Best PlacesSuwanee, GA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Suwanee, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Suwanee ranks 200th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on what local pay buys by a wide margin, and cell coverage ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Suwanee
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Suwanee's strengths and weaknesses
Where Suwanee ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 97% of cities
- Health outlookBetter than 95% of cities
- Household income$146,557 median, better than 90% of cities
- Low vacancyBetter than 89% of cities
- Educational attainmentBetter than 88% of cities
Where Suwanee ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 16% of cities
- Short commute31.6 minutes each way, better than only 16% of cities
- WalkabilityBetter than only 21% of cities
- Air qualityBetter than only 27% of cities
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 28% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Suwanee
A household needs to earn about $156,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Suwanee home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $146,557; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Suwanee's effective rate of 0.89%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Suwanee
Suwanee's age mix sits close to the national median, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Suwanee.
Who works in Suwanee, and how
Work in Suwanee centers on professional & technical and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 67%
- Work from home 32%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Suwanee
Suwanee has more restaurants and bars per resident than 80% of cities and more parkland per resident than 92% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Suwanee and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Suwanee, month by month
Suwanee sees roughly 90 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 55, with lows near 33. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 55° | 44° | 33° |
| April | 75° | 62° | 49° |
| July | 90° | 80° | 70° |
| October | 77° | 64° | 52° |
Flying in and out of Suwanee
Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International sits about 35 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 51.5 million passengers in 2025, with 278 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Suwanee
Schools across Suwanee average a B+, better than 76% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Daves Creek Elementary SchoolA+ · 89% proficient
- Sharon Elementary SchoolA+ · 84% proficient
- Big Creek Elementary SchoolA+ · 83% proficient
Top middle schools
- Riverwatch Middle SchoolA+ · 76% proficient
- River Trail Middle SchoolA+ · 76% proficient
- South Forsyth Middle SchoolA+ · 72% proficient
Top high schools
- Northview High SchoolA− · 65% proficient
- Lambert High SchoolB+ · 57% proficient
- South Forsyth High SchoolB+ · 56% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Suwanee school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Suwanee measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Suwanee against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Suwanee suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 97% of cities, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 32% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Suwanee
Is Suwanee a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Suwanee ranks 200th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on what local pay buys, population health, and high incomes, and lowest on cell coverage and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Suwanee expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $589,808. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $146,557 median income, cost of living beats 97% of cities.
Is Suwanee safe?
Yes, Suwanee is safer than 75% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $219 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Suwanee?
July highs average about 90 degrees, and January highs near 55 with lows near 33. That works out to about 90 pleasant days a year, more than 54% of cities.
Is Suwanee good for families?
Schools beat 76% of cities, crime safety beats 75%, and childcare runs $919 a month.
Compare Suwanee with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Suwanee. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Suwanee represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Suwanee detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Suwanee: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Suwanee: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Suwanee: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Suwanee: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Suwanee detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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