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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | Jonesboro 30238 | Clayton County | GA | 43,050 | +3,940 | +10.1% | +2,840 | +6.6% | 13 | 1.5 mi | 76 | — |
| 102 | Union City 30291 | Fulton County | GA | 25,013 | +3,614 | +16.9% | +2,414 | +9.3% | 9 | 5.8 mi | 76 | — |
| 103 | Shelbyville 37160 | Bedford County | TN | 36,422 | +2,519 | +7.4% | +4,823 | +12.0% | 2 | 1.9 mi | 76 | — |
| 104 | Rex 30273 | Clayton County | GA | 19,111 | +4,448 | +30.3% | +1,261 | +6.6% | 14 | 4.1 mi | 76 | — |
| 106 | Kingsland 31548 | Camden County | GA | 24,034 | +2,888 | +13.7% | +3,112 | +12.0% | 7 | 2.0 mi | 76 | — |
| 105 | Peachtree City 30269 | Fayette County | GA | 39,990 | +4,086 | +11.4% | +2,383 | +5.6% | 6 | 2.2 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 | — |
| 109 | Marietta 30008 | Cobb County | GA | 35,598 | +3,616 | +11.3% | +2,478 | +6.7% | 19 | 3.0 mi | 76 | — |
| 111 | Statesboro 30461 | Bulloch County | GA | 17,512 | +3,146 | +21.9% | +2,186 | +11.4% | 4 | 2.2 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 | — |
| 118 | Hixson 37343 | Hamilton County | TN | 44,572 | +2,917 | +7.0% | +3,337 | +7.2% | 37 | 1.8 mi | 75 | — |
| 119 | Kennesaw 30144 | Cobb County | GA | 58,389 | +2,569 | +4.6% | +4,065 | +6.7% | 18 | 0.8 mi | 75 | — |
| 120 | Atlanta 30338 | DeKalb County | GA | 39,042 | +3,607 | +10.2% | +2,373 | +5.9% | 23 | 3.0 mi | 75 | — |
| 121 | Cleveland 37311 | Bradley County | TN | 31,043 | +3,291 | +11.9% | +2,417 | +7.2% | 31 | 0.5 mi | 75 | — |
| 123 | Harrison 37341 | Hamilton County | TN | 14,966 | +3,754 | +33.5% | +1,120 | +7.2% | 39 | 3.4 mi | 75 | — |
| 125 | Knoxville 37922 | Knox County | TN | 39,013 | +2,789 | +7.7% | +3,278 | +8.0% | 20 | 1.2 mi | 75 | — |
| 124 | Knoxville 37920 | Knox County | TN | 43,509 | +2,589 | +6.3% | +3,656 | +8.0% | 24 | 1.7 mi | 75 | — |
| 126 | Bonaire 31005 | Houston County | GA | 20,697 | +3,167 | +18.1% | +2,022 | +9.1% | 7 | 3.8 mi | 75 | — |
| 128 | Loudon 37774 | Loudon County | TN | 20,989 | +3,178 | +17.8% | +1,938 | +8.6% | 11 | 4.1 mi | 75 | — |
| 127 | Roswell 30075 | Fulton County | GA | 55,274 | +1,946 | +3.6% | +5,005 | +8.8% | 19 | 1.9 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 | — |
| 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 | — |
| 145 | Nashville 37208 | Davidson County | TN | 20,204 | +2,622 | +14.9% | +1,970 | +9.4% | 5 | 2.5 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 | — |
| 160 | Johnson City 37604 | Washington County | TN | 38,359 | +2,605 | +7.3% | +1,955 | +4.7% | 13 | 0.4 mi | 73 | — |
| 164 | Atlanta 30326 | Fulton County | GA | 8,497 | +2,467 | +40.9% | +820 | +9.3% | 18 | 4.4 mi | 72 | — |
| 166 | Knoxville 37924 | Knox County | TN | 14,672 | +2,672 | +22.3% | +1,232 | +8.0% | 15 | 0.9 mi | 72 | — |
| 165 | Midland 31820 | Muscogee County | GA | 14,619 | +3,804 | +35.2% | +535 | +3.6% | 4 | 8.1 mi | 72 | — |
| 168 | Byron 31008 | Peach County | GA | 20,882 | +2,501 | +13.6% | +1,554 | +7.0% | 7 | 2.7 mi | 72 | — |
| 176 | Lagrange 30240 | Troup County | GA | 31,670 | +2,556 | +8.8% | +1,553 | +4.6% | 2 | 6.9 mi | 72 | — |
| 178 | Columbus 31907 | Muscogee County | GA | 61,544 | +4,881 | +8.6% | +819 | +1.3% | 4 | 3.7 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 | — |
| 186 | Harlem 30814 | Columbia County | GA | 10,767 | +2,229 | +26.1% | +1,164 | +9.8% | 4 | 2.8 mi | 72 | — |
| 188 | Oak Ridge 37830 | Anderson County | TN | 32,519 | +3,065 | +10.4% | +1,107 | +3.3% | 9 | 0.7 mi | 72 | — |
| 195 | Kingston 30145 | Bartow County | GA | 9,065 | +1,923 | +26.9% | +1,201 | +12.2% | 6 | 10 mi | 71 | — |
| 200 | Oakland 38060 | Fayette County | TN | 12,360 | +2,897 | +30.6% | +606 | +4.7% | 1 | 11 mi | 71 | — |