Buford, Georgia

2026 Edition · 10 cards · data as of Oct 30, 2026

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Units needed

Closing the gap would add 0.4–4.2% to the 5,939 homes here.

25–250

is the estimated number of missing housing units, from the lowest to the highest of three estimates.

Range computed by the Almanac from 2023 jobs and household data, using three demand models: 1% of jobs located here, 1% of renter households, and a rate by town size applied to renters. The low end is the lowest of the three and the high end the highest. It is an estimate, not a count.Sources: Computed by the Almanac

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Population

Growing. Up 9.6% since 2020.

18,780

people, the 66th-largest of Georgia's cities and towns.

Census Population Estimates, 2025. Rank among Georgia's cities and towns computed by the Almanac. Sources: Census Population Estimates
The workday

Nearly every job here goes to someone who lives somewhere else.

96.0%

of 25,018 jobs located in Buford are filled by in-commuters.

Census LEHD LODES, 2023. Sources: Census LEHD LODES
Rent

Median rent is up 82% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.

$1,357

a month. Georgia's median is $1,393.

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024 (latest), with earlier 5-year windows. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
The seam

Cross one tract line and median rent doubles.

A $1,918 gap between neighbors, the sharpest rent edge between adjacent tracts in Gwinnett County.
- $1,225 Tract 507.43
- $3,143 Tract 505.88
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024, adjacent tracts compared by the Almanac. Tract estimates carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
Room to build

The median rent sits inside what local wages can carry.

$1,079–$1,618

is the monthly rent range local workforce wages support.
- $1,357 median
Supportable rent computed by the Almanac from 2023 source wage data. Median rent: Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Computed by the Almanac, Census ACS 5-year
Building

56% of the housing here was built before 2000.
- 1,362 homes permitted in ten years, 2016–2025
- 17% of those were in multifamily buildings
- 56% of all homes were built before 2000
Census Building Permits Survey, 2016–2025; Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Census Building Permits Survey, Census ACS 5-year
Units needed

Closing the gap would add 0.4–4.2% to the 5,939 homes here.

25–250

is the estimated number of missing housing units, from the lowest to the highest of three estimates.

Range computed by the Almanac from 2023 jobs and household data, using three demand models: 1% of jobs located here, 1% of renter households, and a rate by town size applied to renters. The low end is the lowest of the three and the high end the highest. It is an estimate, not a count. Sources: Computed by the Almanac
Home value

A median home costs 22% more than Georgia's.

$368,700

median home value in Buford.
- $368,700 Buford
- $303,300 Georgia
- $332,700 U.S.
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

Buford, Georgia

Buford,
Georgia.

Growing. Up 9.6% since 2020.

Nearly every job here goes to someone who lives somewhere else.

Median rent is up 82% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.

Cross one tract line and median rent doubles.

The median rent sits inside what local wages can carry.

56% of the housing here was built before 2000.

Closing the gap would add 0.4–4.2% to the 5,939 homes here.

A median home costs 22% more than Georgia's.

Every number came from a public source, with its date.

Growing. Up 9.6% since 2020.

Nearly every job here goes to someone who lives somewhere else.

Median rent is up 82% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.

Cross one tract line and median rent doubles.

The median rent sits inside what local wages can carry.

56% of the housing here was built before 2000.

Closing the gap would add 0.4–4.2% to the 5,939 homes here.

A median home costs 22% more than Georgia's.

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