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Atlanta, Georgia

65Elevated priority

Ranked #187 of 1,017 cities across the two states · Cobb County, DeKalb County, Fulton County · Atlanta metro · 40 ZIP areas, 39 scored

The city score is the population-weighted average of its 39 scored ZIP areas on the model’s own weights. Its strongest ZIP area is Atlanta 30339 at 85, ranked #23 of 1,274 ZIP areas — a plant goes in a ZIP area, so that is the number to plant on.

Population now
1,038,385
14 growth ZIP areas
Growth, last 5 years
+49,801
+5.0%
Forecast, next 5 years
+60,091
+5.8% · official county projection
Church of God churches
8
129,798 people each

Why Atlanta scores 65

Growth — are people moving here?59 · weight 86%

+49,801 in five years, +60,091 forecast

Viability — enough people to sustain a plant?99 · weight 14%

1,038,385 residents today

Church of God coverage — context, not in the score

8 Church of God churches filed in its ZIP areas · nearest 0.2 mi · 0 of 39 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
Atlanta 3033985#23
Weakest ZIP area
Atlanta 3032228
Growth ZIP areas
14

Where the Church of God stands here

ZIP areas with no Church of God church within reach, of the 39 scored.

Within 3 mi (5 km)
21 of 39
Within 6 mi (10 km)
0 of 39
Within 12 mi (20 km)
0 of 39
Other places of worship within 12 mi (20 km)
552–1,293

The range across its ZIP centres — any faith, from OpenStreetMap. A sanity check on the gap, not a scoring input.

Cobb County: 55.2% of residents are adherents of some religious body · largest body Catholic Church · 483 congregations

DeKalb County: 50.9% of residents are adherents of some religious body · largest body Catholic Church · 606 congregations

Fulton County: 67.2% of residents are adherents of some religious body · largest body Catholic Church · 798 congregations

2020 U.S. Religion Census, county-level, context only.

ZIP areas in Atlanta

ZIP areaPeopleLast 5 yrsNext 5 yrsChurches ≤12 miNearestOther congregations ≤12 miPriorityRankPipeline
Atlanta 30339growth corridor34,872+11,499+11,083151.6 mi1,13185#23—
Atlanta 30309growth corridor30,413+5,669+5,928152.1 mi1,23080#56—
Atlanta 30318growth corridor58,651+4,499+1,050131.2 mi1,25479#64—
Atlanta 30308growth corridor23,329+5,230+3,771143.3 mi1,23279#65—
Atlanta 30312growth corridor27,147+4,872+5,51494.7 mi1,24478#74—
Atlanta 30349growth corridor78,597+3,083+2,25284.7 mi1,07378#80—
Atlanta 30342growth corridor33,774+3,587+3,717204.1 mi1,12377#93—
Atlanta 30305growth corridor27,420+3,727+4,469193.0 mi1,23577#96—
Atlanta 30319growth corridor45,382+3,543+3,028185.0 mi1,05976#108—
Atlanta 30344growth corridor35,486+2,780+2,17271.7 mi1,23875#115—
Atlanta 30338growth corridor39,042+3,607+2,230233.0 mi63675#120—
Atlanta 30340growth corridor30,646+2,618+1,079180.2 mi65773#146—
Atlanta 3032838,821+1,710+650224.0 mi76573#147—
Atlanta 3034134,812+2,471+6,789172.0 mi84973#155—
Atlanta 30326growth corridor8,497+2,467+2,256184.4 mi1,17672#164—
Atlanta 3032428,602+1,784-247193.7 mi1,23072#167—
Atlanta 3031635,040+1,868+3,954105.3 mi1,21972#171—
Atlanta 3030721,680+2,028+2,219135.4 mi1,21871#196—
Atlanta 3032723,307+652+1,950171.1 mi1,18867#261—
Atlanta 3031714,798+1,061+54115.7 mi1,18665#293—
Atlanta 3036016,428+501+2,047211.5 mi60663#322—
Atlanta 3030624,274+162-334174.2 mi1,22061#349—
Atlanta 303633,762+203+1,413141.6 mi1,23053#483—
Atlanta 30336536+302+1,099144.0 mi1,19952#493—
Atlanta 30331growth corridor63,418-1,074-2,332131.1 mi1,23345#563—
Atlanta 3035035,809-3,655-3,562224.2 mi55243#607—
Atlanta 3031535,221-290+393102.5 mi1,24943#606—
Atlanta 3031134,036-2,803+677112.5 mi1,29343#610—
Atlanta 3031025,334-4,324-3,189103.0 mi1,26642#634—
Atlanta 3031423,594-852+1,087123.4 mi1,24741#648—
Atlanta 3032927,022-856+1,691215.8 mi1,16040#677—
Atlanta 3034524,576-986-296183.7 mi1,02440#682—
Atlanta 3035415,487-911+47991.0 mi1,24839#697—
Atlanta 3033711,171-2,597-1,98473.0 mi1,20038#741—
Atlanta 3031310,845-684-2,424123.3 mi1,24637#749—
Atlanta 303036,474-245+99694.0 mi1,24335#802—
Atlanta 303464,935-30+809224.0 mi75231#882—
Atlanta 303322,725-390-242132.1 mi1,23430#907—
Atlanta 303222,422-425-155195.6 mi1,20628#951—

Atlanta 30334 carries no ACS population estimate — drawn on the map, not scored.

Who lives here

Population makeup

The five parts add to the 1,038,385 people who live in its ZIP areas.

Black, not Hispanic
42.1%
437,008
White, not Hispanic
37.1%
384,981
Hispanic or Latino
10.8%
111,662
Asian, not Hispanic
5.9%
61,212
Other, not Hispanic
4.2%
43,522

Age, money, schooling, home and language

Households with children
21.8%
101,589 of 465,198 households
Below the poverty level
14.6%
146,291 of the 1,004,729 people poverty status is determined for
Unemployed
5.3%
31,888 of a labor force of 605,337
High school or higher
92.5%
of 725,716 residents aged 25 and over
Bachelor’s degree or higher
57.6%
of 725,716 residents aged 25 and over
Spanish spoken at home
8.8%
85,985 people aged 5 and over, 39,161 of them speaking English less than “very well”
Foreign-born
13.0%
135,077 residents
Owner-occupied homes
48.0%
223,434 owned, 241,764 rented
Median household income by ZIP area
from $36,870 (Atlanta 30314) to $182,317 (Atlanta 30327)
Median age by ZIP area
from 19.9 yrs (Atlanta 30322) to 46.6 yrs (Atlanta 30327)
Median home value by ZIP area
from $210,300 (Atlanta 30314) to $1,067,200 (Atlanta 30327)

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
111,662
Change, 2018 to 2023
+19,189
+20.8%
Share of everyone who lives here
10.8%
Venezuelan origin
3,289
Spanish-language Church of God churches in its ZIP areas
1
Atlanta-Hispanic
Strongest Futuros ZIP area
Atlanta 3034979
Futuros score, weighted by Hispanic residents
57.1

No official Hispanic forecast exists below state level, so the Futuros score looks forward on the observed five-year shift.

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Arrivals

Moved in from another state, past year
33,678
Moved in from abroad, past year
5,321

Foreign-born residents by country of birth

  • India14,199
  • Mexico9,957
  • China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan5,600
  • Guatemala3,408
  • Korea2,749
  • United Kingdom (inc. Crown Dependencies)2,358
  • Honduras2,351
  • Jamaica2,317
All arrivals →

New homes

  • Fulton County · 31,338 permitted homes, 2023–25 · 3 developments

    1-unit ×8186 · 2–4 ×979 · 5+ ×22173

  • Cobb County · 6,347 permitted homes, 2023–25 · 3 developments

    1-unit ×3283 · 2–4 ×209 · 5+ ×2855

  • DeKalb County · 4,835 permitted homes, 2023–25 · 3 developments

    1-unit ×2369 · 2–4 ×8 · 5+ ×2458

Building permits are published by county, so these are county figures, not the city’s.

Church health

8 Church of God churches are filed in its ZIP areas.

1 listed but silent — filed nothing with the state office, and nothing found online either way. A phone call, not a finding.

Atlanta-Haitian

Georgia has no attendance series yet — North Georgia has published two quarters — so no Georgia church can be marked shrinking.

In North Georgia

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4 planned areas in adopted five-year plans fall in its ZIP areas:

  • mixed_use: 96 areas, 57,839 acres
  • residential_growth: 116 areas, 179,800 acres
  • employment: 91 areas, 40,751 acres
  • conservation: 64 areas, 14,866 acres

Church of God churches in Atlanta

ChurchCityPastorContactNote
Atlanta-HaitianAtlanta 30315Junior Saint JusteWebsite · (770) 347-7917
silent
Atlanta-HispanicAtlanta 30360Marco T BeltranWebsite · (770) 925-5873
Atlanta-Living the WordAtlanta 30331Reginald V Ferguson Sr(404) 344-1795
Atlanta-Mount ParanAtlanta 30327David Charles Cooper(404) 923-8722
Atlanta-NorthsideAtlanta 30318Billy Gene Smith Jr
Dunamis Church of GodAtlanta 30360—Website · (720) 404-9335
East PointEast Point 30344Richard P CurranWebsite · (404) 761-2295
Mission CentralAtlanta 30340Byeong-An Han

What a city is here. The place name the Postal Service gives a ZIP code, so Atlanta is every ZIP area whose mailing city is Atlanta — 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.