Metro Atlanta city guide / Gwinnett County
Snellville, Georgia: a crossroads town with a brand new downtown
Snellville grew up around a general store where two roads met, and for most of the last few decades it was best known for the shopping along US 78. That changed this year. The Grove at Towne Center, a $140 million downtown with a lawn, a pavilion, restaurants and a new library, held its grand opening in May 2026. Around it are established neighborhoods at prices that still sit in the middle of the Gwinnett market, with two large parks on the south side of town. If you last looked at Snellville a few years ago, it is worth another look.
Come as you are. Come on home.
The new downtown
Snellville finally has a place to go.
The city has been working toward a real town center since the mid 2000s, when City Hall went up on the site of an old shopping center. The Grove at Towne Center is the result, built as a public and private partnership and opened in May 2026.
The lawn and pavilion. The green at the center of The Grove, with an event pavilion and a splash pad, set up for concerts, fitness classes and festival days.
Restaurants. A cluster of new places to eat and drink around the green, from a brewery to a pizzeria to casual counter service spots.
The library and business center. The Elizabeth H. Williams Library and Business Center, built with Gwinnett County, pairs a modern branch library with space for small businesses and start ups.
Parking. The project added nine buildings and a 750 space public parking deck, so dinner downtown does not mean circling the block.
The crossroads
Two highways meet in the middle of town.
Snellville takes its name from Snell and Sawyer’s Store, a general store Thomas Snell and James Sawyer opened in the late 1870s, and the city incorporated in 1923. It is still a crossroads town: US 78 and GA 124 meet at its center, and most of daily life is organized along those two roads.
US 78
Runs west toward Stone Mountain and Atlanta and east to Loganville and Monroe. It is also where most of the big box and grocery shopping sits.
GA 124
Runs north about 7 miles to Lawrenceville and south about 13 miles to Lithonia.
Getting to I-285 and I-85
US 78 is the usual route toward I-285 and Decatur. For I-85 and the north side, most people head up GA 124 toward Lawrenceville.
US 78 at rush hour
The main road west can turn a short drive into a long one. Try your actual route at your actual hour first.
Parks
Two big parks on the south side of town.
Snellville’s largest green spaces sit next to each other along Lenora Church Road.
T.W. Briscoe Park. About 100 acres, 87 of them developed, with ball fields, playgrounds and trails, and the city’s main recreation hub.
Lenora Park. About 112 acres with a disc golf course and open green space, a short drive from Briscoe.
The Grove. For a smaller dose, the new downtown lawn and splash pad.
Prices
Steady prices, in the middle of the market.
Closed sales in the City of Snellville over the three months ending August 2026, from Redfin.
Snellville has held its value while several nearby cities slipped. The median is essentially unchanged from last year, price per square foot is up, and homes are selling a little faster. It sits close to Lawrenceville and Lilburn on price and well below north Gwinnett.
With the new downtown open, it will be worth watching whether homes closest to The Grove start to pull away from the rest of the city. For now, neighborhood level sales are the better guide than the citywide number.
Addresses and schools
A Snellville address can sit in three counties.
The City of Snellville is in Gwinnett County, but parts of unincorporated DeKalb and Rockdale counties also carry Snellville mailing addresses. That changes the school system and the tax bill entirely.
Schools
Inside Gwinnett, Snellville addresses are served by Gwinnett County Public Schools across the Brookwood, Grayson, Shiloh and South Gwinnett clusters. Addresses in DeKalb or Rockdale attend those counties’ schools. Use the district’s own locator for the exact address and school year.
City or unincorporated
Inside the city you pay City of Snellville property tax and are served by city police. Outside it, county levies and services apply. The county tax record shows which one a house is.
Taxes
A modest city rate on top of Gwinnett’s.
Gwinnett County bills county and school taxes, and the City of Snellville levies its own city rate.
Snellville homeowners inside the city add a city rate to Gwinnett County and school taxes. Recalculate the parcel’s bill at your price without the seller’s exemptions. For a Snellville address in DeKalb or Rockdale, those counties’ rates apply instead.
Nearby
Next door options.
The east Gwinnett cities people tend to weigh against Snellville.
Lawrenceville, around $365,000. North on GA 124, the county seat, with its own revived downtown. Read the Lawrenceville guide →
Loganville, around $330,000. East on US 78, more house for the money and a busy Town Green. Read the Loganville guide →
Lilburn, around $398,000. Northwest toward the Perimeter, with older neighborhoods and a rebuilt Old Town. Read the Lilburn guide →
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What people most want to know about Snellville.
Snellville’s new downtown, a $140 million public and private project with a green, an event pavilion, a splash pad, restaurants, the Elizabeth H. Williams Library and Business Center and a public parking deck. It held its grand opening in May 2026.
The median sale price in the City of Snellville was about $372,000 over the three months ending August 2026, up 0.4 percent from a year earlier, according to Redfin. Median price per square foot was $178, up 6.6 percent, and homes spent a median of 40 days on the market.
Inside Gwinnett, Snellville addresses are served by Gwinnett County Public Schools across the Brookwood, Grayson, Shiloh and South Gwinnett clusters. Snellville mailing addresses in DeKalb or Rockdale County attend those counties’ schools. Check an exact address on the district’s locator.
No. The City of Snellville is in Gwinnett, but parts of unincorporated DeKalb and Rockdale counties also have Snellville mailing addresses. The property tax record shows the county for a specific home.
T.W. Briscoe Park, about 100 acres with ball fields, playgrounds and trails, and Lenora Park, about 112 acres with a disc golf course, both on Lenora Church Road, plus the new lawn and splash pad at The Grove.
Snellville sits on US 78 east of Stone Mountain, which is the usual route toward I-285 and Atlanta. Rush hour on US 78 can lengthen the drive considerably, so it is worth testing at the hour you would commute.
The City of Snellville tentatively adopted 4.00 mills for 2025, on top of Gwinnett’s 2026 county rate of 6.95 mills and school operations rate of 18.7 mills. Homestead exemptions can change the bill considerably.
A short walk to The Grove or a quiet street near the parks, start with your week.
Snellville now has a downtown worth walking to and the same practical prices it always had. Tell me what you need nearby and what you can spend, and we will find the streets that work.