Ranked #408 of 1,017 cities across the two states · DeKalb County · Atlanta metro · 5 ZIP areas
The city score is the population-weighted average of its 5 scored ZIP areas on the model’s own weights. Its strongest ZIP area is Decatur 30030 at 72, ranked #173 of 1,274 ZIP areas — a plant goes in a ZIP area, so that is the number to plant on.
Why Decatur scores 47
-10,875 in five years, -11,735 forecast
169,950 residents today
Church of God coverage — context, not in the score
2 Church of God churches filed in its ZIP areas · nearest 1.3 mi · 0 of 5 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
- Decatur 3003072#173
- Weakest ZIP area
- Decatur 3003539
- Growth ZIP areas
- 0
Where the Church of God stands here
ZIP areas with no Church of God church within reach, of the 5 scored.
- Within 3 mi (5 km)
- 2 of 5
- Within 6 mi (10 km)
- 0 of 5
- Within 12 mi (20 km)
- 0 of 5
The range across its ZIP centres — any faith, from OpenStreetMap. A sanity check on the gap, not a scoring input.
DeKalb County: 50.9% of residents are adherents of some religious body · largest body Catholic Church · 606 congregations
2020 U.S. Religion Census, county-level, context only.
ZIP areas in Decatur
| ZIP area | People | Last 5 yrs | Next 5 yrs | Churches ≤12 mi | Nearest | Other congregations ≤12 mi | Priority | Rank | Pipeline |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Decatur 30030 | 31,712 | +2,222 | +862 | 14 | 5.4 mi | 1,169 | 72 | #173 | — |
| Decatur 30032 | 42,812 | -6,644 | -6,763 | 12 | 2.6 mi | 1,059 | 42 | #625 | — |
| Decatur 30034 | 41,823 | -4,391 | -3,867 | 12 | 1.8 mi | 919 | 42 | #629 | — |
| Decatur 30033 | 31,530 | -1,438 | +299 | 17 | 6.2 mi | 1,108 | 41 | #659 | — |
| Decatur 30035 | 22,073 | -624 | -2,266 | 12 | 1.3 mi | 804 | 39 | #696 | — |
Who lives here
Population makeup
The five parts add to the 169,950 people who live in its ZIP areas.
- Black, not Hispanic
- 56.7%
- 96,405
- White, not Hispanic
- 29.0%
- 49,362
- Hispanic or Latino
- 5.3%
- 8,998
- Other, not Hispanic
- 5.0%
- 8,489
- Asian, not Hispanic
- 3.9%
- 6,696
Age, money, schooling, home and language
- Households with children
- 24.9%
- 16,131 of 64,685 households
- Below the poverty level
- 13.5%
- 22,382 of the 165,298 people poverty status is determined for
- Unemployed
- 7.6%
- 6,766 of a labor force of 88,881
- High school or higher
- 92.9%
- of 121,507 residents aged 25 and over
- Bachelor’s degree or higher
- 45.2%
- of 121,507 residents aged 25 and over
- Spanish spoken at home
- 4.0%
- 6,371 people aged 5 and over, 1,772 of them speaking English less than “very well”
- Foreign-born
- 10.5%
- 17,852 residents
- Owner-occupied homes
- 62.9%
- 40,706 owned, 23,979 rented
- Median household income by ZIP area
- from $60,551 (Decatur 30034) to $127,318 (Decatur 30030)
- Median age by ZIP area
- from 36.0 yrs (Decatur 30035) to 42.8 yrs (Decatur 30034)
- Median home value by ZIP area
- from $217,100 (Decatur 30035) to $598,400 (Decatur 30030)
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
- 8,998
- Change, 2018 to 2023
- +2,848
- +46.3%
- Share of everyone who lives here
- 5.3%
- Venezuelan origin
- 269
- Spanish-language Church of God churches in its ZIP areas
- 0
- none
- Strongest Futuros ZIP area
- Decatur 3003079
- Futuros score, weighted by Hispanic residents
- 52.7
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
- 6,765
- Moved in from abroad, past year
- 1,356
Foreign-born residents by country of birth
- Jamaica2,578
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan1,446
- India1,419
- Mexico998
- Ethiopia840
- Nigeria694
- Trinidad and Tobago576
- Korea492
New homes
- DeKalb County · 4,835 permitted homes, 2023–25 · 3 developments
1-unit ×2369 · 2–4 ×8 · 5+ ×2458
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:
- mixed_use: 5 areas, 7,552 acres
- residential_growth: 4 areas, 653 acres
- employment: 1 areas, 97 acres
Church of God churches in Decatur
| Church | City | Pastor | Contact | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Decatur-Rainbow Community | Decatur 30034 | — | ||
| Indian Creek New Testament | Decatur 30035 | — | (404) 551-0369 |
What a city is here. The place name the Postal Service gives a ZIP code, so Decatur is every ZIP area whose mailing city is Decatur — 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.