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Top 50 rank: 33
Population: 16,002
Town Center Park is the heart of Suwanee. The 23-acre plot is full of locally owned restaurants, specialty stores, and City Hall, in addition to a huge water fountain, an amphitheater, and scores of public artworks. (A slab from the Berlin Wall is on display now.)
Residents also enjoy occasional food-truck days, with about 10 mobile outposts, and concerts, such as a recent Eve 6 show. But this is an Atlanta suburb -- and a fast-growing one at that -- meaning that traffic is often brutal. --S.M.
Suwanee, GA
Town stats
| Median family income (per year) | $95,747 |
| Job growth % (2010-2012) | 12.27% |
| Median home price (2012) | $199,000 |
| Reading test scores (% above/below average) | 10.3% |
| Math test scores (% above/below average) | 26.6% |
| Personal crime incidents (per 1,000) | 1 |
| Property crime incidents (per 1,000) | 22 |
Financials | |
| Median family income (per year) | $95,747 |
| Family purchasing power (annual, cost-of-living adjusted) | $98,576 |
| Sales tax | 6.00% |
| State income tax rate (highest bracket) | 6.00%I |
| State income tax rate (lowest bracket) | 1.00%I |
| Auto insurance premiums (Average price quotes, for the state) | $1,830 |
| Job growth % (2010-2012) | 12.27% |
Financials
Housing |
| Median home price (2012) | $199,000 |
| Average property taxes (2012) | $4,018 |
Housing
Education |
| Colleges, universities and professional schools (within 30 miles) | 45 |
| Reading test scores (% above/below state average) | 10.3% |
| Test scores math (% above/below average) | 26.6% |
| % students attending public/private schools (located within town limits) | 100.0/0.0 |
Education
Quality of life |
| Air quality index* (% of days AQI ranked as good) | 82.2% |
| Personal crime incidents (per 1,000) | 1 |
| Property crime incidents (per 1,000) | 22 |
| Median commute time (in minutes) | 30.7 |
| % population with commute 45 mins. or longer | 29.7% |
| % population walk or bike to work | 1.8% |
Quality of life
Leisure and culture |
| Movie theaters (within 15 miles) | 33 |
| Restaurants (within 15 miles) | 2,416 |
| Bars (within 15 miles) | 139 |
| Public golf courses (within 30 miles) | 168 |
| Libraries (within 15 miles) | 21 |
| Museums (accredited by AAM; within 30 miles) | 5 |
| Ski resorts (within 100 miles) | N.A. |
| Arts funding (Dollars per person of state funds spent on arts) | 0.3 |
Leisure and culture
Weather |
| Annual rainfall (inches) | 50.2 |
| % clear days in the area | 59% |
| High temp in July ° F | 87.5° |
| Low temp in Jan ° F | 29.1° |
Weather
Meet the neighbors |
| Median age | 35.8 |
| Completed at least some college (% of residents) | 77.9% |
| Married % | 63.3% |
| Divorced % | 5.3% |
| Racial diversity index (100 is national average; higher numbers indicate greater diversity) | 198.7 |
Meet the neighbors
