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Type a city — Chattanooga TN, Athens GA — and see what it scores for planting on every measure the tool holds: growth, the Church of God’s coverage, viability, who lives there, the Futuros picture, arrivals, new homes and the health of the churches already there. A city here is the place name the Postal Service gives its ZIP codes — the city everyone means, not the city limits.

1,017 cities
#CityCountiesMetroZIP areasPopulationGrowth 5 yr%Forecast 5 yrChurch of God churchesNo church ≤6 miBest ZIP areaCity score
1001Newcomb, TNCampbell CountyKnoxville metro1632-52-7.6%+29800Newcomb 3781999
1001Luray, TNChester CountyJackson metro1623-31-4.7%-14001Luray 3835299
1003Sale City, GAMitchell CountySmall-town & rural Georgia1601-163-21.3%-13501Sale City 3178499
1003Cobb, GASumter CountySmall-town & rural Georgia1570-145-20.3%-2001Cobb 3173599
1005Trade, TNJohnson CountySmall-town & rural Tennessee1532-331-38.4%-12000Trade 3769199
1005Oakfield, GAWorth CountyAlbany metro1524-12-2.2%+8901Oakfield 3177299
1007Junction City, GATalbot CountyColumbus metro1518-67-11.5%-11701Junction City 3181299
1007Milligan College, TNCarter CountyJohnson City metro1513-174-25.3%-9300Milligan College 3768299
1007Allardt, TNFentress CountySmall-town & rural Tennessee1496-387-43.8%-11200Allardt 3850499
1010Jacksonville, GATelfair CountySmall-town & rural Georgia1482-296-38.0%+200Jacksonville 3154499
1010Jacks Creek, TNChester CountyJackson metro1479-31-6.1%-10801Jacks Creek 3834799
1010Guys, TNMcNairy CountySmall-town & rural Tennessee1464-244-34.5%-5201Guys 3833999
1010Hickory Valley, TNHardeman CountySmall-town & rural Tennessee1451-275-37.9%-10201Hickory Valley 3804299
1014Sugar Tree, TNDecatur CountySmall-town & rural Tennessee1450-22-4.7%+21301Sugar Tree 3838088
1014Maury City, TNCrockett CountyJackson metro1425-190-30.9%-9610Maury City 3805088
1016Matthews, GAJefferson CountySmall-town & rural Georgia1404-218-35.0%-9100Matthews 3081888
1017Milledgeville, TNHardin CountySmall-town & rural Tennessee1306-30-8.9%-3401Milledgeville 3835988
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What the city score is.The population-weighted average of the city’s scored ZIP areas’ planting scores — 86% growth, 14% viability; how near a Church of God church is carries no weight — so a 52,000-person ZIP area counts for more than a 3,000-person one. The strongest ZIP area is shown beside it because a plant goes in a ZIP area, not in a city. Cities are the Postal Service place names carried by ZIP codes; Athens, Cleveland and sixty other names exist in both states and are listed separately.