Ranked #845 of 1,017 cities across the two states · Dougherty County · Albany metro · 5 ZIP areas, 4 scored
The city score is the population-weighted average of its 4 scored ZIP areas on the model’s own weights. Its strongest ZIP area is Albany 31705 at 14, ranked #1,076 of 1,274 ZIP areas — a plant goes in a ZIP area, so that is the number to plant on.
Why Albany scores 14
-7,551 in five years, -5,865 forecast
90,176 residents today
Church of God coverage — context, not in the score
0 Church of God churches filed in its ZIP areas · nearest 2.8 mi · 1 of 4 ZIP areas with none within 6 mi (10 km). By the owner's ruling, how near a Church of God church is carries no weight in the score.
- Strongest ZIP area
- Albany 3170514#1,076
- Weakest ZIP area
- Albany 3170113
- Growth ZIP areas
- 0
Where the Church of God stands here
ZIP areas with no Church of God church within reach, of the 4 scored.
- Within 3 mi (5 km)
- 3 of 4
- Within 6 mi (10 km)
- 1 of 4
- Within 12 mi (20 km)
- 0 of 4
The range across its ZIP centres — any faith, from OpenStreetMap. A sanity check on the gap, not a scoring input.
Dougherty County: 55.2% of residents are adherents of some religious body · largest body Southern Baptist Convention · 131 congregations
2020 U.S. Religion Census, county-level, context only.
ZIP areas in Albany
| ZIP area | People | Last 5 yrs | Next 5 yrs | Churches ≤12 mi | Nearest | Other congregations ≤12 mi | Priority | Rank | Pipeline |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albany 31705 | 30,866 | -1,611 | +574 | 1 | 9.7 mi | 135 | 14 | #1,076 | — |
| Albany 31707 | 23,322 | -2,772 | -4,497 | 1 | 3.3 mi | 129 | 14 | #1,086 | — |
| Albany 31721 | 19,655 | -917 | -126 | 1 | 2.8 mi | 124 | 14 | #1,093 | — |
| Albany 31701 | 16,333 | -2,251 | -1,816 | 1 | 5.7 mi | 132 | 13 | #1,099 | — |
Albany 31704 carries no ACS population estimate — drawn on the map, not scored.
Who lives here
Population makeup
The five parts add to the 90,176 people who live in its ZIP areas.
- Black, not Hispanic
- 65.8%
- 59,380
- White, not Hispanic
- 27.4%
- 24,665
- Hispanic or Latino
- 3.2%
- 2,923
- Other, not Hispanic
- 2.7%
- 2,456
- Asian, not Hispanic
- 0.8%
- 752
Age, money, schooling, home and language
- Households with children
- 29.4%
- 10,782 of 36,735 households
- Below the poverty level
- 25.0%
- 21,675 of the 86,812 people poverty status is determined for
- Unemployed
- 10.3%
- 4,085 of a labor force of 39,586
- High school or higher
- 85.6%
- of 59,397 residents aged 25 and over
- Bachelor’s degree or higher
- 23.2%
- of 59,397 residents aged 25 and over
- Spanish spoken at home
- 2.6%
- 2,227 people aged 5 and over, 899 of them speaking English less than “very well”
- Foreign-born
- 2.2%
- 2,007 residents
- Owner-occupied homes
- 49.2%
- 18,070 owned, 18,665 rented
- Median household income by ZIP area
- from $32,902 (Albany 31701) to $78,314 (Albany 31721)
- Median age by ZIP area
- from 32.6 yrs (Albany 31705) to 44.8 yrs (Albany 31721)
- Median home value by ZIP area
- from $97,400 (Albany 31701) to $209,900 (Albany 31721)
Sums are exact across the city’s ZIP areas. Medians cannot be summed, so each is shown as its range across the ZIP areas that publish one. ACS 2019–2023 five-year estimates by ZIP area. Medians are ZIP-level medians, not averages. An em dash means the Census Bureau publishes no estimate; it never means zero.
Futuros — the Hispanic picture
- Hispanic residents
- 2,923
- Change, 2018 to 2023
- -260
- -8.2%
- Share of everyone who lives here
- 3.2%
- Venezuelan origin
- 86
- Spanish-language Church of God churches in its ZIP areas
- 0
- none
- Strongest Futuros ZIP area
- Albany 3170565
- Futuros score, weighted by Hispanic residents
- 48.3
No official Hispanic forecast exists below state level, so the Futuros score looks forward on the observed five-year shift.
Open the Futuros view →Arrivals
- Moved in from another state, past year
- 1,893
- Moved in from abroad, past year
- 304
Foreign-born residents by country of birth
- Mexico315
- Guatemala206
- Germany147
- Philippines138
- Jamaica133
- Nigeria103
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan83
- India78
New homes
No county of this city reached 2,000 permitted homes over 2023–25, the threshold the map draws.
Building permits are published by county, so these are county figures, not the city’s.
Church health
0 Church of God churches are filed in its ZIP areas.
Every church that could be matched to a state-office report has filed something, or has a dated online presence.
Georgia has no attendance series yet — North Georgia has published two quarters — so no Georgia church can be marked shrinking.
Church of God churches in Albany
| Church | City | Pastor | Contact | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Church of God church is filed in any ZIP area of Albany. |
What a city is here. The place name the Postal Service gives a ZIP code, so Albany is every ZIP area whose mailing city is Albany — the city everyone means, not the incorporated limits. The score is the population-weighted average of those ZIP areas’ planting scores (86% growth, 14% viability; how near a Church of God church is carries no weight); a plant goes in a ZIP area, and the ranking to plant on is the ZIP area’s own. Church of God counts are the churches filed in those ZIP areas; the rings on each ZIP area still count every church within reach, across city and county lines.