Ranked #294 of 1,017 cities across the two states · Columbia County, Richmond County · Augusta metro · 7 ZIP areas, 6 scored
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 Augusta 30906 at 73, ranked #153 of 1,274 ZIP areas — a plant goes in a ZIP area, so that is the number to plant on.
Why Augusta scores 56
-2,659 in five years, -4,539 forecast
200,986 residents today
Church of God coverage — context, not in the score
3 Church of God churches filed in its ZIP areas · nearest 1.6 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
- Augusta 3090673#153
- Weakest ZIP area
- Augusta 3090531
- 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)
- 4 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.
Columbia County: 39.6% of residents are adherents of some religious body · largest body Southern Baptist Convention · 119 congregations
Richmond County: 52.8% of residents are adherents of some religious body · largest body Southern Baptist Convention · 247 congregations
2020 U.S. Religion Census, county-level, context only.
ZIP areas in Augusta
| ZIP area | People | Last 5 yrs | Next 5 yrs | Churches ≤12 mi | Nearest | Other congregations ≤12 mi | Priority | Rank | Pipeline |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Augusta 30906growth corridor | 61,415 | +3,301 | +565 | 5 | 1.6 mi | 259 | 73 | #153 | — |
| Augusta 30909 | 44,940 | +1,566 | +3,556 | 5 | 3.8 mi | 262 | 69 | #235 | — |
| Augusta 30907 | 47,167 | -4,817 | -3,520 | 4 | 1.6 mi | 258 | 44 | #586 | — |
| Augusta 30904 | 23,688 | -2,096 | -4,040 | 5 | 4.4 mi | 249 | 37 | #756 | — |
| Augusta 30901 | 16,187 | -211 | -385 | 5 | 4.4 mi | 235 | 35 | #801 | — |
| Augusta 30905 | 7,589 | -402 | -715 | 6 | 4.3 mi | 287 | 31 | #889 | — |
Augusta 30912 carries no ACS population estimate — drawn on the map, not scored.
Who lives here
Population makeup
The five parts add to the 200,986 people who live in its ZIP areas.
- Black, not Hispanic
- 45.0%
- 90,504
- White, not Hispanic
- 40.7%
- 81,837
- Hispanic or Latino
- 6.1%
- 12,325
- Other, not Hispanic
- 5.1%
- 10,306
- Asian, not Hispanic
- 3.0%
- 6,014
Age, money, schooling, home and language
- Households with children
- 28.4%
- 21,295 of 74,882 households
- Below the poverty level
- 19.4%
- 37,244 of the 192,280 people poverty status is determined for
- Unemployed
- 6.7%
- 6,823 of a labor force of 101,161
- High school or higher
- 88.4%
- of 134,672 residents aged 25 and over
- Bachelor’s degree or higher
- 28.0%
- of 134,672 residents aged 25 and over
- Spanish spoken at home
- 3.8%
- 7,104 people aged 5 and over, 1,682 of them speaking English less than “very well”
- Foreign-born
- 5.0%
- 10,051 residents
- Owner-occupied homes
- 52.0%
- 38,919 owned, 35,963 rented
- Median household income by ZIP area
- from $23,019 (Augusta 30901) to $83,349 (Augusta 30907)
- Median age by ZIP area
- from 22.0 yrs (Augusta 30905) to 39.9 yrs (Augusta 30907)
- Median home value by ZIP area
- from $92,200 (Augusta 30901) to $237,600 (Augusta 30909)
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
- 12,325
- Change, 2018 to 2023
- +2,701
- +28.1%
- Share of everyone who lives here
- 6.1%
- Venezuelan origin
- 82
- Spanish-language Church of God churches in its ZIP areas
- 0
- none
- Strongest Futuros ZIP area
- Augusta 3090775
- Futuros score, weighted by Hispanic residents
- 63.8
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
- 9,509
- Moved in from abroad, past year
- 950
Foreign-born residents by country of birth
- Mexico1,087
- India958
- Philippines711
- Vietnam611
- Korea596
- Germany553
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan495
- Jamaica430
New homes
- Columbia County · 3,583 permitted homes, 2023–25 · 3 developments
1-unit ×3448 · 2–4 ×104 · 5+ ×31
Building permits are published by county, so these are county figures, not the city’s.
Church health
3 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 Augusta
| Church | City | Pastor | Contact | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Augusta-New Horizon | Augusta 30906 | Stephen Wayne Pittman | Website · (706) 798-1239 | |
| Augusta-Stevens Creek Community | Augusta 30907 | Martin Charles Baker | Website · (706) 863-7002 | |
| Genesis | Martinez 30907 | — | Website · (706) 364-9570 |
What a city is here. The place name the Postal Service gives a ZIP code, so Augusta is every ZIP area whose mailing city is Augusta — 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.