Ranked #117 of 1,017 cities across the two states · Clarke County · Athens metro · 6 ZIP areas
The city score is the population-weighted average of its 6 scored ZIP areas on the model’s own weights. Its strongest ZIP area is Athens 30606 at 79, ranked #66 of 1,274 ZIP areas — a plant goes in a ZIP area, so that is the number to plant on.
Why Athens scores 71
+5,615 in five years, +7,922 forecast
130,330 residents today
Church of God coverage — context, not in the score
2 Church of God churches filed in its ZIP areas · nearest 2.3 mi · 0 of 6 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
- Athens 3060679#66
- Weakest ZIP area
- Athens 3060227
- Growth ZIP areas
- 1
Where the Church of God stands here
ZIP areas with no Church of God church within reach, of the 6 scored.
- Within 3 mi (5 km)
- 3 of 6
- Within 6 mi (10 km)
- 0 of 6
- Within 12 mi (20 km)
- 0 of 6
The range across its ZIP centres — any faith, from OpenStreetMap. A sanity check on the gap, not a scoring input.
Clarke County: 41.8% of residents are adherents of some religious body · largest body Catholic Church · 127 congregations
2020 U.S. Religion Census, county-level, context only.
ZIP areas in Athens
| ZIP area | People | Last 5 yrs | Next 5 yrs | Churches ≤12 mi | Nearest | Other congregations ≤12 mi | Priority | Rank | Pipeline |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athens 30606growth corridor | 48,156 | +4,440 | +4,072 | 3 | 2.3 mi | 206 | 79 | #66 | — |
| Athens 30601 | 24,288 | +603 | +2,008 | 4 | 4.7 mi | 205 | 67 | #262 | — |
| Athens 30605 | 41,788 | +337 | -917 | 3 | 2.6 mi | 198 | 67 | #267 | — |
| Athens 30609 | 3,446 | +1,155 | +779 | 3 | 4.1 mi | 198 | 66 | #275 | — |
| Athens 30607 | 11,220 | +472 | +2,303 | 5 | 2.5 mi | 219 | 63 | #319 | — |
| Athens 30602 | 1,432 | -1,392 | -323 | 3 | 4.3 mi | 202 | 27 | #966 | — |
Who lives here
Population makeup
The five parts add to the 130,330 people who live in its ZIP areas.
- White, not Hispanic
- 55.2%
- 71,892
- Black, not Hispanic
- 24.8%
- 32,333
- Hispanic or Latino
- 12.0%
- 15,622
- Asian, not Hispanic
- 4.3%
- 5,663
- Other, not Hispanic
- 3.7%
- 4,820
Age, money, schooling, home and language
- Households with children
- 20.1%
- 10,878 of 54,225 households
- Below the poverty level
- 25.8%
- 30,941 of the 119,933 people poverty status is determined for
- Unemployed
- 5.0%
- 3,475 of a labor force of 68,846
- High school or higher
- 89.7%
- of 74,417 residents aged 25 and over
- Bachelor’s degree or higher
- 47.9%
- of 74,417 residents aged 25 and over
- Spanish spoken at home
- 9.0%
- 11,224 people aged 5 and over, 4,471 of them speaking English less than “very well”
- Foreign-born
- 10.0%
- 13,050 residents
- Owner-occupied homes
- 40.7%
- 22,061 owned, 32,164 rented
- Median household income by ZIP area
- from $37,357 (Athens 30601) to $63,727 (Athens 30607)
- Median age by ZIP area
- from 19.3 yrs (Athens 30609) to 38.0 yrs (Athens 30607)
- Median home value by ZIP area
- from $213,300 (Athens 30601) to $332,600 (Athens 30606)
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
- 15,622
- Change, 2018 to 2023
- +2,644
- +20.4%
- Share of everyone who lives here
- 12.0%
- Venezuelan origin
- 266
- Spanish-language Church of God churches in its ZIP areas
- 0
- none
- Strongest Futuros ZIP area
- Athens 3060578
- Futuros score, weighted by Hispanic residents
- 60.8
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
- 5,369
- Moved in from abroad, past year
- 1,362
Foreign-born residents by country of birth
- Mexico2,999
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan926
- India779
- El Salvador726
- Honduras460
- Korea452
- Burma (Myanmar)381
- Colombia347
New homes
- Clarke County · 2,326 permitted homes, 2023–25 · 3 developments
1-unit ×606 · 2–4 ×139 · 5+ ×1581
Building permits are published by county, so these are county figures, not the city’s.
Church health
2 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.
In North Georgia
Open the North Georgia view →4 planned areas in adopted five-year plans fall in its ZIP areas:
- employment: 29 areas, 12,911 acres
- residential_growth: 54 areas, 29,232 acres
- conservation: 57 areas, 50,844 acres
- mixed_use: 10 areas, 2,107 acres
Church of God churches in Athens
| Church | City | Pastor | Contact | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athens-Cornerstone | Athens 30605 | Robert Scott Sheppard | Website · (706) 549-0000 | |
| Athens-Lighthouse | Athens 30606 | Randolph R Gordon | (706) 510-8424 |
What a city is here. The place name the Postal Service gives a ZIP code, so Athens is every ZIP area whose mailing city is Athens — 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.