Ranked #25 of 1,017 cities across the two states · Gwinnett County · Atlanta metro · 2 ZIP areas
The city score is the population-weighted average of its 2 scored ZIP areas on the model’s own weights. Its strongest ZIP area is Buford 30519 at 86, ranked #20 of 1,274 ZIP areas — a plant goes in a ZIP area, so that is the number to plant on.
Why Buford scores 82
+14,854 in five years, +12,965 forecast
113,957 residents today
Church of God coverage — context, not in the score
4 Church of God churches filed in its ZIP areas · nearest 1.6 mi · 0 of 2 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
- Buford 3051986#20
- Weakest ZIP area
- Buford 3051879
- Growth ZIP areas
- 2
Where the Church of God stands here
ZIP areas with no Church of God church within reach, of the 2 scored.
- Within 3 mi (5 km)
- 1 of 2
- Within 6 mi (10 km)
- 0 of 2
- Within 12 mi (20 km)
- 0 of 2
The range across its ZIP centres — any faith, from OpenStreetMap. A sanity check on the gap, not a scoring input.
Gwinnett County: 49.5% of residents are adherents of some religious body · largest body Catholic Church · 629 congregations
2020 U.S. Religion Census, county-level, context only.
ZIP areas in Buford
| ZIP area | People | Last 5 yrs | Next 5 yrs | Churches ≤12 mi | Nearest | Other congregations ≤12 mi | Priority | Rank | Pipeline |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buford 30519growth corridor | 57,648 | +11,233 | +10,340 | 15 | 3.6 mi | 249 | 86 | #20 | — |
| Buford 30518growth corridor | 56,309 | +3,621 | +2,625 | 18 | 1.6 mi | 276 | 79 | #70 | — |
Who lives here
Population makeup
The five parts add to the 113,957 people who live in its ZIP areas.
- White, not Hispanic
- 47.1%
- 53,728
- Hispanic or Latino
- 21.4%
- 24,349
- Black, not Hispanic
- 17.2%
- 19,548
- Asian, not Hispanic
- 10.7%
- 12,156
- Other, not Hispanic
- 3.7%
- 4,176
Age, money, schooling, home and language
- Households with children
- 44.9%
- 16,261 of 36,197 households
- Below the poverty level
- 9.4%
- 10,534 of the 112,276 people poverty status is determined for
- Unemployed
- 3.2%
- 1,870 of a labor force of 58,331
- High school or higher
- 89.1%
- of 72,027 residents aged 25 and over
- Bachelor’s degree or higher
- 38.5%
- of 72,027 residents aged 25 and over
- Spanish spoken at home
- 17.2%
- 18,055 people aged 5 and over, 7,861 of them speaking English less than “very well”
- Foreign-born
- 21.8%
- 24,884 residents
- Owner-occupied homes
- 75.4%
- 27,278 owned, 8,919 rented
- Median household income by ZIP area
- from $97,339 (Buford 30518) to $98,846 (Buford 30519)
- Median age by ZIP area
- from 36.2 yrs (Buford 30518) to 37.1 yrs (Buford 30519)
- Median home value by ZIP area
- from $367,000 (Buford 30518) to $377,900 (Buford 30519)
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
- 24,349
- Change, 2018 to 2023
- +9,211
- +60.8%
- Share of everyone who lives here
- 21.4%
- Venezuelan origin
- 1,004
- Spanish-language Church of God churches in its ZIP areas
- 0
- none
- Strongest Futuros ZIP area
- Buford 3051991
- Futuros score, weighted by Hispanic residents
- 82.9
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
- 2,358
- Moved in from abroad, past year
- 733
Foreign-born residents by country of birth
- Mexico4,572
- Korea3,569
- El Salvador1,228
- Colombia1,169
- India1,139
- Vietnam872
- Nigeria734
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan692
New homes
- Gwinnett County · 14,972 permitted homes, 2023–25 · 3 developments
1-unit ×11392 · 2–4 ×94 · 5+ ×3486
Building permits are published by county, so these are county figures, not the city’s.
Church health
4 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:
- mixed_use: 2 areas, 3,291 acres
- residential_growth: 1 areas, 288 acres
- conservation: 1 areas, 3,683 acres
- employment: 1 areas, 43 acres
Church of God churches in Buford
| Church | City | Pastor | Contact | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buford | Buford 30518 | Christopher Joey Grizzle | Website · (770) 945-4901 | |
| Lanier | Buford 30518 | — | ||
| Neighborhood Church | Buford 30519 | R Torrey Herrin | Website · (678) 458-4560 | |
| New Beginning Fellowship of GA | Buford 30518 | Varghese Antony Thomas | Website · (470) 875-4025 |
What a city is here. The place name the Postal Service gives a ZIP code, so Buford is every ZIP area whose mailing city is Buford — 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.