Ranked #270 of 1,017 cities across the two states · Hamilton County · Chattanooga metro · 16 ZIP areas, 15 scored
The city score is the population-weighted average of its 15 scored ZIP areas on the model’s own weights. Its strongest ZIP area is Chattanooga 37421 at 73, ranked #154 of 1,274 ZIP areas — a plant goes in a ZIP area, so that is the number to plant on.
Why Chattanooga scores 58
+5,117 in five years, +8,005 forecast
213,011 residents today
Church of God coverage — context, not in the score
18 Church of God churches filed in its ZIP areas · nearest 0.2 mi · 0 of 15 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
- Chattanooga 3742173#154
- Weakest ZIP area
- Chattanooga 3741031
- Growth ZIP areas
- 1
Where the Church of God stands here
ZIP areas with no Church of God church within reach, of the 15 scored.
- Within 3 mi (5 km)
- 0 of 15
- Within 6 mi (10 km)
- 0 of 15
- Within 12 mi (20 km)
- 0 of 15
The range across its ZIP centres — any faith, from OpenStreetMap. A sanity check on the gap, not a scoring input.
Hamilton County: 59.1% of residents are adherents of some religious body · largest body Southern Baptist Convention · 673 congregations
2020 U.S. Religion Census, county-level, context only.
ZIP areas in Chattanooga
| ZIP area | People | Last 5 yrs | Next 5 yrs | Churches ≤12 mi | Nearest | Other congregations ≤12 mi | Priority | Rank | Pipeline |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chattanooga 37421 | 52,516 | +1,589 | +996 | 36 | 1.4 mi | 513 | 73 | #154 | — |
| Chattanooga 37405 | 18,535 | +2,372 | +1,766 | 31 | 2.8 mi | 481 | 71 | #193 | — |
| Chattanooga 37411 | 18,815 | +1,809 | +1,404 | 38 | 0.6 mi | 528 | 70 | #215 | — |
| Chattanooga 37408growth corridor | 3,029 | +1,339 | +2,275 | 34 | 1.0 mi | 500 | 66 | #273 | — |
| Chattanooga 37404 | 13,883 | +1,111 | +788 | 37 | 0.9 mi | 518 | 66 | #272 | — |
| Chattanooga 37412 | 21,840 | +712 | +439 | 35 | 0.2 mi | 524 | 66 | #278 | — |
| Chattanooga 37409 | 3,417 | +726 | +365 | 35 | 2.3 mi | 486 | 60 | #367 | — |
| Chattanooga 37415 | 23,132 | -835 | -78 | 34 | 1.2 mi | 476 | 40 | #676 | — |
| Chattanooga 37416 | 14,089 | -1,275 | -182 | 43 | 2.3 mi | 517 | 38 | #735 | — |
| Chattanooga 37402 | 4,203 | +4 | +75 | 35 | 0.3 mi | 497 | 38 | #737 | — |
| Chattanooga 37406 | 12,867 | -1,070 | -825 | 39 | 2.9 mi | 519 | 37 | #752 | — |
| Chattanooga 37407 | 10,164 | -371 | +488 | 37 | 0.4 mi | 512 | 36 | #773 | — |
| Chattanooga 37403 | 6,560 | -639 | -225 | 35 | 0.6 mi | 505 | 34 | #829 | — |
| Chattanooga 37419 | 6,288 | -264 | +254 | 28 | 2.3 mi | 438 | 33 | #853 | — |
| Chattanooga 37410 | 3,673 | -91 | +465 | 34 | 1.4 mi | 495 | 31 | #895 | — |
Chattanooga 37450 carries no ACS population estimate — drawn on the map, not scored.
Who lives here
Population makeup
The five parts add to the 213,011 people who live in its ZIP areas.
- White, not Hispanic
- 57.6%
- 122,798
- Black, not Hispanic
- 26.4%
- 56,179
- Hispanic or Latino
- 9.5%
- 20,326
- Other, not Hispanic
- 4.3%
- 9,108
- Asian, not Hispanic
- 2.2%
- 4,600
Age, money, schooling, home and language
- Households with children
- 24.0%
- 21,760 of 90,570 households
- Below the poverty level
- 16.8%
- 34,756 of the 206,668 people poverty status is determined for
- Unemployed
- 5.0%
- 5,708 of a labor force of 114,407
- High school or higher
- 89.4%
- of 148,689 residents aged 25 and over
- Bachelor’s degree or higher
- 35.4%
- of 148,689 residents aged 25 and over
- Spanish spoken at home
- 7.7%
- 15,453 people aged 5 and over, 8,651 of them speaking English less than “very well”
- Foreign-born
- 7.6%
- 16,189 residents
- Owner-occupied homes
- 54.1%
- 48,990 owned, 41,580 rented
- Median household income by ZIP area
- from $22,127 (Chattanooga 37410) to $91,000 (Chattanooga 37408)
- Median age by ZIP area
- from 21.4 yrs (Chattanooga 37403) to 46.2 yrs (Chattanooga 37419)
- Median home value by ZIP area
- from $84,600 (Chattanooga 37407) to $460,000 (Chattanooga 37402)
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
- 20,326
- Change, 2018 to 2023
- +6,581
- +47.9%
- Share of everyone who lives here
- 9.5%
- Venezuelan origin
- 543
- Spanish-language Church of God churches in its ZIP areas
- 2
- Iglesia de Dios Encuentro, Iglesia de Dios Transformacion
- Strongest Futuros ZIP area
- Chattanooga 3740778
- Futuros score, weighted by Hispanic residents
- 67.8
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
- 8,936
- Moved in from abroad, past year
- 889
Foreign-born residents by country of birth
- Guatemala3,899
- Mexico3,237
- India1,424
- Haiti651
- Venezuela490
- Korea399
- Brazil390
- Vietnam364
New homes
- Hamilton County · 6,060 permitted homes, 2023–25 · 3 developments
1-unit ×4593 · 2–4 ×516 · 5+ ×951
Building permits are published by county, so these are county figures, not the city’s.
Church health
18 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.
No church here is on a falling attendance trend.
Church of God churches in Chattanooga
| Church | City | Pastor | Contact | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Action Church | Chattanooga 37412 | Daniel Leigh Beard | Website · (423) 567-4547 | |
| AnchorPoint Church | Chattanooga 37421 | — | Website · (423) 499-0656 | |
| Beacon Church | Chattanooga 37421 | — | (423) 899-4755 | |
| Chattanooga-Brainerd Hills | Chattanooga 37421 | Barry Lynn Dishman | Website · (423) 892-2092 | |
| Chattanooga-City Church | Chattanooga 37421 | Shannon Michael Chapman | (423) 894-6982 | |
| Chattanooga-Grandview | Chattanooga 37405 | Philip Aaron Pierce | ( ) - | |
| Chattanooga-Kellys Ferry | Chattanooga 37419 | Donald M Williams | (423) 821-9688 | |
| Chattanooga-Lake Hills | Chattanooga 37416 | Larry Wayne Nash | ||
| Chattanooga-Spring Creek | East Ridge 37412 | Edward Lane Davis | Website · (423) 892-2860 | |
| Hope City Church | Chattanooga 37411 | Ciby Thomas | Website · (404) 702-0004 | |
| IDD Evangelio Completo | Chattanooga 37407 | — | (423) 596-8624 | |
| Iglesia de Dios Encuentro | Chattanooga 37421 | Roberto Zamudio Samaniego | (423) 331-7886 | |
| Iglesia de Dios Transformacion | Chattanooga 37421 | Pablo R Barbosa | (706) 581-8525 | |
| Living Stones Ministry | Chattanooga 37424 | William M Holloway Jr | (423) 485-3409 | |
| Omega Harvest | Chattanooga 37415 | Mia Pittman-Head | Website · (423) 875-0033 | |
| Rossville-Joyful Sound | Chattanooga 37407 | James Allen Barker | Website · (423) 698-1813 | |
| The Crossing-An Entity of East Ridge | Chattanooga 37421 | Chadrick Lee Harris | Website · (423) 867-7287 | |
| True Life Church | Chattanooga 37412 | Danny Lance | Website · (423) 619-1784 |
What a city is here. The place name the Postal Service gives a ZIP code, so Chattanooga is every ZIP area whose mailing city is Chattanooga — 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.