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Gwinnett County, GA — Hotels Saturation

How many hotels exist per person present — residents plus daytime workers — by ZIP code, compared with the U.S. average. Establishment data: Census ZBP 2023. Population: ACS 2024 5-year. 25 ZIP codes analyzed.

Includes: Hotels · Motels · Motor inns. Counted together because official statistics use one 721110 code.

Measured density: Below average — 0.74× the U.S. rate (between 0.74× and 0.81× once withheld ZIP cells are counted)

Why a range: Census does not publish a ZIP-by-industry count when that ZIP has 0–2 businesses. 14 ZIP cells in this county are withheld, 5 of them with residents. Each could hold 0, 1, or 2 businesses: counting them all as 0 gives the low end, counting them all as 2 gives the high end — the data cannot say where the truth sits. The density range uses only the populated cells, since ZIPs without residents are excluded from per-person rates. How ranges work

Below the U.S. rate   Gwinnett County hotels — 74–81% of the U.S. rate

111 hotels are counted in Gwinnett County — 1.0 per 10,000 people present (residents + daytime workers), 74% of the U.S. rate of 1.4.

On the comparable ZIP set (ZIPs with a published count in every year), the total has risen 19% between 2015 and 2023 (88 → 105). That set is smaller than today's county total. 2020–2021 were pandemic-distorted, and Census rounds counts, so small moves are within noise.

Measured supply density is highest in 30071 (Norcross), 30092 (Peachtree Corners), 30093 (Norcross) — well above the national rate. On measured density alone, the lowest-density residential ZIPs with a published count are 30518 (Buford), 30046 (Lawrenceville), 30078 (Snellville).

Census County Business Patterns (2023) puts the county-wide count at 132 establishments, including locations in ZIP codes that do not map to a ZCTA — so it can run slightly above the sum of the ZIP rows on this page. It is annual, so it lags more than QCEW.

Measured density: Gwinnett County sits at 74% of the U.S. rate for hotels. 5 ZIPs with population have no published count (each 0–2 businesses), so the true per-capita rate is between 74% and 81% of the U.S. rate. Why. The highest measured density is in 30071 and 30092; the lowest measured density is in 30518 and 30046.

This is a supply-side read: it counts existing hotels and the people present, not foot traffic, income, rent, or whether locals want more. Treat low density as a question to check, not an answer.

Hotels
111–139
published count; upper bound counts each withheld ZIP cell as 2 (14 cells) (2023)
Per 10,000 present
1.0
residents + daytime workers
U.S. average
1.4
per 10,000 present
County index
0.74×
vs. U.S.
Latest year (CBP)
132
2023 — $57M annual payroll
Residents
905,470
16 ZIPs with data
Workers
352,263
jobs located in county

Is the area growing?

Population
1,003,869
Census PEP, July 1 2024
Change since 2020
+4.7%
+45,491 people
Net migration 2024
+5,987
international +12,945, domestic −6,958
Jobs located here
386,977
LODES 2022, +2.8% since 2019

Gwinnett County had an estimated 1,003,869 residents on July 1, 2024 — 4.7% more than in 2020 (+45,491). In the latest year it gained 12,267 people: births minus deaths +6,198, international migration +12,945, domestic migration −6,958. Components are published separately and may not sum exactly.

386,977 jobs were located in the county in 2022 (+2.8% since 2019), and 406,746 employed residents lived there (+3.0% since 2019). LODES counts wage and salary jobs covered by unemployment insurance plus federal jobs; it excludes the self-employed and military, and counts jobs rather than unique people. 2019→2022 spans the pandemic, so read it as one change, not a trend.

Population and migration say whether the customer base is growing. They do not say whether people want another business of this type. Definitions and limits →  ·  Full county detail →

ZIP gaining residents
2015–19 → 2020–24
Change
30519 Buford
+25.8%
30078 Snellville
+16.8%
30044 Lawrenceville
+13.8%
ZIP losing residents
2015–19 → 2020–24
Change
30093 Norcross
−17.6%

ACS 5-year estimates for 2015–2019 and 2020–2024. Only ZIPs with at least 2,000 residents in both windows and a change larger than the survey margin of error (90%) are listed — small ZIPs move a lot on paper without a real signal.

Nonemployer businesses

Not shown. Census publishes hotels only combined with other traveler accommodation (NAICS 7211), so a hotels-and-motels-only nonemployer count is not published.

Census Nonemployer Statistics 2024 (NAICS 2022). We do not approximate this figure.

Saturation map

Each ZIP area is shaded by its density of this business type per person present (residents + workers) vs. the U.S. average. Click any ZIP to zoom to its boundary, see its numbers, and switch to aerial imagery. Individual mapped shops appear as dots at street level — Show locations zooms you in to them (scroll or double-click to zoom).

Basemap:
Under 50% 50–100% 100–150% 150–250% 250%+ 0–2 (not published) / no data ZIP total (dot size) Mapped shop (OpenStreetMap, street level)

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, tiles by OpenFreeMap.

White dots are ZIP totals from the official Census count — the bigger the dot, the more hotels in that ZIP. They are aggregated, not individual shops. Turquoise dots are individual locations mapped in OpenStreetMap, shown only at street level; they are crowd-sourced and indicative, may be incomplete, and do not equal the official counts. Only the official ZIP totals feed the saturation index.

Market trend — up 19% since 2015

Number of hotels in Gwinnett County across 2015–2023, on a consistent set of ZIP codes present in every year — so changes are real, not ZIP-boundary artifacts. 2015/2018 are pre-pandemic baselines; 2020/2021 are COVID-distorted.

88
2015
92
2018
98
2020
99
2021
110
2022
105
2023

Highest measured density

ZIP
vs. U.S. average
Index
30071 Norcross
278%
30092 Peachtree Corners
188%
30093 Norcross
166%
30096 Duluth
164%
30024 Suwanee
94%
30519 Buford
85%
30047 Lilburn
57%
30043 Lawrenceville
48%
30078 Snellville
45%
30046 Lawrenceville
43%
30518 Buford
30%

Lowest measured density

ZIP
vs. U.S. average
Index
30518 Buford
30%
30046 Lawrenceville
43%
30078 Snellville
45%
30043 Lawrenceville
48%
30047 Lilburn
57%
30519 Buford
85%
30024 Suwanee
94%
30096 Duluth
164%
30093 Norcross
166%
30092 Peachtree Corners
188%
30071 Norcross
278%
Low measured density is not evidence of opportunity. A ZIP with few hotels may simply lack foot traffic, retail space, or demand. We rank only residential and mixed ZIPs here; employment hubs and visitor destinations are listed separately below. ZIPs where Census did not publish a count (0–2 businesses) are not ranked: they may be the least served of all, but the data cannot tell 0 from 1 or 2. Verify those locally.

All ZIP codes

Click a column header to sort. Index = hotels per 10,000 people present (residents + 0.5×workers) ÷ the U.S. average. 100% = exactly average.

ZIPNeighborhood ResidentsWorkersHotels Per 10kIndexStatus
30071Norcross 25,83036,957 17 3.8 278% Very high density
30092Peachtree Corners 36,99241,517 15 2.6 188% High density
30093Norcross 46,41020,853 13 2.3 166% High density
30096Duluth 71,73251,044 22 2.3 164% High density
30024Suwanee 88,06740,698 14 1.3 94% Below average
30519Buford 59,99716,260 8 1.2 85% Below average
30047Lilburn 70,12111,181 6 0.8 57% Below average
30043Lawrenceville 87,92935,878 7 0.7 48% Far below average
30078Snellville 41,59714,318 3 0.6 45% Far below average
30046Lawrenceville 41,85017,398 3 0.6 43% Far below average
30518Buford 57,91228,222 3 0.4 30% Far below average
30003Norcross —19 0–2 — — Not published
30010Norcross —18 0–2 — — Not published
30017Grayson 26,6203,419 0–2 — — Not published
30019Dacula 51,16210,879 0–2 — — Not published
30039Snellville 52,7834,601 0–2 — — Not published
30042Lawrenceville —259 0–2 — — Not published
30044Lawrenceville 101,4759,478 0–2 — — Not published
30045Lawrenceville 44,9939,560 0–2 — — Not published
30048Lilburn —147 0–2 — — Not published
30049Lawrenceville —383 0–2 — — Not published
30091Norcross —827 0–2 — — Not published
30095Duluth —91 0–2 — — Not published
30099Duluth —2,621 0–2 — — Not published
30515Buford —355 0–2 — — Not published

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Census withholds some ZIP-by-industry cells to protect small businesses. 0–2 means the cell was not published (Census publishes industry counts only at 3+ per ZIP), so the ZIP is left unranked rather than counted as zero. ~ means the count is estimated from the broader industry group and can be off by a business or two.

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Methodology & sources

Establishments. U.S. Census ZIP Code Business Patterns (ZBP 2023), NAICS 721110 — hotels (except casino hotels) and motels. Counts establishments with paid employees. ZBP is published annually with a ~2-year lag.

Fresh county signal. This industry has no clean QCEW series, so the freshest county signal is Census County Business Patterns 2023: 132 establishments and $57M in annual payroll county-wide. This count includes locations in ZIP codes that do not map to a ZCTA, so it can be slightly higher than the sum of the ZIP rows. CBP is annual and slower than QCEW. It cannot be broken down by ZIP.

Population. U.S. Census American Community Survey 2024 5-year ZCTA population (table B01003). Workers are the ZIP's total employment from the same 2023 ZBP file.

Demand ("people present"). Demand comes from residents and daytime workers: residents + 0.5 × workers. This is the single documented assumption in the model and can be tuned.

Index. index = (ZIP establishments ÷ ZIP demand × 10,000) ÷ the U.S. average for this industry (1.38 per 10,000 present). It is a supply-side density measure; it does not capture income, rent, tourism, or whether locals actually want more.

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