Rents are 10% below what Sugar Hill's 10-year trend predicts — a better deal than its own history suggests.
Rent by unit size
These are HUD Fair Market Rents, the payment standard for a Housing Choice Voucher (Section 8). They often differ from the $1,991 market median above, and that is expected: FMR is the 40th percentile of standard-quality units and counts gross rent, so it includes essential utilities such as electricity, water, gas, sewer, and trash. The market median is asking rent, which usually excludes utilities. HUD sets FMR once a year; market rent here updates monthly.
Source: HUD Small Area Fair Market Rents. Read the methodology →
12-month history
Last updated: October 17, 2026
What the numbers show
Rent in Sugar Hill is 2.3% below its high of $2,037 in February 2025, at $1,991 as of September 2026.
Rent in Sugar Hill changed +1.6% over the year to September 2026. Across the 115 Georgia cities Zillow tracks, the typical change was +2.3%.
Rent has risen 6 months in a row, and rose in 7 of the last 12 months.
30% of the median household income ($107,389) is $2,685 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a 3-bedroom ($2,039); a 4-bedroom is $2,713.
Duluth, 10 miles away, rents for 17% less ($1,648/mo), about $4,100 a year in savings.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for Sugar Hill. Income is the Census median household income (5-year estimates). Fair Market Rents are HUD’s, which include utilities.
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Who lives here
Sugar Hill, GA is majority owner-occupied, has a large share of families with children, has a median income above the national average, 48.5% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Sugar Hill, GA has changed in 5 years
Across the past five years, the going rent in Sugar Hill, GA has shifted from $1,538 to $1,991, up 29.5% since 2021. Median household income climbed from $89,583 to $107,389 between 2021 and 2024, a 19.9% shift. Because rent grew faster than wages over the same span, the affordability picture has tightened relative to 2021. Census counts show Sugar Hill, GA adding about 1,529 residents over the five-year window, up 6.2% on net. Bachelor's-degree-or-higher attainment moved from 40.9% to 48.5% across the same window. Taken together, the five-year picture in Sugar Hill, GA reflects how housing costs and the people paying them have evolved through a stretch that included a pandemic, a hot rental market, and a recent cooling phase.
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
The median rent in Sugar Hill is $1,991/mo as of October 2026. a 2-bedroom runs $1,581/mo. One-bedroom apartments average $1,516/mo and 3-bedroom units go for $2,039/mo.
At 22% of local median household income ($107,389/yr), Sugar Hill ranks as affordable compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have increased 1.6% over the past year.
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At $1,991/mo, rent takes ~22% of Sugar Hill's median household income ($107,389/yr). The standard benchmark is 30%.
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