Ranked #50 of 1,017 cities across the two states · DeKalb 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 Lithonia 30058 at 79, ranked #69 of 1,274 ZIP areas — a plant goes in a ZIP area, so that is the number to plant on.
Why Lithonia scores 77
+9,403 in five years, +8,060 forecast
106,165 residents today
Church of God coverage — context, not in the score
1 Church of God churches filed in its ZIP areas · nearest 2.6 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
- Lithonia 3005879#69
- Weakest ZIP area
- Lithonia 3003875
- 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.
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 Lithonia
| ZIP area | People | Last 5 yrs | Next 5 yrs | Churches ≤12 mi | Nearest | Other congregations ≤12 mi | Priority | Rank | Pipeline |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lithonia 30058growth corridor | 63,421 | +5,763 | +3,275 | 14 | 2.6 mi | 403 | 79 | #69 | — |
| Lithonia 30038growth corridor | 42,744 | +3,640 | +4,785 | 15 | 4.8 mi | 381 | 75 | #113 | — |
Who lives here
Population makeup
The five parts add to the 106,165 people who live in its ZIP areas.
- Black, not Hispanic
- 87.8%
- 93,231
- Other, not Hispanic
- 4.3%
- 4,538
- Hispanic or Latino
- 3.9%
- 4,142
- White, not Hispanic
- 3.3%
- 3,535
- Asian, not Hispanic
- 0.7%
- 719
Age, money, schooling, home and language
- Households with children
- 32.1%
- 11,837 of 36,861 households
- Below the poverty level
- 15.2%
- 16,012 of the 105,433 people poverty status is determined for
- Unemployed
- 8.7%
- 4,878 of a labor force of 56,245
- High school or higher
- 91.0%
- of 70,375 residents aged 25 and over
- Bachelor’s degree or higher
- 30.9%
- of 70,375 residents aged 25 and over
- Spanish spoken at home
- 3.0%
- 2,993 people aged 5 and over, 868 of them speaking English less than “very well”
- Foreign-born
- 11.9%
- 12,659 residents
- Owner-occupied homes
- 61.2%
- 22,545 owned, 14,316 rented
- Median household income by ZIP area
- from $62,633 (Lithonia 30058) to $70,860 (Lithonia 30038)
- Median age by ZIP area
- from 34.9 yrs (Lithonia 30058) to 38.4 yrs (Lithonia 30038)
- Median home value by ZIP area
- from $221,200 (Lithonia 30058) to $234,900 (Lithonia 30038)
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
- 4,142
- Change, 2018 to 2023
- +2,050
- +98.0%
- Share of everyone who lives here
- 3.9%
- Venezuelan origin
- 0
- Spanish-language Church of God churches in its ZIP areas
- 0
- none
- Strongest Futuros ZIP area
- Lithonia 3003876
- Futuros score, weighted by Hispanic residents
- 71.2
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
- 2,453
- Moved in from abroad, past year
- 399
Foreign-born residents by country of birth
- Jamaica4,468
- Guyana1,924
- Nigeria1,738
- Mexico830
- Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire)586
- Togo318
- Trinidad and Tobago232
- Haiti230
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
1 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 →1 planned areas in adopted five-year plans fall in its ZIP areas:
- mixed_use: 2 areas, 3,061 acres
Church of God churches in Lithonia
| Church | City | Pastor | Contact | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lithonia-Voices of Praise New Testament | Lithonia 30058 | Byron G E Peart | Website · (678) 526-8386 |
What a city is here. The place name the Postal Service gives a ZIP code, so Lithonia is every ZIP area whose mailing city is Lithonia — 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.