REACHING TUSCALOOSA, TUSCALOOSA, AL
This location has been identified as one of the top areas in Alabama in need of new churches.  This report has been written to assist you in gaining an understanding of where God has gathered concentrations of people in need of Him in order that your church can focus your efforts and resources where He is at work and the need is greatest.  May this report assist your church in hearing God’s invitation to join Him where He is calling.

During the night a vision appeared to Paul: a Macedonian man was standing and pleading with him, "Cross over to Macedonia and help us!"  After he had seen the vision, we immediately made efforts to set out for Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to evangelize them.  Acts 10:9-10

LOCATION SUMMARY
The table below identifies the center of the smallest ring in the map above.  The location data provides various types of identification to better describe the location.  The GIS data can be used to map the location in Google maps or Google Earth.

Central Street Address	State Highway 69	GIS Latitude	33.085550	
Subdivision		GIS Longitude	-87.559240	
Zip Code	35405	Sitescape Category	Townscape	
State Region	North Central Region	Sitescape Group	Small Towns	
Association	Tuscaloosa 			

POPULATION & HOUSEHOLD BAND COMPOSITION
Below are listed the total number of people and the total number of households corresponding to each of the 3 bands indicated on the map.

CATEGORY	COUNTY	0-3 MILES	3-7 MILES	7-10 MILES	
2010 Population	186,550	8,807	34,470	66,234	
2010 Households	73,734	3,138	14,289	26,539	
2010 Group Quarters	10,066	20	62	9,509	

TOP COMMUNITY TYPES
The largest type of community within this area is affluent, white-collar families. Approximately 1604 households within the 0-3 mile band as indicated on the map fall into this description.

COMMUNITY	0-3 MI BAND	HHLDS	PERCENT	
Upscale Communities	Affluent, White-collar Families	1,604	51.12%	
Aspiring Communities	Young Singles / Aspiring-Multihousing	549	17.5%	
Country Communities	Rural, Agri. & Mining Families	389	12.4%	

TOP LIFESTYLE SEGMENTS
The largest type of lifestyle within this area is the Rural Southern Living segment. Approximately 332 households within the 0-3 mile band as indicated on the map fall into this description.

LIFESTYLE	DESCRIPTOR	HHLDS	PERCENT	
Rural Southern Living
(58.60% unreached)	Low income, blue-collar couples and families scattered in sparsely settled mobile home communities across the South	332	10.58%	
Minority Metro Communities
(74.06% unreached)	Concentrated in inner-ring suburbs, these married couples and single-parent minorities earn above-average incomes from a mix of service industry and white-collar jobs in transportation, health care, education and public administration 	319	10.17%	
Af. Amer. Neighborhoods
(69.94% unreached)	Young, working-class minority city dwellers and single-parent families with low educational levels living in older homes and low-rise apartments 	313	9.97%	

EVANGELSCAPE: SPIRITUAL INDICATORS
The numbers in this segment communicate the most compelling reasons why this community needs churches and believers to intercede in missional prayer and activity.  This community needs eternal transformation that only comes by way of the gospel and the working of the Holy Spirit.

SPIRITUALITY INDICATOR	COUNTY HHLDS	COUNTY %	BAND HHLDS	BAND %	
Unreached	50,724	68.79%	2,140	68.21%	
Religious but NOT Evangelical	14,666	19.89%	559	17.81%	
Spiritual but NOT Evangelical	7,233	9.81%	371	11.83%	
Non-Evangelical but NOT Interested	29,189	39.59%	1,210	38.57%	

CHURCHSCAPE: SPIRITUAL INDICATORS
The indicators below reveal a snapshot of the extent of evangelical presence in the focus community.  The last item in this section reveals how many churches are needed in order to have a minimum of one church for every 2000 hhlds (4000 –5000 people).

SPIRITUALITY INDICATOR	COUNTY	COUNTY %	3 MI RING	RING %	
Active Evangelical HHlds	14,427	20%	625	20%	
Inactive Evangelical HHlds	8,583	12%	372	12%	
# New Churches Needed	0	0	

MISSIONSCAPE: CULTURAL BRIDGES
Cultural bridges are those characteristics that could be used to build relationships with people in the lifestyle group. Various activities, interests, or opinions represented among the consumer behavior characteristics of the lifestyle group offer ways for believers to build relationships with people in the lifestyle group and through that relationship impact them for Christ.

CULTURAL BRIDGE	#HHlds	%HHlds	
Fast Food/Drive-In Restaurant-Visit Any	2,708	86%	
Family Restaurants/Steak Houses-Visit Any	2,670	85%	
Home Personal Computer-HH Own	2,637	84%	
First Aid BandAid/Topical Antibiotic Remedies (Non-Prescription) Use	2,345	75%	
Movies-Attended Movie In Last 6 Months	2,309	74%	
Important To Respect Customs And Beliefs	2,229	71%	
Listening To Music	2,222	71%	

This mission site is located in the North Central Region of the Alabama State Board of Mission.  For more information about this need, contact the regional Church Planting Strategist:  Otis Corbitt (ocorbitt@alsbom.org)