Ranked #290 of 1,017 cities across the two states · Lowndes County · Valdosta metro · 1 ZIP areas
The city score is the population-weighted average of its 1 scored ZIP areas on the model’s own weights. Its strongest ZIP area is Lake Park 31636 at 56, ranked #426 of 1,274 ZIP areas — a plant goes in a ZIP area, so that is the number to plant on.
Why Lake Park scores 56
+544 in five years, +2,456 forecast
11,184 residents today
Church of God coverage — context, not in the score
3 Church of God churches filed in its ZIP areas · nearest 0.6 mi · 0 of 1 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
- Lake Park 3163656#426
- Weakest ZIP area
- Lake Park 3163656
- Growth ZIP areas
- 0
Where the Church of God stands here
ZIP areas with no Church of God church within reach, of the 1 scored.
- Within 3 mi (5 km)
- 0 of 1
- Within 6 mi (10 km)
- 0 of 1
- Within 12 mi (20 km)
- 0 of 1
The range across its ZIP centres — any faith, from OpenStreetMap. A sanity check on the gap, not a scoring input.
Lowndes County: 50.4% of residents are adherents of some religious body · largest body Southern Baptist Convention · 176 congregations
2020 U.S. Religion Census, county-level, context only.
ZIP areas in Lake Park
| ZIP area | People | Last 5 yrs | Next 5 yrs | Churches ≤12 mi | Nearest | Other congregations ≤12 mi | Priority | Rank | Pipeline |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Park 31636 | 11,184 | +544 | +2,456 | 7 | 0.6 mi | 142 | 56 | #426 | — |
Who lives here
Population makeup
The five parts add to the 11,184 people who live in its ZIP areas.
- White, not Hispanic
- 65.3%
- 7,307
- Black, not Hispanic
- 18.3%
- 2,047
- Hispanic or Latino
- 10.8%
- 1,212
- Other, not Hispanic
- 4.2%
- 468
- Asian, not Hispanic
- 1.3%
- 150
Age, money, schooling, home and language
- Households with children
- 35.9%
- 1,534 of 4,272 households
- Below the poverty level
- 16.3%
- 1,821 of the 11,174 people poverty status is determined for
- Unemployed
- 6.8%
- 356 of a labor force of 5,271
- High school or higher
- 91.8%
- of 7,246 residents aged 25 and over
- Bachelor’s degree or higher
- 17.6%
- of 7,246 residents aged 25 and over
- Spanish spoken at home
- 7.4%
- 770 people aged 5 and over, 243 of them speaking English less than “very well”
- Foreign-born
- 3.7%
- 411 residents
- Owner-occupied homes
- 65.0%
- 2,778 owned, 1,494 rented
- Median household income by ZIP area
- $64,340
- Median age by ZIP area
- 37.1 yrs
- Median home value by ZIP area
- $204,200
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
- 1,212
- Change, 2018 to 2023
- +44
- +3.8%
- Share of everyone who lives here
- 10.8%
- Venezuelan origin
- 0
- Spanish-language Church of God churches in its ZIP areas
- 1
- Iglesia De Dios Casa Del Alfarero
- Strongest Futuros ZIP area
- Lake Park 3163640
- Futuros score, weighted by Hispanic residents
- 40.1
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
- 128
- Moved in from abroad, past year
- 0
Foreign-born residents by country of birth
- Mexico239
- Laos59
- India36
- Korea25
- Cuba22
- Philippines14
- Germany10
New homes
- Lowndes County · 2,566 permitted homes, 2023–25 · 3 developments
1-unit ×2501 · 2–4 ×16 · 5+ ×49
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 Lake Park
| Church | City | Pastor | Contact | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bethel | Lake Park 31636 | John Daryl Pate | Website · ( ) - | |
| Iglesia De Dios Casa Del Alfarero | Lake Park 31636 | Leoncio Oviedo | (229) 474-2701 | |
| Lake Park | Lake Park 31636 | — | ( ) - |
What a city is here. The place name the Postal Service gives a ZIP code, so Lake Park is every ZIP area whose mailing city is Lake Park — 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.