Ranked #597 of 1,017 cities across the two states · Candler County · Small-town & rural Georgia · 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 Metter 30439 at 35, ranked #800 of 1,274 ZIP areas — a plant goes in a ZIP area, so that is the number to plant on.
Why Metter scores 35
-240 in five years, +53 forecast
10,583 residents today
Church of God coverage — context, not in the score
2 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
- Metter 3043935#800
- Weakest ZIP area
- Metter 3043935
- 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.
Candler County: 46.7% of residents are adherents of some religious body · largest body Southern Baptist Convention · 32 congregations
2020 U.S. Religion Census, county-level, context only.
ZIP areas in Metter
| ZIP area | People | Last 5 yrs | Next 5 yrs | Churches ≤12 mi | Nearest | Other congregations ≤12 mi | Priority | Rank | Pipeline |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metter 30439 | 10,583 | -240 | +53 | 2 | 0.6 mi | 54 | 35 | #800 | — |
Who lives here
Population makeup
The five parts add to the 10,583 people who live in its ZIP areas.
- White, not Hispanic
- 59.3%
- 6,274
- Black, not Hispanic
- 23.1%
- 2,443
- Hispanic or Latino
- 13.2%
- 1,398
- Other, not Hispanic
- 4.1%
- 438
- Asian, not Hispanic
- 0.3%
- 30
Age, money, schooling, home and language
- Households with children
- 30.3%
- 1,208 of 3,983 households
- Below the poverty level
- 18.1%
- 1,863 of the 10,286 people poverty status is determined for
- Unemployed
- 4.2%
- 191 of a labor force of 4,601
- High school or higher
- 78.0%
- of 6,945 residents aged 25 and over
- Bachelor’s degree or higher
- 13.2%
- of 6,945 residents aged 25 and over
- Spanish spoken at home
- 11.5%
- 1,143 people aged 5 and over, 635 of them speaking English less than “very well”
- Foreign-born
- 6.3%
- 665 residents
- Owner-occupied homes
- 62.6%
- 2,495 owned, 1,488 rented
- Median household income by ZIP area
- $51,181
- Median age by ZIP area
- 40.6 yrs
- Median home value by ZIP area
- $131,400
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
- 1,398
- Change, 2018 to 2023
- +146
- +11.7%
- Share of everyone who lives here
- 13.2%
- Venezuelan origin
- 0
- Spanish-language Church of God churches in its ZIP areas
- 0
- none
- Strongest Futuros ZIP area
- Metter 3043951
- Futuros score, weighted by Hispanic residents
- 50.7
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
- 276
- Moved in from abroad, past year
- 0
Foreign-born residents by country of birth
- Mexico312
- Cuba140
- El Salvador139
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan19
- Guyana19
- Philippines15
- Romania12
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
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.
Church of God churches in Metter
| Church | City | Pastor | Contact | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metter Church of God | Metter 30439 | Darrell McLeod | (912) 685-2763 | |
| Open Door Worship Center | Metter 30439 | Xavier J Mikell | Website · (912) 685-6083 |
What a city is here. The place name the Postal Service gives a ZIP code, so Metter is every ZIP area whose mailing city is Metter — 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.