Ranked #371 of 1,017 cities across the two states · Chatham County · Savannah metro · 11 ZIP areas, 10 scored
The city score is the population-weighted average of its 10 scored ZIP areas on the model’s own weights. Its strongest ZIP area is Savannah 31405 at 74, ranked #130 of 1,274 ZIP areas — a plant goes in a ZIP area, so that is the number to plant on.
Why Savannah scores 51
-2,264 in five years, -1,835 forecast
238,997 residents today
Church of God coverage — context, not in the score
5 Church of God churches filed in its ZIP areas · nearest 0.8 mi · 1 of 10 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
- Savannah 3140574#130
- Weakest ZIP area
- Savannah 3140921
- Growth ZIP areas
- 1
Where the Church of God stands here
ZIP areas with no Church of God church within reach, of the 10 scored.
- Within 3 mi (5 km)
- 4 of 10
- Within 6 mi (10 km)
- 1 of 10
- Within 12 mi (20 km)
- 0 of 10
The range across its ZIP centres — any faith, from OpenStreetMap. A sanity check on the gap, not a scoring input.
Chatham County: 41.6% of residents are adherents of some religious body · largest body Non-denominational Christian Churches · 334 congregations
2020 U.S. Religion Census, county-level, context only.
ZIP areas in Savannah
| ZIP area | People | Last 5 yrs | Next 5 yrs | Churches ≤12 mi | Nearest | Other congregations ≤12 mi | Priority | Rank | Pipeline |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Savannah 31405 | 39,724 | +2,227 | +5,852 | 5 | 2.5 mi | 350 | 74 | #130 | — |
| Savannah 31408 | 11,791 | +1,275 | +1,566 | 7 | 5.2 mi | 344 | 67 | #260 | — |
| Savannah 31401 | 20,562 | +306 | +473 | 5 | 0.9 mi | 337 | 63 | #325 | — |
| Savannah 31411 | 8,977 | +102 | -699 | 4 | 3.6 mi | 282 | 54 | #464 | — |
| Savannah 31419growth corridor | 57,354 | -898 | -1,927 | 6 | 3.3 mi | 351 | 45 | #573 | — |
| Savannah 31406 | 34,649 | -808 | +663 | 6 | 0.8 mi | 328 | 43 | #613 | — |
| Savannah 31404 | 30,749 | -2,127 | -4,304 | 5 | 2.1 mi | 325 | 42 | #618 | — |
| Savannah 31410 | 22,867 | -1,578 | -2,367 | 4 | 6.4 mi | 296 | 41 | #656 | — |
| Savannah 31415 | 11,788 | -598 | -971 | 6 | 1.5 mi | 341 | 38 | #743 | — |
| Savannah 31409 | 536 | -165 | -121 | 6 | 1.8 mi | 347 | 21 | #1,037 | — |
Savannah 31421 carries no ACS population estimate — drawn on the map, not scored.
Who lives here
Population makeup
The five parts add to the 238,997 people who live in its ZIP areas.
- White, not Hispanic
- 44.9%
- 107,382
- Black, not Hispanic
- 40.2%
- 95,963
- Hispanic or Latino
- 7.7%
- 18,509
- Other, not Hispanic
- 4.2%
- 9,928
- Asian, not Hispanic
- 3.0%
- 7,215
Age, money, schooling, home and language
- Households with children
- 25.8%
- 24,586 of 95,474 households
- Below the poverty level
- 16.0%
- 36,508 of the 227,711 people poverty status is determined for
- Unemployed
- 5.8%
- 7,089 of a labor force of 121,517
- High school or higher
- 90.9%
- of 162,674 residents aged 25 and over
- Bachelor’s degree or higher
- 36.6%
- of 162,674 residents aged 25 and over
- Spanish spoken at home
- 5.7%
- 12,914 people aged 5 and over, 4,804 of them speaking English less than “very well”
- Foreign-born
- 7.6%
- 18,172 residents
- Owner-occupied homes
- 55.1%
- 52,580 owned, 42,894 rented
- Median household income by ZIP area
- from $37,890 (Savannah 31415) to $122,723 (Savannah 31411)
- Median age by ZIP area
- from 21.3 yrs (Savannah 31409) to 66.4 yrs (Savannah 31411)
- Median home value by ZIP area
- from $112,300 (Savannah 31415) to $765,000 (Savannah 31411)
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
- 18,509
- Change, 2018 to 2023
- +3,464
- +23.0%
- Share of everyone who lives here
- 7.7%
- Venezuelan origin
- 346
- Spanish-language Church of God churches in its ZIP areas
- 1
- Iglesia de Dios Evangelio Completo
- Strongest Futuros ZIP area
- Savannah 3141974
- Futuros score, weighted by Hispanic residents
- 62.6
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
- 13,558
- Moved in from abroad, past year
- 1,940
Foreign-born residents by country of birth
- Mexico2,497
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan1,174
- Philippines1,076
- Honduras945
- Vietnam847
- India812
- Guatemala780
- Germany778
New homes
- Chatham County · 8,789 permitted homes, 2023–25 · 3 developments
1-unit ×5967 · 2–4 ×62 · 5+ ×2760
Building permits are published by county, so these are county figures, not the city’s.
Church health
5 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 Savannah
| Church | City | Pastor | Contact | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iglesia de Dios Evangelio Completo | Savannah 31406 | — | (912) 436-8638 | |
| Old Savannah City Mission | Savannah 31401 | Larry Wayne McDaniel | Website · (912) 313-5767 | |
| Sanctuary Church of Savannah | Savannah 31406 | Todd McDaniel | (912) 691-1148 | |
| Savannah-Coastal Cathedral | Savannah 31419 | Alton Eugene Carter | Website · (912) 629-7171 | |
| United Church of God | Savannah 31406 | Clinton Kevin Kearney | Website · (912) 988-3926 |
What a city is here. The place name the Postal Service gives a ZIP code, so Savannah is every ZIP area whose mailing city is Savannah — 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.