Ranked #324 of 1,017 cities across the two states · Muscogee County · Columbus 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 Columbus 31907 at 72, ranked #178 of 1,274 ZIP areas — a plant goes in a ZIP area, so that is the number to plant on.
Why Columbus scores 55
+4,939 in five years, +914 forecast
181,152 residents today
Church of God coverage — context, not in the score
4 Church of God churches filed in its ZIP areas · nearest 1.1 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
- Columbus 3190772#178
- Weakest ZIP area
- Columbus 3190127
- 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)
- 1 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.
Muscogee County: 58.2% of residents are adherents of some religious body · largest body Southern Baptist Convention · 268 congregations
2020 U.S. Religion Census, county-level, context only.
ZIP areas in Columbus
| ZIP area | People | Last 5 yrs | Next 5 yrs | Churches ≤12 mi | Nearest | Other congregations ≤12 mi | Priority | Rank | Pipeline |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbus 31907growth corridor | 61,544 | +4,881 | +1,919 | 4 | 3.7 mi | 107 | 72 | #178 | — |
| Columbus 31904 | 34,906 | +998 | +1,879 | 4 | 1.6 mi | 110 | 63 | #329 | — |
| Columbus 31903 | 19,521 | +266 | -1,481 | 4 | 1.1 mi | 98 | 55 | #459 | — |
| Columbus 31909 | 38,730 | -579 | -1,962 | 5 | 2.5 mi | 115 | 36 | #780 | — |
| Columbus 31906 | 20,312 | -430 | -83 | 4 | 2.3 mi | 102 | 33 | #843 | — |
| Columbus 31901 | 6,139 | -197 | +642 | 4 | 2.1 mi | 102 | 27 | #968 | — |
Who lives here
Population makeup
The five parts add to the 181,152 people who live in its ZIP areas.
- Black, not Hispanic
- 48.8%
- 88,400
- White, not Hispanic
- 35.5%
- 64,341
- Hispanic or Latino
- 7.8%
- 14,200
- Other, not Hispanic
- 5.8%
- 10,521
- Asian, not Hispanic
- 2.0%
- 3,690
Age, money, schooling, home and language
- Households with children
- 30.0%
- 21,993 of 73,322 households
- Below the poverty level
- 20.2%
- 35,735 of the 176,798 people poverty status is determined for
- Unemployed
- 6.3%
- 5,337 of a labor force of 84,341
- High school or higher
- 88.1%
- of 121,133 residents aged 25 and over
- Bachelor’s degree or higher
- 27.5%
- of 121,133 residents aged 25 and over
- Spanish spoken at home
- 5.0%
- 8,373 people aged 5 and over, 2,646 of them speaking English less than “very well”
- Foreign-born
- 5.0%
- 9,095 residents
- Owner-occupied homes
- 48.9%
- 35,866 owned, 37,456 rented
- Median household income by ZIP area
- from $29,488 (Columbus 31903) to $69,221 (Columbus 31909)
- Median age by ZIP area
- from 33.0 yrs (Columbus 31903) to 39.9 yrs (Columbus 31901)
- Median home value by ZIP area
- from $75,500 (Columbus 31903) to $216,100 (Columbus 31904)
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
- 14,200
- Change, 2018 to 2023
- +2,005
- +16.4%
- Share of everyone who lives here
- 7.8%
- Venezuelan origin
- 0
- Spanish-language Church of God churches in its ZIP areas
- 0
- none
- Strongest Futuros ZIP area
- Columbus 3190776
- Futuros score, weighted by Hispanic residents
- 54.9
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
- 7,102
- Moved in from abroad, past year
- 1,220
Foreign-born residents by country of birth
- Mexico1,480
- India1,032
- Germany911
- Korea682
- Guatemala521
- Panama451
- Vietnam425
- Honduras345
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
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.
Church of God churches in Columbus
| Church | City | Pastor | Contact | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbus-Beallwood | Columbus 31904 | — | ||
| Columbus-Cornerstone | Columbus 31909 | Dylan Blake Byars | (706) 327-2636 | |
| Columbus-Victory Dr | Columbus 31903 | Woodrow Jarrett | (706) 393-5631 | |
| Igles De Dios Nuevo Pacto | Columbus 31904 | Juan Carlos Diaz | Website · (706) 569-0902 |
What a city is here. The place name the Postal Service gives a ZIP code, so Columbus is every ZIP area whose mailing city is Columbus — 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.