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.
56 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Murfreesboro 37128 | Rutherford County | TN | 77,016 | +25,995 | +51.0% | +18,285 | +20.8% | 1 | 12 mi | 96 | — |
| 2 | Spring Hill 37174 | Williamson County | TN | 50,778 | +15,905 | +45.6% | +11,148 | +20.1% | 1 | 9.4 mi | 92 | — |
| 4 | Nolensville 37135 | Williamson County | TN | 23,231 | +10,851 | +87.7% | +5,074 | +20.2% | 4 | 6.4 mi | 89 | — |
| 7 | Clarksville 37040 | Montgomery County | TN | 62,137 | +11,184 | +21.9% | +14,664 | +21.2% | 2 | 3.2 mi | 88 | — |
| 10 | Franklin 37064 | Williamson County | TN | 66,641 | +10,000 | +17.7% | +14,556 | +20.2% | 1 | 2.8 mi | 87 | — |
| 12 | Gallatin 37066 | Sumner County | TN | 62,404 | +12,076 | +24.0% | +9,354 | +14.1% | 3 | 1.3 mi | 87 | — |
| 11 | Clarksville 37043 | Montgomery County | TN | 57,246 | +9,670 | +20.3% | +13,509 | +21.2% | 2 | 2.4 mi | 87 | — |
| 14 | Mount Juliet 37122 | Wilson County | TN | 66,348 | +9,384 | +16.5% | +15,689 | +20.5% | 6 | 0.9 mi | 87 | — |
| 18 | Clarksville 37042 | Montgomery County | TN | 85,169 | +8,001 | +10.4% | +20,098 | +21.2% | 2 | 5.2 mi | 87 | — |
| 19 | Lebanon 37087 | Wilson County | TN | 55,235 | +8,389 | +17.9% | +13,060 | +20.5% | 4 | 2.8 mi | 86 | — |
| 21 | Columbia 38401 | Maury County | TN | 66,696 | +7,687 | +13.0% | +14,726 | +19.9% | 2 | 1.7 mi | 86 | — |
| 29 | Brentwood 37027 | Williamson County | TN | 61,961 | +6,831 | +12.4% | +12,045 | +18.1% | 4 | 7.4 mi | 84 | — |
| 31 | Hendersonville 37075 | Sumner County | TN | 72,541 | +7,418 | +11.4% | +10,873 | +14.1% | 9 | 2.2 mi | 84 | — |
| 35 | Smyrna 37167 | Rutherford County | TN | 63,660 | +4,605 | +7.8% | +15,113 | +20.8% | 2 | 1.3 mi | 83 | — |
| 42 | Nashville 37203 | Davidson County | TN | 20,234 | +6,002 | +42.2% | +1,973 | +9.4% | 5 | 2.9 mi | 81 | — |
| 47 | Murfreesboro 37127 | Rutherford County | TN | 22,029 | +4,194 | +23.5% | +5,230 | +20.8% | 0 | 16 mi | 81 | — |
| 46 | Antioch 37013 | Davidson County | TN | 102,055 | +4,236 | +4.3% | +9,950 | +9.4% | 6 | 3.8 mi | 81 | — |
| 48 | La Vergne 37086 | Rutherford County | TN | 37,786 | +3,563 | +10.4% | +8,971 | +20.8% | 5 | 1.8 mi | 80 | — |
| 49 | Murfreesboro 37129 | Rutherford County | TN | 60,615 | +2,575 | +4.4% | +14,391 | +20.8% | 2 | 7.0 mi | 80 | — |
| 72 | Knoxville 37932 | Knox County | TN | 23,330 | +5,261 | +29.1% | +1,960 | +8.0% | 22 | 2.8 mi | 79 | — |
| 89 | Cookeville 38501 | Putnam County | TN | 42,422 | +4,046 | +10.5% | +3,288 | +7.4% | 6 | 3.5 mi | 77 | — |
| 88 | Nashville 37206 | Davidson County | TN | 29,368 | +3,898 | +15.3% | +2,863 | +9.4% | 5 | 3.5 mi | 77 | — |
| 92 | Lebanon 37090 | Wilson County | TN | 17,929 | +2,830 | +18.7% | +3,735 | +18.4% | 2 | 4.2 mi | 77 | — |
| 95 | Manchester 37355 | Coffee County | TN | 29,810 | +3,444 | +13.1% | +3,236 | +10.2% | 2 | 1.7 mi | 77 | — |
| 98 | Franklin 37067 | Williamson County | TN | 31,550 | +1,955 | +6.6% | +6,891 | +20.2% | 1 | 4.6 mi | 76 | — |
| 103 | Shelbyville 37160 | Bedford County | TN | 36,422 | +2,519 | +7.4% | +4,823 | +12.0% | 2 | 1.9 mi | 76 | — |
| 118 | Hixson 37343 | Hamilton County | TN | 44,572 | +2,917 | +7.0% | +3,337 | +7.2% | 37 | 1.8 mi | 75 | — |
| 121 | Cleveland 37311 | Bradley County | TN | 31,043 | +3,291 | +11.9% | +2,417 | +7.2% | 31 | 0.5 mi | 75 | — |
| 125 | Knoxville 37922 | Knox County | TN | 39,013 | +2,789 | +7.7% | +3,278 | +8.0% | 20 | 1.2 mi | 75 | — |
| 123 | Harrison 37341 | Hamilton County | TN | 14,966 | +3,754 | +33.5% | +1,120 | +7.2% | 39 | 3.4 mi | 75 | — |
| 124 | Knoxville 37920 | Knox County | TN | 43,509 | +2,589 | +6.3% | +3,656 | +8.0% | 24 | 1.7 mi | 75 | — |
| 128 | Loudon 37774 | Loudon County | TN | 20,989 | +3,178 | +17.8% | +1,938 | +8.6% | 11 | 4.1 mi | 75 | — |
| 129 | Knoxville 37919 | Knox County | TN | 31,401 | +2,765 | +9.7% | +2,638 | +8.0% | 24 | 1.6 mi | 74 | — |
| 133 | Knoxville 37931 | Knox County | TN | 31,149 | +2,705 | +9.5% | +2,617 | +8.0% | 22 | 1.9 mi | 74 | — |
| 131 | Murfreesboro 37130 | Rutherford County | TN | 57,768 | +697 | +1.2% | +13,715 | +20.8% | 1 | 12 mi | 74 | — |
| 132 | Seymour 37865 | Sevier County | TN | 25,113 | +3,556 | +16.5% | +1,542 | +5.9% | 9 | 1.1 mi | 74 | — |
| 139 | White House 37188 | Robertson County | TN | 17,685 | +2,552 | +16.9% | +2,111 | +10.7% | 3 | 2.3 mi | 74 | — |
| 145 | Nashville 37208 | Davidson County | TN | 20,204 | +2,622 | +14.9% | +1,970 | +9.4% | 5 | 2.5 mi | 74 | — |
| 160 | Johnson City 37604 | Washington County | TN | 38,359 | +2,605 | +7.3% | +1,955 | +4.7% | 13 | 0.4 mi | 73 | — |
| 166 | Knoxville 37924 | Knox County | TN | 14,672 | +2,672 | +22.3% | +1,232 | +8.0% | 15 | 0.9 mi | 72 | — |
| 180 | Hartsville 37074 | Trousdale County | TN | 10,999 | +2,332 | +26.9% | +1,131 | +8.3% | 2 | 2.5 mi | 72 | — |
| 182 | Lascassas 37085 | Rutherford County | TN | 6,102 | +1,602 | +35.6% | +1,449 | +20.8% | 0 | 15 mi | 72 | — |
| 188 | Oak Ridge 37830 | Anderson County | TN | 32,519 | +3,065 | +10.4% | +1,107 | +3.3% | 9 | 0.7 mi | 72 | — |
| 200 | Oakland 38060 | Fayette County | TN | 12,360 | +2,897 | +30.6% | +606 | +4.7% | 1 | 11 mi | 71 | — |
| 198 | College Grove 37046 | Williamson County | TN | 6,632 | +1,534 | +30.1% | +1,448 | +20.2% | 1 | 7.9 mi | 71 | — |
| 212 | Eagleville 37060 | Rutherford County | TN | 3,574 | +1,230 | +52.5% | +849 | +20.8% | 0 | 15 mi | 70 | — |
| 222 | Johnson City 37601 | Washington County | TN | 38,622 | +2,702 | +7.5% | +846 | +2.1% | 12 | 0.2 mi | 70 | — |
| 241 | Nashville 37211 | Davidson County | TN | 77,117 | +283 | +0.4% | +7,518 | +9.4% | 4 | 2.7 mi | 68 | — |
| 273 | Chattanooga 37408 | Hamilton County | TN | 3,029 | +1,339 | +79.2% | +227 | +7.2% | 34 | 1.0 mi | 66 | — |
| 297 | Whitesburg 37891 | Hamblen County | TN | 4,338 | +1,488 | +52.2% | +179 | +4.1% | 5 | 2.8 mi | 65 | — |
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