Old Norcross Road, Lawrenceville: homes, schools, parks, commute

Last checked Oct. 6, 2026. Sources: the City of Lawrenceville’s 2045 Comprehensive Plan (PDF) and its character area map service, Gwinnett County’s address point and school zone map data, the federal NCES school directory, the state’s 2025 School Grades data, Zillow Research, Ride Gwinnett and OpenStreetMap.

West of downtown, Old Norcross Road runs out from West Pike Street toward Sugarloaf Parkway through subdivisions of single-family houses, past Discovery High and Benefield Elementary. The city’s 2045 Comprehensive Plan lists Old Norcross Road with Grayson Highway and West Pike Street as the city’s examples of minor arterials, roads that carry traffic between neighborhoods and the main highways.

What this means for you

• Zoned high school: Central Gwinnett High for 89% of addresses, Discovery High for 11%. Check yours with Find My School.
• Home value: $340,279 in ZIP 30046 in August 2026, according to the Zillow Home Value Index.
• Nearest Ga. 316 interchange: Duluth Highway, about 1.2 miles north in a straight line.

Part of our Lawrenceville neighborhoods guide.

Where it is

On this page the area is west Lawrenceville between West Pike Street and Duluth Highway (Ga. 120) on the north and Lawrenceville Highway (U.S. 29 and Ga. 8) on the south, from the edge of downtown out to the city’s western tip near Sugarloaf Parkway. The plan’s hospital district along Duluth Highway has its own page.

Gwinnett County’s address data has 779 addresses here: 92% single buildings and the rest parcels, with no apartment units listed. 96% are in ZIP code 30046 and 4% in 30044. On the city’s character area map, 68% of the addresses are Traditional Residential, which the plan describes as single-family homes and neighborhood parks; the rest are Community Mixed Use, Commercial Corridor and Industrial land along the edges. Inside city limits the city provides police and trash pickup; Gwinnett County provides fire and EMS.

The plan’s traffic study expects the West Pike Street and Old Norcross Road intersection to slip from level of service D to E in the evening peak by 2050. Its list of postponed projects includes widening Sugarloaf Parkway from four to six lanes between Scenic Highway and Old Norcross Road.

Schools

How the area’s addresses split in Gwinnett County Public Schools’ zone map, matched address by address on Oct. 6. Scores are 2025 College and Career Ready Performance Index (CCRPI) figures from the state’s School Grades report; the state average was 78.0 and the district’s 81.5.

Discovery High, 1335 Old Norcross Road, and Benefield Elementary, 1221 Old Norcross Road, are inside this area, but most homes here are zoned elsewhere: a school’s location does not decide its zone. More in our Lawrenceville schools guide.

Home values

The typical home value in ZIP 30046 was $340,279 in August 2026, down 2.85% from $350,276 in August 2025, according to the Zillow Home Value Index. In ZIP 30044 it was $356,862, down 2.58%. The index is a modeled typical value for the middle third of homes, not a sale price, and covers the whole ZIP code, including homes outside city limits. The citywide Lawrenceville figure was $376,674, down 2.55% on the year. More in our home prices guide.

Parks and trails

There is no public park inside this area. The Heritage Trail starts at the Fallen Heroes Memorial at the Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center, 75 Langley Drive, at the area’s east edge, and runs through downtown to Rhodes Jordan Park, 100 E. Crogan St. (city page). More in our parks guide and walking and biking trails guide.

Getting around

• Ga. 316: the nearest interchanges are at Duluth Highway and Riverside Parkway, to the north. I-85 is reached at Exit 106 by Ga. 316 west.
• City Hall: about 2 miles by road from the middle of the area.
• Airport: about 40.7 miles to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. Both are distances measured on the OpenStreetMap road network with the OSRM routing engine, not drive times.
• Bus: Ride Gwinnett Route 40 has 13 stops here, on Old Norcross Road and Lawrenceville-Suwanee Road, according to Ride Gwinnett’s schedule data. It runs between downtown, Gwinnett Transit Center and Sugarloaf Mills.

More in our getting around guide.

Groceries and everyday stores

From OpenStreetMap:

• Publix, 4850 Sugarloaf Parkway, at the area’s west end
• CVS Pharmacy, 620 W. Pike St., on its north edge
• Kroger, 2100 Riverside Parkway, just outside the city line

How we drew this area

The plan names Old Norcross Road as one of the city’s minor arterials. This area’s edges follow West Pike Street and Duluth Highway, Lawrenceville Highway and the city limit, leaving out the plan’s Downtown and Medical Services Cluster character areas, which have their own pages. School shares come from every address point inside it in Gwinnett County’s address data, matched to the county’s school zone layer on Oct. 6, 2026. Store locations are © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Frequently asked questions

Is the Old Norcross Road area of Lawrenceville a good place to live?

Here are the facts. It is west Lawrenceville between West Pike Street and Lawrenceville Highway, with 779 addresses, 92% of them single buildings. Most are zoned for Central Gwinnett High, which scored 67.5 on the state’s 2025 CCRPI, and Zillow put the typical home value in ZIP 30046 at $340,279 in August 2026.

What schools are on Old Norcross Road in Lawrenceville?

Discovery High, at 1335 Old Norcross Road, and Benefield Elementary, at 1221 Old Norcross Road, are both inside city limits in this area, according to the federal school directory.

Which high school is Old Norcross Road zoned for?

In Gwinnett County Public Schools’ zone map, 89% of this area’s addresses are zoned for Central Gwinnett High and 11%, at the west end, for Discovery High.

Does a bus run on Old Norcross Road?

Yes. Ride Gwinnett Route 40 has 13 stops in this area, on Old Norcross Road and Lawrenceville-Suwanee Road, according to Ride Gwinnett’s schedule data.