Ranked #32 of 1,017 cities across the two states · Newton 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 Covington 30016 at 84, ranked #32 of 1,274 ZIP areas — a plant goes in a ZIP area, so that is the number to plant on.
Why Covington scores 81
+8,644 in five years, +8,671 forecast
101,331 residents today
Church of God coverage — context, not in the score
2 Church of God churches filed in its ZIP areas · nearest 1.5 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
- Covington 3001684#32
- Weakest ZIP area
- Covington 3001476
- 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.
Newton County: 34.7% of residents are adherents of some religious body · largest body Southern Baptist Convention · 123 congregations
2020 U.S. Religion Census, county-level, context only.
ZIP areas in Covington
| ZIP area | People | Last 5 yrs | Next 5 yrs | Churches ≤12 mi | Nearest | Other congregations ≤12 mi | Priority | Rank | Pipeline |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Covington 30016growth corridor | 61,123 | +6,881 | +8,928 | 6 | 5.5 mi | 210 | 84 | #32 | — |
| Covington 30014growth corridor | 40,208 | +1,763 | -257 | 6 | 1.5 mi | 187 | 76 | #107 | — |
Who lives here
Population makeup
The five parts add to the 101,331 people who live in its ZIP areas.
- Black, not Hispanic
- 49.2%
- 49,869
- White, not Hispanic
- 38.5%
- 38,989
- Hispanic or Latino
- 6.6%
- 6,645
- Other, not Hispanic
- 4.3%
- 4,364
- Asian, not Hispanic
- 1.4%
- 1,464
Age, money, schooling, home and language
- Households with children
- 39.1%
- 13,909 of 35,559 households
- Below the poverty level
- 13.7%
- 13,772 of the 100,389 people poverty status is determined for
- Unemployed
- 7.0%
- 3,687 of a labor force of 52,402
- High school or higher
- 89.8%
- of 65,748 residents aged 25 and over
- Bachelor’s degree or higher
- 22.2%
- of 65,748 residents aged 25 and over
- Spanish spoken at home
- 4.4%
- 4,136 people aged 5 and over, 1,686 of them speaking English less than “very well”
- Foreign-born
- 6.4%
- 6,495 residents
- Owner-occupied homes
- 73.0%
- 25,967 owned, 9,592 rented
- Median household income by ZIP area
- from $71,055 (Covington 30014) to $74,276 (Covington 30016)
- Median age by ZIP area
- from 35.1 yrs (Covington 30016) to 37.9 yrs (Covington 30014)
- Median home value by ZIP area
- from $218,700 (Covington 30016) to $253,900 (Covington 30014)
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
- 6,645
- Change, 2018 to 2023
- +1,252
- +23.2%
- Share of everyone who lives here
- 6.6%
- Venezuelan origin
- 160
- Spanish-language Church of God churches in its ZIP areas
- 0
- none
- Strongest Futuros ZIP area
- Covington 3001670
- Futuros score, weighted by Hispanic residents
- 64.2
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
- 1,980
- Moved in from abroad, past year
- 729
Foreign-born residents by country of birth
- Mexico1,390
- Jamaica1,143
- Guatemala552
- Germany274
- Malaysia266
- United Kingdom (inc. Crown Dependencies)265
- El Salvador251
- Kenya247
New homes
- Newton County · 2,844 permitted homes, 2023–25 · 3 developments
1-unit ×2003 · 2–4 ×74 · 5+ ×767
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 →4 planned areas in adopted five-year plans fall in its ZIP areas:
- employment: 13 areas, 6,526 acres
- residential_growth: 25 areas, 136,459 acres
- mixed_use: 12 areas, 6,659 acres
- conservation: 20 areas, 22,462 acres
Church of God churches in Covington
| Church | City | Pastor | Contact | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bethel Church of God Haitian Assembly Inc | Covington 30014 | Jean Dieunel Cadely | (404) 845-7796 | |
| Victorious Life Church Covington | Covington 30014 | John Walter Jordan | (404) 731-8085 |
What a city is here. The place name the Postal Service gives a ZIP code, so Covington is every ZIP area whose mailing city is Covington — 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.