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Lenoir City, Tennessee

67Elevated priority

Ranked #158 of 1,017 cities across the two states · Loudon County · Knoxville metro · 2 ZIP areas

The city score is the population-weighted average of its 2 scored ZIP areas on the model’s own weights. Its strongest ZIP area is Lenoir City 37772 at 70, ranked #216 of 1,274 ZIP areas — a plant goes in a ZIP area, so that is the number to plant on.

Population now
31,993
no growth ZIP area
Growth, last 5 years
+2,369
+8.0%
Forecast, next 5 years
+2,921
+9.1% · official county projection
Church of God churches
5
6,399 people each

Why Lenoir City scores 67

Growth — are people moving here?62 · weight 86%

+2,369 in five years, +2,921 forecast

Viability — enough people to sustain a plant?96 · weight 14%

31,993 residents today

Church of God coverage — context, not in the score

5 Church of God churches filed in its ZIP areas · nearest 1.9 mi · 0 of 2 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
Lenoir City 3777270#216
Weakest ZIP area
Lenoir City 3777165
Growth ZIP areas
0

Where the Church of God stands here

ZIP areas with no Church of God church within reach, of the 2 scored.

Within 3 mi (5 km)
0 of 2
Within 6 mi (10 km)
0 of 2
Within 12 mi (20 km)
0 of 2
Other places of worship within 12 mi (20 km)
178–209

The range across its ZIP centres — any faith, from OpenStreetMap. A sanity check on the gap, not a scoring input.

Loudon County: 55.0% of residents are adherents of some religious body · largest body Southern Baptist Convention · 105 congregations

2020 U.S. Religion Census, county-level, context only.

ZIP areas in Lenoir City

ZIP areaPeopleLast 5 yrsNext 5 yrsChurches ≤12 miNearestOther congregations ≤12 miPriorityRankPipeline
Lenoir City 3777214,164+1,816+2,526132.1 mi20970#216—
Lenoir City 3777117,829+553+395111.9 mi17865#304—

Who lives here

Population makeup

The five parts add to the 31,993 people who live in its ZIP areas.

White, not Hispanic
84.4%
27,016
Hispanic or Latino
11.5%
3,677
Other, not Hispanic
2.3%
748
Black, not Hispanic
1.2%
383
Asian, not Hispanic
0.5%
169

Age, money, schooling, home and language

Households with children
25.9%
3,358 of 12,959 households
Below the poverty level
14.9%
4,725 of the 31,815 people poverty status is determined for
Unemployed
2.4%
390 of a labor force of 16,079
High school or higher
89.5%
of 23,187 residents aged 25 and over
Bachelor’s degree or higher
28.0%
of 23,187 residents aged 25 and over
Spanish spoken at home
6.6%
2,032 people aged 5 and over, 952 of them speaking English less than “very well”
Foreign-born
6.0%
1,910 residents
Owner-occupied homes
76.6%
9,931 owned, 3,028 rented
Median household income by ZIP area
from $62,338 (Lenoir City 37771) to $95,164 (Lenoir City 37772)
Median age by ZIP area
from 41.1 yrs (Lenoir City 37771) to 47.4 yrs (Lenoir City 37772)
Median home value by ZIP area
from $236,700 (Lenoir City 37771) to $367,300 (Lenoir City 37772)

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
3,677
Change, 2018 to 2023
+601
+19.5%
Share of everyone who lives here
11.5%
Venezuelan origin
126
Spanish-language Church of God churches in its ZIP areas
1
Iglesia de Dios Esperanza de Vida
Strongest Futuros ZIP area
Lenoir City 3777162
Futuros score, weighted by Hispanic residents
58.8

No official Hispanic forecast exists below state level, so the Futuros score looks forward on the observed five-year shift.

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Arrivals

Moved in from another state, past year
382
Moved in from abroad, past year
0

Foreign-born residents by country of birth

  • Mexico795
  • Honduras163
  • Taiwan130
  • Guatemala121
  • El Salvador113
  • Colombia101
  • Venezuela95
  • Latvia83
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New homes

  • Loudon County · 2,139 permitted homes, 2023–25 · 3 developments

    1-unit ×1802 · 2–4 ×85 · 5+ ×252

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.

No church here is on a falling attendance trend.

Church of God churches in Lenoir City

ChurchCityPastorContactNote
6Th AvenueLenoir City 37771Charles William FrittsWebsite · (865) 986-6000
Iglesia de Dios Esperanza de VidaLenoir City 37771Hugo A Velasquez(865) 386-7635
La Casa de mi PadreLenoir City 37771Carlos Alberto Escobar(443) 205-8608
My Father's HouseLenoir City 37771David Rhymer Thompson(865) 317-1097
North Lenoir Church of GodLenoir City 37771Justin David WrightWebsite · (865) 986-3349

What a city is here. The place name the Postal Service gives a ZIP code, so Lenoir City is every ZIP area whose mailing city is Lenoir City — 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.