Ranked #84 of 1,017 cities across the two states · Hall County · Gainesville metro · 4 ZIP areas
The city score is the population-weighted average of its 4 scored ZIP areas on the model’s own weights. Its strongest ZIP area is Gainesville 30504 at 75, ranked #116 of 1,274 ZIP areas — a plant goes in a ZIP area, so that is the number to plant on.
Why Gainesville scores 73
+5,608 in five years, +7,306 forecast
136,747 residents today
Church of God coverage — context, not in the score
3 Church of God churches filed in its ZIP areas · nearest 1.0 mi · 1 of 4 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
- Gainesville 3050475#116
- Weakest ZIP area
- Gainesville 3050671
- Growth ZIP areas
- 1
Where the Church of God stands here
ZIP areas with no Church of God church within reach, of the 4 scored.
- Within 3 mi (5 km)
- 3 of 4
- Within 6 mi (10 km)
- 1 of 4
- Within 12 mi (20 km)
- 0 of 4
The range across its ZIP centres — any faith, from OpenStreetMap. A sanity check on the gap, not a scoring input.
Hall County: 80.1% of residents are adherents of some religious body · largest body Catholic Church · 196 congregations
2020 U.S. Religion Census, county-level, context only.
ZIP areas in Gainesville
| ZIP area | People | Last 5 yrs | Next 5 yrs | Churches ≤12 mi | Nearest | Other congregations ≤12 mi | Priority | Rank | Pipeline |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gainesville 30504 | 29,104 | +2,138 | +3,030 | 8 | 1.0 mi | 193 | 75 | #116 | — |
| Gainesville 30501 | 31,305 | +1,676 | +419 | 5 | 3.6 mi | 188 | 74 | #134 | — |
| Gainesville 30507 | 31,374 | +1,298 | +843 | 5 | 6.3 mi | 179 | 73 | #152 | — |
| Gainesville 30506growth corridor | 44,964 | +496 | +3,014 | 7 | 5.0 mi | 186 | 71 | #204 | — |
Who lives here
Population makeup
The five parts add to the 136,747 people who live in its ZIP areas.
- White, not Hispanic
- 53.0%
- 72,420
- Hispanic or Latino
- 33.9%
- 46,335
- Black, not Hispanic
- 7.5%
- 10,226
- Other, not Hispanic
- 3.6%
- 4,870
- Asian, not Hispanic
- 2.1%
- 2,896
Age, money, schooling, home and language
- Households with children
- 35.2%
- 16,060 of 45,604 households
- Below the poverty level
- 15.2%
- 20,471 of the 134,609 people poverty status is determined for
- Unemployed
- 4.1%
- 2,749 of a labor force of 66,536
- High school or higher
- 78.7%
- of 90,282 residents aged 25 and over
- Bachelor’s degree or higher
- 25.8%
- of 90,282 residents aged 25 and over
- Spanish spoken at home
- 30.3%
- 38,766 people aged 5 and over, 17,718 of them speaking English less than “very well”
- Foreign-born
- 18.7%
- 25,513 residents
- Owner-occupied homes
- 64.9%
- 29,582 owned, 16,022 rented
- Median household income by ZIP area
- from $58,214 (Gainesville 30501) to $95,224 (Gainesville 30506)
- Median age by ZIP area
- from 33.1 yrs (Gainesville 30504) to 45.6 yrs (Gainesville 30506)
- Median home value by ZIP area
- from $236,200 (Gainesville 30507) to $363,100 (Gainesville 30506)
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
- 46,335
- Change, 2018 to 2023
- -364
- -0.8%
- Share of everyone who lives here
- 33.9%
- Venezuelan origin
- 34
- Spanish-language Church of God churches in its ZIP areas
- 1
- Iglesia de Dios Evangelio Completo
- Strongest Futuros ZIP area
- Gainesville 3050769
- Futuros score, weighted by Hispanic residents
- 30.5
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
- 2,000
- Moved in from abroad, past year
- 563
Foreign-born residents by country of birth
- Mexico14,406
- El Salvador3,423
- Guatemala1,405
- Honduras820
- Vietnam791
- Philippines542
- Cuba539
- Colombia340
New homes
- Hall County · 5,654 permitted homes, 2023–25 · 3 developments
1-unit ×4753 · 2–4 ×125 · 5+ ×776
Building permits are published by county, so these are county figures, not the city’s.
Church health
3 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 Gainesville
| Church | City | Pastor | Contact | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gainesville-Northside Family Worship Ctr | Gainesville 30506 | Tony Elrod | Website · (770) 983-4100 | |
| Iglesia de Dios Evangelio Completo | Gainesville 30501 | Calixto Leal-Rosiles | Website · (678) 754-3144 | |
| Open Heaven Church | Gainsville 30504 | Yuriy Markov | (678) 788-2881 |
What a city is here. The place name the Postal Service gives a ZIP code, so Gainesville is every ZIP area whose mailing city is Gainesville — 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.