Ranked #136 of 1,017 cities across the two states · Banks County, Jackson County · Small-town & rural Georgia · 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 Commerce 30529 at 69, ranked #224 of 1,274 ZIP areas — a plant goes in a ZIP area, so that is the number to plant on.
Why Commerce scores 69
+1,733 in five years, +168 forecast
19,498 residents today
Church of God coverage — context, not in the score
2 Church of God churches filed in its ZIP areas · nearest 2.6 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
- Commerce 3052969#224
- Weakest ZIP area
- Commerce 3053068
- Growth ZIP areas
- 0
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.
Banks County: 78.2% of residents are adherents of some religious body · largest body Southern Baptist Convention · 33 congregations
Jackson County: 37.2% of residents are adherents of some religious body · largest body Southern Baptist Convention · 102 congregations
2020 U.S. Religion Census, county-level, context only.
ZIP areas in Commerce
| ZIP area | People | Last 5 yrs | Next 5 yrs | Churches ≤12 mi | Nearest | Other congregations ≤12 mi | Priority | Rank | Pipeline |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commerce 30529 | 12,138 | +703 | -130 | 3 | 2.6 mi | 124 | 69 | #224 | — |
| Commerce 30530 | 7,360 | +1,030 | +298 | 3 | 3.7 mi | 126 | 68 | #250 | — |
Who lives here
Population makeup
The five parts add to the 19,498 people who live in its ZIP areas.
- White, not Hispanic
- 76.2%
- 14,849
- Hispanic or Latino
- 10.5%
- 2,056
- Black, not Hispanic
- 8.6%
- 1,678
- Other, not Hispanic
- 2.9%
- 569
- Asian, not Hispanic
- 1.8%
- 346
Age, money, schooling, home and language
- Households with children
- 32.9%
- 2,238 of 6,810 households
- Below the poverty level
- 14.5%
- 2,797 of the 19,260 people poverty status is determined for
- Unemployed
- 2.2%
- 194 of a labor force of 8,926
- High school or higher
- 84.0%
- of 13,109 residents aged 25 and over
- Bachelor’s degree or higher
- 15.5%
- of 13,109 residents aged 25 and over
- Spanish spoken at home
- 7.5%
- 1,362 people aged 5 and over, 447 of them speaking English less than “very well”
- Foreign-born
- 5.0%
- 979 residents
- Owner-occupied homes
- 65.2%
- 4,440 owned, 2,370 rented
- Median household income by ZIP area
- from $53,017 (Commerce 30530) to $62,122 (Commerce 30529)
- Median age by ZIP area
- from 36.5 yrs (Commerce 30529) to 41.8 yrs (Commerce 30530)
- Median home value by ZIP area
- from $215,000 (Commerce 30530) to $234,100 (Commerce 30529)
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
- 2,056
- Change, 2018 to 2023
- +884
- +75.4%
- Share of everyone who lives here
- 10.5%
- Venezuelan origin
- 0
- Spanish-language Church of God churches in its ZIP areas
- 0
- none
- Strongest Futuros ZIP area
- Commerce 3052969
- Futuros score, weighted by Hispanic residents
- 67.5
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
- 189
- Moved in from abroad, past year
- 64
Foreign-born residents by country of birth
- El Salvador245
- Mexico198
- Vietnam106
- Philippines69
- Germany67
- Afghanistan60
- Colombia54
- United Arab Emirates50
New homes
- Jackson County · 6,001 permitted homes, 2023–25 · 3 developments
1-unit ×5599 · 2–4 ×19 · 5+ ×383
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 →3 planned areas in adopted five-year plans fall in its ZIP areas:
- conservation: 14 areas, 20,566 acres
- employment: 8 areas, 5,135 acres
- residential_growth: 12 areas, 5,188 acres
Church of God churches in Commerce
| Church | City | Pastor | Contact | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commerce | Commerce 30529 | Troy Gary Thompson | (706) 335-9000 | |
| Commerce-New Vision Worship Ctr | Commerce 30530 | Jonathan David Douglas | (912) 253-4200 |
What a city is here. The place name the Postal Service gives a ZIP code, so Commerce is every ZIP area whose mailing city is Commerce — 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.