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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | — |
| 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 | — |
| 80 | Atlanta 30349 | Fulton County | GA | 78,597 | +3,083 | +4.1% | +6,933 | +8.6% | 8 | 4.7 mi | 78 | — |
| 81 | Watkinsville 30677 | Oconee County | GA | 21,471 | +3,134 | +17.1% | +4,404 | +18.2% | 3 | 4.4 mi | 78 | — |
| 78 | Ball Ground 30107 | Cherokee County | GA | 18,035 | +3,429 | +23.5% | +3,376 | +16.7% | 6 | 2.6 mi | 78 | — |
| 79 | Newnan 30265 | Coweta County | GA | 38,247 | +3,557 | +10.3% | +4,723 | +11.5% | 7 | 4.0 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 | — |
| 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 | — |
| 93 | Atlanta 30342 | Fulton County | GA | 33,774 | +3,587 | +11.9% | +3,259 | +9.3% | 20 | 4.1 mi | 77 | — |
| 94 | Pendergrass 30567 | Jackson County | GA | 5,169 | +1,981 | +62.1% | +1,771 | +25.3% | 2 | 12 mi | 77 | — |
| 96 | Atlanta 30305 | Fulton County | GA | 27,420 | +3,727 | +15.7% | +2,646 | +9.3% | 19 | 3.0 mi | 77 | — |
| 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 | — |
| 102 | Union City 30291 | Fulton County | GA | 25,013 | +3,614 | +16.9% | +2,414 | +9.3% | 9 | 5.8 mi | 76 | — |
| 101 | Jonesboro 30238 | Clayton County | GA | 43,050 | +3,940 | +10.1% | +2,840 | +6.6% | 13 | 1.5 mi | 76 | — |
| 104 | Rex 30273 | Clayton County | GA | 19,111 | +4,448 | +30.3% | +1,261 | +6.6% | 14 | 4.1 mi | 76 | — |
| 105 | Peachtree City 30269 | Fayette County | GA | 39,990 | +4,086 | +11.4% | +2,383 | +5.6% | 6 | 2.2 mi | 76 | — |
| 106 | Kingsland 31548 | Camden County | GA | 24,034 | +2,888 | +13.7% | +3,112 | +12.0% | 7 | 2.0 mi | 76 | — |
| 107 | Covington 30014 | Newton County | GA | 40,208 | +1,763 | +4.6% | +6,976 | +15.5% | 6 | 1.5 mi | 76 | — |
| 108 | Atlanta 30319 | DeKalb County | GA | 45,382 | +3,543 | +8.5% | +2,935 | +6.3% | 18 | 5.0 mi | 76 | — |
| 111 | Statesboro 30461 | Bulloch County | GA | 17,512 | +3,146 | +21.9% | +2,186 | +11.4% | 4 | 2.2 mi | 76 | — |
| 109 | Marietta 30008 | Cobb County | GA | 35,598 | +3,616 | +11.3% | +2,478 | +6.7% | 19 | 3.0 mi | 76 | — |
| 112 | Pooler 31322 | Chatham County | GA | 28,695 | +3,236 | +12.7% | +2,598 | +8.6% | 5 | 5.4 mi | 75 | — |
| 115 | Atlanta 30344 | Fulton County | GA | 35,486 | +2,780 | +8.5% | +3,425 | +9.3% | 7 | 1.7 mi | 75 | — |
| 113 | Lithonia 30038 | DeKalb County | GA | 42,744 | +3,640 | +9.3% | +2,566 | +5.8% | 15 | 4.8 mi | 75 | — |
| 117 | Greensboro 30642 | Greene County | GA | 14,884 | +2,935 | +24.6% | +2,129 | +13.8% | 1 | 5.8 mi | 75 | — |
| 120 | Atlanta 30338 | DeKalb County | GA | 39,042 | +3,607 | +10.2% | +2,373 | +5.9% | 23 | 3.0 mi | 75 | — |
| 119 | Kennesaw 30144 | Cobb County | GA | 58,389 | +2,569 | +4.6% | +4,065 | +6.7% | 18 | 0.8 mi | 75 | — |
| 126 | Bonaire 31005 | Houston County | GA | 20,697 | +3,167 | +18.1% | +2,022 | +9.1% | 7 | 3.8 mi | 75 | — |
| 127 | Roswell 30075 | Fulton County | GA | 55,274 | +1,946 | +3.6% | +5,005 | +8.8% | 19 | 1.9 mi | 75 | — |
| 137 | Fayetteville 30215 | Fayette County | GA | 39,233 | +2,792 | +7.7% | +2,362 | +5.7% | 9 | 5.4 mi | 74 | — |
| 141 | Blairsville 30512 | Union County | GA | 24,226 | +3,146 | +14.9% | +1,594 | +6.2% | 4 | 1.8 mi | 74 | — |
| 140 | Alpharetta 30005 | Fulton County | GA | 41,471 | +1,415 | +3.5% | +5,396 | +12.2% | 18 | 1.5 mi | 74 | — |
| 143 | Flowery Branch 30542 | Hall County | GA | 38,300 | +1,244 | +3.4% | +5,858 | +14.4% | 10 | 3.7 mi | 74 | — |
| 146 | Atlanta 30340 | DeKalb County | GA | 30,646 | +2,618 | +9.3% | +2,083 | +6.6% | 18 | 0.2 mi | 73 | — |
| 153 | Augusta 30906 | Richmond County | GA | 61,415 | +3,301 | +5.7% | +1,780 | +2.9% | 5 | 1.6 mi | 73 | — |
| 159 | Hephzibah 30815 | Richmond County | GA | 44,017 | +3,670 | +9.1% | +1,292 | +3.0% | 4 | 1.6 mi | 73 | — |
| 165 | Midland 31820 | Muscogee County | GA | 14,619 | +3,804 | +35.2% | +535 | +3.6% | 4 | 8.1 mi | 72 | — |