people work for Sugar Hill?
90 full-time and 40 part-time employees in March 2025, with a March payroll of $548,999 (about $6.6M a year if every month were the same); Census Bureau estimates.
Who represents Sugar Hill in the state legislature?
Sugar Hill is split among 3 State House districts and 2 State Senate districts, so your address decides. The Georgia Legislature’s lookup finds yours. Listed by Open States; districts from the Census Bureau.
Ask neighbors about Sugar Hill’s government
Neighbors who’ve been to the meetings can help.
Budget and staff: U.S. Census Bureau, Census of Governments (2022, every government) and Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances (2023–24, a sample) and the Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll; day-to-day spending is current operations, with hospitals, utilities and airports apart. School district: Census school finance survey, 2023–24. Property tax: Census American Community Survey, 2020–24. Elections: official 2024 returns via the MIT Election Data + Science Lab; turnout uses Census citizen voting-age population (CVAP, 2020–24). Officials: Open States, names shown only with a current term (checked October 9, 2026). Districts: Census Bureau (119th Congress, 2024 state districts); legislators: Open States and congress-legislators. How Town Hall works →