Ranked #11 of 1,017 cities across the two states · Maury County · Nashville metro · 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 Columbia 38401 at 86, ranked #21 of 1,274 ZIP areas — a plant goes in a ZIP area, so that is the number to plant on.
Why Columbia scores 86
+7,687 in five years, +7,974 forecast
66,696 residents today
Church of God coverage — context, not in the score
1 Church of God churches filed in its ZIP areas · nearest 1.7 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
- Columbia 3840186#21
- Weakest ZIP area
- Columbia 3840186
- Growth ZIP areas
- 1
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.
Maury County: 43.1% of residents are adherents of some religious body · largest body Churches of Christ · 214 congregations
2020 U.S. Religion Census, county-level, context only.
ZIP areas in Columbia
| ZIP area | People | Last 5 yrs | Next 5 yrs | Churches ≤12 mi | Nearest | Other congregations ≤12 mi | Priority | Rank | Pipeline |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia 38401growth corridor | 66,696 | +7,687 | +7,974 | 2 | 1.7 mi | 125 | 86 | #21 | — |
Who lives here
Population makeup
The five parts add to the 66,696 people who live in its ZIP areas.
- White, not Hispanic
- 74.4%
- 49,612
- Black, not Hispanic
- 12.2%
- 8,114
- Hispanic or Latino
- 9.0%
- 5,978
- Other, not Hispanic
- 3.7%
- 2,469
- Asian, not Hispanic
- 0.8%
- 523
Age, money, schooling, home and language
- Households with children
- 31.8%
- 8,269 of 25,964 households
- Below the poverty level
- 11.8%
- 7,744 of the 65,737 people poverty status is determined for
- Unemployed
- 2.5%
- 850 of a labor force of 34,169
- High school or higher
- 91.7%
- of 45,912 residents aged 25 and over
- Bachelor’s degree or higher
- 24.4%
- of 45,912 residents aged 25 and over
- Spanish spoken at home
- 5.0%
- 3,143 people aged 5 and over, 714 of them speaking English less than “very well”
- Foreign-born
- 3.7%
- 2,436 residents
- Owner-occupied homes
- 71.8%
- 18,640 owned, 7,324 rented
- Median household income by ZIP area
- $69,467
- Median age by ZIP area
- 39.0 yrs
- Median home value by ZIP area
- $295,200
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
- 5,978
- Change, 2018 to 2023
- +2,135
- +55.6%
- Share of everyone who lives here
- 9.0%
- Venezuelan origin
- 37
- Spanish-language Church of God churches in its ZIP areas
- 0
- none
- Strongest Futuros ZIP area
- Columbia 3840180
- Futuros score, weighted by Hispanic residents
- 79.9
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
- 1,312
- Moved in from abroad, past year
- 23
Foreign-born residents by country of birth
- Mexico1,182
- Canada144
- Philippines114
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan93
- Vietnam81
- Jamaica77
- Panama75
- Guatemala74
New homes
- Maury County · 4,642 permitted homes, 2023–25 · 3 developments
1-unit ×4221 · 2–4 ×48 · 5+ ×373
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.
No church here is on a falling attendance trend.
Church of God churches in Columbia
| Church | City | Pastor | Contact | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Edge Church of God | Columbia 38401 | Matthew S McKnight | (931) 381-0578 |
What a city is here. The place name the Postal Service gives a ZIP code, so Columbia is every ZIP area whose mailing city is Columbia — 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.