Old Snellville Highway, 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.

South of downtown, between Lawrenceville Highway and Scenic Highway, is the city’s largest block of single-family subdivisions. Old Snellville Highway, Gwinnett Drive, Johnson Road, Hickory Lane and Five Forks Trickum Road run through it, and Sugarloaf Parkway runs along its southwest edge. Central Gwinnett High, Lawrenceville Elementary and Winn Holt Elementary are all here.

What this means for you

• Zoned high school: Central Gwinnett High, for 96% of addresses. 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 or Riverside Parkway, about 2.5 miles north in a straight line. Sugarloaf Parkway also reaches Ga. 316 west of the city.

Part of our Lawrenceville neighborhoods guide.

Where it is

On this page the area is south Lawrenceville between Lawrenceville Highway (U.S. 29 and Ga. 8, called West Crogan Street near downtown) on the west and Scenic Highway (Ga. 124) and Stone Mountain Street on the east, from the edge of downtown south to Sugarloaf Parkway and the city line.

Gwinnett County’s address data has 2,929 addresses here: 87% single buildings, 6% apartment units, 5% parcels and 28 condos. 89% are in ZIP code 30046, 7% in 30045 and 4% in 30044. On the city’s character area map, 73% of the addresses are Traditional Residential, which the plan describes as single-family homes and neighborhood parks, and 18% Mixed Residential, its label for a range of housing types. Inside city limits the city provides police and trash pickup; Gwinnett County provides fire and EMS.

Traffic on Sugarloaf Parkway is the plan’s main concern here. It says half of the city’s intersections working at an unacceptable level of service are on the parkway; the worst, Sugarloaf Parkway at Johnson Road, rated F in both peak hours in 2023, with evening delays of 294 seconds. The plan expects Sugarloaf at Old Snellville Highway to fall to F by 2050.

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.

The Discovery, Richards and Cedar Hill addresses are at the west end, toward Sugarloaf Parkway; 21 addresses at the south end are zoned for Brookwood High (85.9), Crews Middle (92.8) and Craig Elementary (96.4). Central Gwinnett High is at 564 W. Crogan St., Lawrenceville Elementary at 122 Gwinnett Drive and Winn Holt Elementary at 588 Old Snellville Highway, all inside this area, according to the federal school directory. 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 30045 it was $391,601, down 2.42%, and in 30044 $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

• Alexander Park, 800 Old Snellville Highway, just past the city line at the south end: 91 acres with an 18-hole disc golf course, a 1.7-mile paved trail and a 1-mile unpaved trail, and a lake with fishing piers. Its dog park entrance is at 955 Scenic Highway (park page).

More in our parks guide and dog-friendly guide.

Getting around

• Ga. 316: the nearest interchanges are at Duluth Highway and Riverside Parkway, north of the area. I-85 is reached at Exit 106 by Ga. 316 west.
• City Hall: about 2.5 miles by road from the middle of the area.
• Airport: about 36.8 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 20 stops here, on Gwinnett Drive, Johnson Road and Lawrenceville Highway, according to Ride Gwinnett’s schedule data.

More in our getting around guide.

Groceries and everyday stores

From OpenStreetMap:

• Walmart Supercenter, 1400 Lawrenceville Highway
• Publix, 3370 Sugarloaf Parkway
• Lidl, 3520 Sugarloaf Parkway
• ALDI, 1225 Scenic Highway, just south of the city line

How we drew this area

The plan has no single name for south Lawrenceville, so this page is named for a main road through it. Its edges follow Lawrenceville Highway, Scenic Highway and the city limit, leaving out the plan’s Downtown character area. 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. The photo is our town photo; we found no Creative Commons photo taken inside this area.

Frequently asked questions

Is the Old Snellville Highway area of Lawrenceville a good place to live?

Here are the facts. It is south Lawrenceville between Lawrenceville Highway and Scenic Highway, with 2,929 addresses, 87% of them single buildings, next to Alexander Park. Ninety-six percent 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 elementary school serves south Lawrenceville off Old Snellville Highway?

Mostly Winn Holt Elementary, at 588 Old Snellville Highway. In Gwinnett County Public Schools’ zone map, 92% of this area’s addresses are zoned for Winn Holt.

Where is Central Gwinnett High School?

At 564 W. Crogan St., at the north end of this area near downtown, according to the federal school directory.

What ZIP code is south Lawrenceville?

Mostly 30046. In Gwinnett County’s address data, 89% of this area’s addresses are in 30046, 7% in 30045 and 4% in 30044.