
Gwinnett County · Georgia
ZIP code 30518
- Population
- 56,309
- Median income
- $97,339
- Median home
- $367,000
- Sales tax
- 4%
ZCTA residents
Household, past 12 months
Owner-occupied value
Georgia state rate
Quick answer
ZIP 30518 sits in Gwinnett County, Georgia and is home to 56,309 people. Median household income is $97,339, the median home is worth $367,000 and median gross rent is $1,611. 76.4% of households own their home, and purchases are taxed at 4% (Georgia state rate).
- County
- Gwinnett County
- State
- Georgia (GA)
- Area codes
- Not published
- Metro area
- Outside covered metros
FIPS 13135
751 ZIPs covered
No NANPA match for this ZIP
Rate jurisdiction used for tax
The numbers for 30518
American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates for this ZCTA.
- Population
- 56,309ZIP 30518 residents
- Median household income
- $97,339Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $367,000Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $1,611Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 36.2 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 76.4%Owner-occupied households
ZIP 30518 in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
ZIP 30518 is a small city in Gwinnett County, Georgia, with 56,309 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #33 of 751 ranked by population — larger than 95% of them. The median age here is 36.2 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 ZIP 30518 earn a median of $97,339 a year, 23.9% above the national figure of $78,538. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 11.2% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in ZIP 30518 is valued at $367,000, 21% above the national figure, while median gross rent runs $1,611 a month, 14.6% above the national figure, or roughly $19,332 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 19.9% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.8×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 76.4% 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.
All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. 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.
Reading ZIP 30518 in context
How 30518 sits inside Gwinnett County and Georgia.
ZIP 30518 is tabulated inside Gwinnett County, Georgia, one of 16 ZIP areas the Census publishes for that county and 751 across Georgia. This is a dense urban ZIP, where a single postal boundary can hold more residents than an entire rural county. County assignment on this page follows the largest share of the ZIP's land area, which matters where a delivery route crosses a county line: mail addressed to 30518 can be handled by a post office in a neighbouring county even though the tabulation area is filed here.
Against its own county, 30518 reports a median household income of $97,339, 8% above the $90,277 county median, and 58% above the $61,524 typical GA ZIP. Owner-occupied homes are valued at a median of $367,000, 9% above the county figure and 89% above the statewide ZIP median. Rent is reported gross — the contract amount plus tenant-paid utilities — at $1,611 a month, which is why it reads higher than the advertised rent on a listing for the same unit.
Georgia charges 4% statewide, and local governments overlapping 30518 may add county, city or special-district levies on top. We publish the state floor for this ZIP rather than guessing a combined figure, because ZIP boundaries and taxing-district boundaries were drawn for different purposes and do not line up.
Everything above comes from the Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates for this ZIP Code Tabulation Area, with sales tax rates traced to the state revenue agency. Five-year estimates pool sixty months of responses, so they are stable enough to compare 30518 with its neighbours but always trail the current year, and any value the Census suppressed for sample size is shown as unpublished rather than filled in with a model.
Sales tax in 30518
What a purchase inside this ZIP costs at checkout.
Georgia levies 4% statewide, and counties, cities and special districts inside this ZIP can add their own local rate on top. Check the county page for the local component before you quote a price.
Affordability in this ZIP
Derived from the Census medians above — indicative, not an offer.
A rent burden above 30% is the federal threshold for cost-burdened households, and a price-to-income multiple above 4× is generally considered a stretched housing market. The mortgage figure is principal and interest only — taxes, insurance and HOA dues are extra.
How 30518 compares
ZIP 30518 against the median ZIP in Gwinnett County and across Georgia.
| Measure | ZIP 30518 | County median | State median | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $97,339 | $90,277 | $61,524 | +58% |
| Median home value | $367,000 | $338,200 | $194,200 | +89% |
| Median gross rent | $1,611 | $1,747 | $965 | +67% |
| Population | 56,309 | 50,379 | 5,994 | +839% |
Medians are computed across the 16 ZIP areas in Gwinnett County and the 751 ZIP areas in Georgia.
Statewide rank
Where this ZIP places among all 751 Georgia ZIP areas.
- Income
- #81
- Home value
- #78
- Population
- #33
richer than 88% of 689 state ZIPs
above 88% of 672 state ZIPs
larger than 96% of 751 state ZIPs
Comparable ZIP codes
Georgia ZIP areas with almost the same household income.
Nearby ZIP codes
Other ZIP codes filed under Gwinnett County.
Adjacent ZIP Codes
Other ZIP codes in Gwinnett County, Georgia.
ZIP 30518 questions
Common questions about this ZIP code.
- Where is ZIP code 30518?
- ZIP 30518 lies mostly in Gwinnett County, Georgia. County assignment follows the largest share of land area, so a ZIP straddling a county line is filed under its dominant county.
- What sales tax do I pay in 30518?
- Georgia charges 4% statewide, plus any county, city or district rate that applies locally.
- Is 30518 expensive to live in?
- Median rent runs $1,611 a month, about 20% of median household income, and the median home is worth $367,000 — +89% against the typical Georgia ZIP.
- Is a ZCTA the same as a postal ZIP code?
- Not exactly. The Census builds ZIP Code Tabulation Areas from the ZIP codes of addresses inside each census block, so a ZCTA can differ slightly from the USPS delivery route of the same number, and PO-box-only ZIPs have no ZCTA at all.
Keep going
Related pages for this area.
Sources & transparency
- US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates — 2019-2023 ACS 5-year — population, income, housing
- Census 2020 ZCTA-to-county relationship file — County assignment by largest land-area overlap
- Georgia Department of Revenue — Sales tax rates and local add-ons
Last reviewed December 2024. Figures are published for reference and can change; verify with the source agency before filing or contracting. How we build and check this data.