What is the population of Buford city?

Buford city has 17,611 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #69 of 675 in Georgia.

What is the median household income in Buford city?

Median household income in Buford city is $71,598 a year, 8.8% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Buford city?

Median gross rent is $1,256 a month and the median home value is $346,400, so rent absorbs about 21.1% of median household income.

Is Buford city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 4.8× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Buford city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 21.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Buford, GA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Buford, Georgia (Buford, GA — Census place “Buford city”) is 17,611 residents, ranking #69 of 675 places in Georgia. Median household income is $71,598, the median home is worth $346,400 and median gross rent runs $1,256 a month. Looking for the Buford Georgia ZIP code list? 2 ZIP codes serve Buford, GA: 30518, 30519.

Population: 17,611Buford city residents
Median household income: $71,598Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $346,400Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,256Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 35.1 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 70.5%Owner-occupied households

Buford ZIP codes (Georgia)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Buford.

The Buford GA ZIP code list below covers 2 ZIP codes. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

What the numbers mean in Buford city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Buford city median would spend about 21.1% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 4.8× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 11.4% of residents and 70.5% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Buford city, GA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Buford city is a mid-size town in Georgia, with 17,611 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #69 of 675 ranked by population — larger than 89% of them. The median age here is 35.1 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Buford city earn a median of $71,598 a year, 8.8% below the national figure of $78,538 and 25% above the $57,300 median for the 378 Georgia cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 11.4% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Buford city is valued at $346,400, 14.2% above the national figure and 81% above the $191,600 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,256 a month, 10.7% below the national figure, or roughly $15,072 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 21.1% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 4.8×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 70.5% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Buford city?: Buford city has 17,611 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #69 of 675 in Georgia.
What is the median household income in Buford city?: Median household income in Buford city is $71,598 a year, 8.8% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Buford city?: Median gross rent is $1,256 a month and the median home value is $346,400, so rent absorbs about 21.1% of median household income.
Is Buford city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 4.8× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Buford city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 21.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Buford city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.