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.
180 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 | Snellville 30078 | Gwinnett County | GA | 41,041 | +5,217 | +14.6% | +4,628 | +10.6% | 22 | 0.2 mi | 80 | — |
| 52 | Stockbridge 30281 | Henry County | GA | 70,838 | +3,305 | +4.9% | +10,438 | +13.7% | 14 | 0.7 mi | 80 | — |
| 51 | Woodstock 30188 | Cherokee County | GA | 65,980 | +2,809 | +4.5% | +12,459 | +16.9% | 18 | 3.6 mi | 80 | — |
| 54 | Acworth 30101 | Cobb County | GA | 62,871 | +4,830 | +8.3% | +6,099 | +9.2% | 9 | 5.2 mi | 80 | — |
| 55 | Alpharetta 30004 | Fulton County | GA | 67,850 | +3,618 | +5.6% | +8,684 | +12.1% | 13 | 3.3 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 | — |
| 58 | Alpharetta 30009 | Fulton County | GA | 21,592 | +5,495 | +34.1% | +2,084 | +9.3% | 15 | 1.3 mi | 80 | — |
| 59 | Braselton 30517 | Jackson County | GA | 18,545 | +3,888 | +26.5% | +4,109 | +18.8% | 12 | 7.9 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 | — |
| 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 | — |
| 63 | Dallas 30157 | Paulding County | GA | 52,193 | +2,851 | +5.8% | +9,660 | +16.8% | 9 | 2.4 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 | — |
| 67 | Marietta 30066 | Cobb County | GA | 60,961 | +5,413 | +9.7% | +4,244 | +6.7% | 20 | 3.8 mi | 79 | — |
| 68 | Woodstock 30189 | Cherokee County | GA | 41,586 | +3,036 | +7.9% | +7,982 | +17.1% | 14 | 1.6 mi | 79 | — |
| 69 | Lithonia 30058 | DeKalb County | GA | 63,421 | +5,763 | +10.0% | +3,806 | +5.8% | 14 | 2.6 mi | 79 | — |
| 70 | Buford 30518 | Gwinnett County | GA | 56,309 | +3,621 | +6.9% | +6,644 | +11.1% | 18 | 1.6 mi | 79 | — |
| 71 | Duluth 30096 | Gwinnett County | GA | 71,141 | +3,182 | +4.7% | +8,021 | +10.6% | 26 | 3.1 mi | 79 | — |
| 72 | Knoxville 37932 | Knox County | TN | 23,330 | +5,261 | +29.1% | +1,960 | +8.0% | 22 | 2.8 mi | 79 | — |
| 74 | Atlanta 30312 | Fulton County | GA | 27,147 | +4,872 | +21.9% | +2,620 | +9.3% | 9 | 4.7 mi | 78 | — |
| 73 | Villa Rica 30180 | Carroll County | GA | 41,434 | +4,109 | +11.0% | +4,716 | +10.5% | 10 | 1.4 mi | 78 | — |
| 75 | Monroe 30655 | Walton County | GA | 28,349 | +3,139 | +12.4% | +5,357 | +16.0% | 3 | 2.5 mi | 78 | — |
| 76 | Acworth 30102 | Cherokee County | GA | 44,593 | +2,951 | +7.1% | +6,843 | +14.0% | 15 | 3.6 mi | 78 | — |
| 77 | Mcdonough 30252 | Henry County | GA | 48,902 | +2,616 | +5.7% | +7,809 | +14.7% | 8 | 3.7 mi | 78 | — |
| 79 | Newnan 30265 | Coweta County | GA | 38,247 | +3,557 | +10.3% | +4,723 | +11.5% | 7 | 4.0 mi | 78 | — |
| 80 | Atlanta 30349 | Fulton County | GA | 78,597 | +3,083 | +4.1% | +6,933 | +8.6% | 8 | 4.7 mi | 78 | — |
| 78 | Ball Ground 30107 | Cherokee County | GA | 18,035 | +3,429 | +23.5% | +3,376 | +16.7% | 6 | 2.6 mi | 78 | — |
| 81 | Watkinsville 30677 | Oconee County | GA | 21,471 | +3,134 | +17.1% | +4,404 | +18.2% | 3 | 4.4 mi | 78 | — |
| 82 | Stone Mountain 30083 | DeKalb County | GA | 62,941 | +4,618 | +7.9% | +3,778 | +5.8% | 18 | 2.7 mi | 78 | — |
| 83 | Senoia 30276 | Coweta County | GA | 19,316 | +4,071 | +26.7% | +2,385 | +11.5% | 4 | 1.4 mi | 78 | — |
| 84 | Leesburg 31763 | Lee County | GA | 28,684 | +4,498 | +18.6% | +2,523 | +7.7% | 1 | 4.3 mi | 77 | — |
| 85 | Carrollton 30117 | Carroll County | GA | 38,896 | +3,321 | +9.3% | +4,646 | +10.9% | 10 | 1.6 mi | 77 | — |
| 86 | Conyers 30012 | Rockdale County | GA | 33,034 | +5,429 | +19.7% | +1,843 | +5.5% | 13 | 2.1 mi | 77 | — |
| 87 | Bethlehem 30620 | Barrow County | GA | 16,564 | +2,920 | +21.4% | +3,584 | +18.6% | 8 | 4.4 mi | 77 | — |
| 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 | — |
| 90 | Newnan 30263 | Coweta County | GA | 60,906 | +2,201 | +3.8% | +7,521 | +11.5% | 4 | 1.4 mi | 77 | — |
| 91 | Hiram 30141 | Paulding County | GA | 25,881 | +2,555 | +10.9% | +4,894 | +17.1% | 14 | 3.1 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 | — |
| 94 | Pendergrass 30567 | Jackson County | GA | 5,169 | +1,981 | +62.1% | +1,771 | +25.3% | 2 | 12 mi | 77 | — |
| 93 | Atlanta 30342 | Fulton County | GA | 33,774 | +3,587 | +11.9% | +3,259 | +9.3% | 20 | 4.1 mi | 77 | — |
| 96 | Atlanta 30305 | Fulton County | GA | 27,420 | +3,727 | +15.7% | +2,646 | +9.3% | 19 | 3.0 mi | 77 | — |
| 98 | Franklin 37067 | Williamson County | TN | 31,550 | +1,955 | +6.6% | +6,891 | +20.2% | 1 | 4.6 mi | 76 | — |
| 97 | Douglasville 30134 | Douglas County | GA | 46,587 | +2,473 | +5.6% | +5,690 | +11.3% | 14 | 2.1 mi | 76 | — |
| 99 | Griffin 30224 | Spalding County | GA | 29,472 | +4,330 | +17.2% | +2,042 | +6.4% | 5 | 1.4 mi | 76 | — |
| 100 | Cartersville 30120 | Bartow County | GA | 43,301 | +2,048 | +5.0% | +6,705 | +14.1% | 2 | 2.5 mi | 76 | — |