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Griffin, Georgia

68Elevated priority

Ranked #145 of 1,017 cities across the two states · Spalding 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 Griffin 30224 at 76, ranked #99 of 1,274 ZIP areas — a plant goes in a ZIP area, so that is the number to plant on.

Population now
66,608
1 growth ZIP area
Growth, last 5 years
+4,480
+7.2%
Forecast, next 5 years
+3,943
+5.9% · official county projection
Church of God churches
3
22,203 people each

Why Griffin scores 68

Growth — are people moving here?63 · weight 86%

+4,480 in five years, +3,943 forecast

Viability — enough people to sustain a plant?100 · weight 14%

66,608 residents today

Church of God coverage — context, not in the score

3 Church of God churches filed in its ZIP areas · nearest 1.1 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
Griffin 3022476#99
Weakest ZIP area
Griffin 3022362
Growth ZIP areas
1

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)
0 of 2
Within 6 mi (10 km)
0 of 2
Within 12 mi (20 km)
0 of 2
Other places of worship within 12 mi (20 km)
156–163

The range across its ZIP centres — any faith, from OpenStreetMap. A sanity check on the gap, not a scoring input.

Spalding County: 61.0% of residents are adherents of some religious body · largest body Southern Baptist Convention · 120 congregations

2020 U.S. Religion Census, county-level, context only.

ZIP areas in Griffin

ZIP areaPeopleLast 5 yrsNext 5 yrsChurches ≤12 miNearestOther congregations ≤12 miPriorityRankPipeline
Griffin 30224growth corridor29,472+4,330+3,38951.4 mi15676#99—
Griffin 3022337,136+150+55441.1 mi16362#341—

Who lives here

Population makeup

The five parts add to the 66,608 people who live in its ZIP areas.

White, not Hispanic
54.7%
36,454
Black, not Hispanic
35.3%
23,503
Hispanic or Latino
5.7%
3,819
Other, not Hispanic
3.5%
2,347
Asian, not Hispanic
0.7%
485

Age, money, schooling, home and language

Households with children
29.1%
7,417 of 25,488 households
Below the poverty level
18.3%
11,967 of the 65,334 people poverty status is determined for
Unemployed
5.4%
1,640 of a labor force of 30,553
High school or higher
85.6%
of 45,154 residents aged 25 and over
Bachelor’s degree or higher
17.9%
of 45,154 residents aged 25 and over
Spanish spoken at home
4.7%
2,916 people aged 5 and over, 1,275 of them speaking English less than “very well”
Foreign-born
3.6%
2,379 residents
Owner-occupied homes
63.8%
16,249 owned, 9,239 rented
Median household income by ZIP area
from $56,940 (Griffin 30223) to $70,134 (Griffin 30224)
Median age by ZIP area
from 35.4 yrs (Griffin 30224) to 41.7 yrs (Griffin 30223)
Median home value by ZIP area
from $186,900 (Griffin 30223) to $210,200 (Griffin 30224)

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
3,819
Change, 2018 to 2023
+994
+35.2%
Share of everyone who lives here
5.7%
Venezuelan origin
58
Spanish-language Church of God churches in its ZIP areas
0
none
Strongest Futuros ZIP area
Griffin 3022469
Futuros score, weighted by Hispanic residents
62.0

No official Hispanic forecast exists below state level, so the Futuros score looks forward on the observed five-year shift.

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Arrivals

Moved in from another state, past year
1,513
Moved in from abroad, past year
103

Foreign-born residents by country of birth

  • Mexico377
  • Trinidad and Tobago193
  • Korea175
  • Guatemala164
  • India161
  • Philippines138
  • Honduras123
  • Japan114
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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

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 Griffin

ChurchCityPastorContactNote
Griffin-Center PointGriffin 30224Thomas Lindsey Powell IIIWebsite · (770) 227-3895
Griffin-LandmarkGriffin 30223Shirley Rebecca Brannon
Griffin-My Fathers HouseGriffin 30223Steven Donald Newman

What a city is here. The place name the Postal Service gives a ZIP code, so Griffin is every ZIP area whose mailing city is Griffin — 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.