How did a city get a name like this? Well, here is the unoffical story. Many years ago Buford was a railhead from which several freight wagons traveled regularly to Cumming, which even today has no rail lines. The story is that on one of the freight trips a heavily loaded wagon lost a wheel on a high hill and spilled a part of its load, including several large bags of sugar. The wheel was repaired and the wagon reloaded - except for the sugar, which had broken open and spilled on the hill. The area became known as "The hill where the sugar spilled." It was shortened to "The Sugar Hill" and then just to "Sugar Hill." Sugar Hill existed as a Georgia Militia District for many years before it was charted as a city on March 24, 1939.

Sugar Hill is located just North of Suwanee,GA & South West of Buford,GA. The city's location close to Lake Lanier and the Mall of Georgia makes it a unique peaceful area with easy access to anything you need.

Demographics

As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there were 11,399 people, 4,004 households, and 3,139 families residing in the city. The population density was 480.5/km² (1,244.3/mi²). There were 4,115 housing units at an average density of 173.5/km² (449.2/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 87.71% White, 4.68% African American, 0.17% Native American, 1.66% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 4.04% from other races, and 1.73% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 9.11% of the population.

There were 4,004 households out of which 44.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 64.7% were married couples living together, 9.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.6% were non-families. 16.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 3.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.85 and the average family size was 3.20.

In the city the population was spread out with 29.2% under the age of 18, 7.3% from 18 to 24, 39.9% from 25 to 44, 18.2% from 45 to 64, and 5.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females there were 99.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.4 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $59,489, and the median income for a family was $63,003. Males had a median income of $42,141 versus $29,428 for females. The per capita income for the city was $23,198. About 2.3% of families and 3.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 3.5% of those under age 18 and 2.2% of those age 65 or over.