Ranked #430 of 1,017 cities across the two states · Lowndes County · Valdosta metro · 5 ZIP areas
The city score is the population-weighted average of its 5 scored ZIP areas on the model’s own weights. Its strongest ZIP area is Valdosta 31605 at 68, ranked #249 of 1,274 ZIP areas — a plant goes in a ZIP area, so that is the number to plant on.
Why Valdosta scores 45
+496 in five years, -303 forecast
95,447 residents today
Church of God coverage — context, not in the score
6 Church of God churches filed in its ZIP areas · nearest 1.5 mi · 0 of 5 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
- Valdosta 3160568#249
- Weakest ZIP area
- Valdosta 3160626
- Growth ZIP areas
- 0
Where the Church of God stands here
ZIP areas with no Church of God church within reach, of the 5 scored.
- Within 3 mi (5 km)
- 0 of 5
- Within 6 mi (10 km)
- 0 of 5
- Within 12 mi (20 km)
- 0 of 5
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 Valdosta
| ZIP area | People | Last 5 yrs | Next 5 yrs | Churches ≤12 mi | Nearest | Other congregations ≤12 mi | Priority | Rank | Pipeline |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valdosta 31605 | 24,280 | +1,991 | +2,135 | 8 | 1.5 mi | 203 | 68 | #249 | — |
| Valdosta 31698 | 934 | +203 | +471 | 7 | 1.9 mi | 212 | 45 | #576 | — |
| Valdosta 31602 | 35,347 | -957 | -1,844 | 7 | 2.5 mi | 208 | 38 | #725 | — |
| Valdosta 31601 | 31,495 | -589 | -529 | 7 | 1.9 mi | 214 | 38 | #731 | — |
| Valdosta 31606 | 3,391 | -152 | -536 | 10 | 2.0 mi | 204 | 26 | #970 | — |
Who lives here
Population makeup
The five parts add to the 95,447 people who live in its ZIP areas.
- White, not Hispanic
- 45.1%
- 43,040
- Black, not Hispanic
- 42.2%
- 40,265
- Hispanic or Latino
- 7.3%
- 7,006
- Other, not Hispanic
- 3.5%
- 3,337
- Asian, not Hispanic
- 1.9%
- 1,799
Age, money, schooling, home and language
- Households with children
- 31.9%
- 11,563 of 36,303 households
- Below the poverty level
- 23.1%
- 21,168 of the 91,732 people poverty status is determined for
- Unemployed
- 5.7%
- 2,566 of a labor force of 45,070
- High school or higher
- 88.6%
- of 56,467 residents aged 25 and over
- Bachelor’s degree or higher
- 26.4%
- of 56,467 residents aged 25 and over
- Spanish spoken at home
- 4.6%
- 4,096 people aged 5 and over, 1,617 of them speaking English less than “very well”
- Foreign-born
- 4.0%
- 3,796 residents
- Owner-occupied homes
- 51.9%
- 18,848 owned, 17,455 rented
- Median household income by ZIP area
- from $34,846 (Valdosta 31601) to $73,991 (Valdosta 31605)
- Median age by ZIP area
- from 19.0 yrs (Valdosta 31698) to 39.7 yrs (Valdosta 31606)
- Median home value by ZIP area
- from $112,600 (Valdosta 31601) to $211,900 (Valdosta 31605)
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
- 7,006
- Change, 2018 to 2023
- +1,666
- +31.2%
- Share of everyone who lives here
- 7.3%
- Venezuelan origin
- 50
- Spanish-language Church of God churches in its ZIP areas
- 0
- none
- Strongest Futuros ZIP area
- Valdosta 3160169
- Futuros score, weighted by Hispanic residents
- 62.3
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
- 3,189
- Moved in from abroad, past year
- 273
Foreign-born residents by country of birth
- Mexico916
- Korea281
- Guatemala280
- Philippines224
- Ghana176
- Pakistan161
- Thailand113
- Dominican Republic109
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
6 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 Valdosta
| Church | City | Pastor | Contact | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IDD Nueva Cosecha, Inc | Valdosta 31605 | Jose Jeremias Melendez | (706) 464-6069 | |
| La Ultima Llamada | Valdosta 31601 | Daniel C Lopez | ||
| Swilley Hill | Valdosta 31606 | Andy H Pearson | ||
| Valdosta-Abundant Life | Valdosta 31605 | Brian Carl Monehan | Website · (229) 242-4252 | |
| Valdosta-Azalea City | Valdosta 31601 | Brett Jarriel | Website · (229) 244-1855 | |
| Valdosta-North | Valdosta 31605 | Johnnie L Quarterman | (229) 333-0836 |
What a city is here. The place name the Postal Service gives a ZIP code, so Valdosta is every ZIP area whose mailing city is Valdosta — 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.