Where to plant
Every ZIP area in Georgia and Tennessee ranked by how much the population is moving in — the last five years and the official forecast — with a small weight for whether there are enough people to sustain a plant. How near a Church of God church is carries no weight; the church columns are context.
124 ZIP areas match
Showing growth ZIP areas only — ZIP areas that gained 2,500+ people between the 2018 and 2023 ACS windows, are forecast to, or grew 25%+ while adding 1,200+ people. Toggle off to search every ZIP area. Forecast to 2036 is the official projection (2026–2036) from Georgia’s Office of Planning and Budget (2026 series) and Tennessee’s Boyd Center at UT (2022 series). Both publish by county, so each county’s decade change is apportioned to its ZIP areas by population share. A ~ marks any ZIP area still on our modeled trend.
| Rank | ZIP area | county | State | Population | Growth 5 yr | % | Forecast to 2036 | % | Churches ≤12 mi | Nearest | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Cumming 30028 | Forsyth County | GA | 36,631 | +11,653 | +46.6% | +8,415 | +20.0% | 7 | 3.7 mi | 90 | — |
| 5 | Fairburn 30213 | Fulton County | GA | 48,541 | +15,812 | +48.3% | +4,685 | +9.3% | 7 | 6.9 mi | 89 | — |
| 6 | Canton 30115 | Cherokee County | GA | 53,299 | +12,194 | +29.7% | +10,231 | +17.1% | 15 | 2.6 mi | 88 | — |
| 8 | Richmond Hill 31324 | Bryan County | GA | 35,668 | +10,025 | +39.1% | +8,291 | +20.7% | 5 | 2.1 mi | 88 | — |
| 9 | Loganville 30052 | Gwinnett County | GA | 79,020 | +13,061 | +19.8% | +11,846 | +13.4% | 16 | 1.3 mi | 88 | — |
| 13 | Cumming 30040 | Forsyth County | GA | 79,580 | +9,070 | +12.9% | +18,281 | +20.0% | 8 | 1.8 mi | 87 | — |
| 15 | Dallas 30132 | Paulding County | GA | 50,803 | +10,362 | +25.6% | +9,606 | +17.1% | 6 | 5.3 mi | 87 | — |
| 16 | Cumming 30041 | Forsyth County | GA | 75,160 | +8,629 | +13.0% | +17,265 | +20.0% | 10 | 2.0 mi | 87 | — |
| 17 | Lawrenceville 30044 | Gwinnett County | GA | 100,471 | +12,431 | +14.1% | +11,328 | +10.6% | 28 | 0.7 mi | 87 | — |
| 20 | Buford 30519 | Gwinnett County | GA | 57,648 | +11,233 | +24.2% | +6,710 | +11.0% | 15 | 3.6 mi | 86 | — |
| 22 | Port Wentworth 31407 | Chatham County | GA | 22,743 | +9,935 | +77.6% | +2,059 | +8.6% | 5 | 2.2 mi | 86 | — |
| 23 | Atlanta 30339 | Cobb County | GA | 34,872 | +11,499 | +49.2% | +2,451 | +6.8% | 15 | 1.6 mi | 85 | — |
| 24 | Locust Grove 30248 | Henry County | GA | 33,837 | +8,676 | +34.5% | +5,305 | +14.5% | 8 | 6.5 mi | 85 | — |
| 25 | Mcdonough 30253 | Henry County | GA | 64,108 | +8,932 | +16.2% | +10,238 | +14.7% | 11 | 1.3 mi | 85 | — |
| 26 | Jefferson 30549 | Jackson County | GA | 30,643 | +5,751 | +23.1% | +10,495 | +25.3% | 2 | 10 mi | 85 | — |
| 27 | Suwanee 30024 | Gwinnett County | GA | 85,106 | +7,772 | +10.1% | +12,060 | +13.1% | 20 | 1.9 mi | 85 | — |
| 28 | Canton 30114 | Cherokee County | GA | 60,340 | +7,130 | +13.4% | +11,583 | +17.1% | 10 | 2.3 mi | 84 | — |
| 30 | Hampton 30228 | Henry County | GA | 51,485 | +9,226 | +21.8% | +6,060 | +11.3% | 11 | 3.2 mi | 84 | — |
| 32 | Covington 30016 | Newton County | GA | 61,123 | +6,881 | +12.7% | +10,499 | +15.5% | 6 | 5.5 mi | 84 | — |
| 34 | Evans 30809 | Columbia County | GA | 54,105 | +8,563 | +18.8% | +5,849 | +9.8% | 4 | 4.8 mi | 83 | — |
| 33 | Hoschton 30548 | Jackson County | GA | 24,602 | +5,972 | +32.1% | +5,236 | +18.2% | 10 | 4.9 mi | 83 | — |
| 37 | Winder 30680 | Barrow County | GA | 47,433 | +4,458 | +10.4% | +11,238 | +19.9% | 3 | 1.7 mi | 82 | — |
| 36 | Auburn 30011 | Barrow County | GA | 20,859 | +5,431 | +35.2% | +4,000 | +16.8% | 11 | 1.0 mi | 82 | — |
| 38 | Guyton 31312 | Effingham County | GA | 25,286 | +4,989 | +24.6% | +5,520 | +18.7% | 4 | 6.7 mi | 82 | — |
| 39 | Lawrenceville 30045 | Gwinnett County | GA | 46,733 | +6,554 | +16.3% | +5,269 | +10.6% | 20 | 2.8 mi | 82 | — |
| 40 | Lilburn 30047 | Gwinnett County | GA | 70,592 | +5,172 | +7.9% | +7,959 | +10.6% | 25 | 3.9 mi | 81 | — |
| 41 | Jasper 30143 | Pickens County | GA | 26,738 | +5,251 | +24.4% | +4,029 | +13.2% | 5 | 2.1 mi | 81 | — |
| 43 | Snellville 30039 | Gwinnett County | GA | 51,742 | +5,616 | +12.2% | +5,758 | +10.5% | 21 | 0.9 mi | 81 | — |
| 44 | Dawsonville 30534 | Dawson County | GA | 33,191 | +4,348 | +15.1% | +6,468 | +16.9% | 2 | 0.5 mi | 81 | — |
| 45 | Grovetown 30813 | Columbia County | GA | 49,986 | +5,921 | +13.4% | +5,045 | +9.2% | 6 | 4.1 mi | 81 | — |
| 52 | Stockbridge 30281 | Henry County | GA | 70,838 | +3,305 | +4.9% | +10,438 | +13.7% | 14 | 0.7 mi | 80 | — |
| 53 | Statesboro 30458 | Bulloch County | GA | 48,191 | +4,594 | +10.5% | +6,017 | +11.4% | 4 | 1.7 mi | 80 | — |
| 51 | Woodstock 30188 | Cherokee County | GA | 65,980 | +2,809 | +4.5% | +12,459 | +16.9% | 18 | 3.6 mi | 80 | — |
| 50 | Snellville 30078 | Gwinnett County | GA | 41,041 | +5,217 | +14.6% | +4,628 | +10.6% | 22 | 0.2 mi | 80 | — |
| 54 | Acworth 30101 | Cobb County | GA | 62,871 | +4,830 | +8.3% | +6,099 | +9.2% | 9 | 5.2 mi | 80 | — |
| 56 | Atlanta 30309 | Fulton County | GA | 30,413 | +5,669 | +22.9% | +2,936 | +9.3% | 15 | 2.1 mi | 80 | — |
| 57 | Warner Robins 31088 | Houston County | GA | 59,599 | +4,857 | +8.9% | +5,822 | +9.1% | 7 | 0.8 mi | 80 | — |
| 55 | Alpharetta 30004 | Fulton County | GA | 67,850 | +3,618 | +5.6% | +8,684 | +12.1% | 13 | 3.3 mi | 80 | — |
| 59 | Braselton 30517 | Jackson County | GA | 18,545 | +3,888 | +26.5% | +4,109 | +18.8% | 12 | 7.9 mi | 80 | — |
| 58 | Alpharetta 30009 | Fulton County | GA | 21,592 | +5,495 | +34.1% | +2,084 | +9.3% | 15 | 1.3 mi | 80 | — |
| 60 | Kathleen 31047 | Houston County | GA | 19,945 | +5,320 | +36.4% | +1,948 | +9.1% | 6 | 1.3 mi | 79 | — |
| 61 | Rincon 31326 | Effingham County | GA | 23,882 | +3,652 | +18.1% | +5,213 | +18.7% | 3 | 2.6 mi | 79 | — |
| 63 | Dallas 30157 | Paulding County | GA | 52,193 | +2,851 | +5.8% | +9,660 | +16.8% | 9 | 2.4 mi | 79 | — |
| 62 | Powder Springs 30127 | Cobb County | GA | 72,126 | +4,438 | +6.6% | +6,028 | +8.0% | 16 | 1.6 mi | 79 | — |
| 64 | Atlanta 30318 | Fulton County | GA | 58,651 | +4,499 | +8.3% | +5,660 | +9.3% | 13 | 1.2 mi | 79 | — |
| 66 | Athens 30606 | Clarke County | GA | 48,156 | +4,440 | +10.2% | +5,261 | +10.9% | 3 | 2.3 mi | 79 | — |
| 65 | Atlanta 30308 | Fulton County | GA | 23,329 | +5,230 | +28.9% | +2,252 | +9.3% | 14 | 3.3 mi | 79 | — |
| 68 | Woodstock 30189 | Cherokee County | GA | 41,586 | +3,036 | +7.9% | +7,982 | +17.1% | 14 | 1.6 mi | 79 | — |
| 67 | Marietta 30066 | Cobb County | GA | 60,961 | +5,413 | +9.7% | +4,244 | +6.7% | 20 | 3.8 mi | 79 | — |
| 69 | Lithonia 30058 | DeKalb County | GA | 63,421 | +5,763 | +10.0% | +3,806 | +5.8% | 14 | 2.6 mi | 79 | — |
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