REACHING COTTONDALE, 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	11359 Gideon Ln	GIS Latitude	33.153390	
Subdivision		GIS Longitude	-87.377930	
Zip Code	35453	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	2,879	23,229	45,933	
2010 Households	73,734	1,114	9,317	19,773	
2010 Group Quarters	10,066	0	351	689	

TOP COMMUNITY TYPES
The largest type of community within this area is rural, agri. & mining families. Approximately 399 households within the 0-3 mile band as indicated on the map fall into this description.

COMMUNITY	0-3 MI BAND	HHLDS	PERCENT	
Country Communities	Rural, Agri. & Mining Families	399	35.85%	
Mainstay Communities	Established, Diverse Households	340	30.55%	
Working Communities	Blue-collar, Working Families	181	16.26%	

TOP LIFESTYLE SEGMENTS
The largest type of lifestyle within this area is the Rural Southern Living segment. Approximately 376 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	376	33.75%	
Urban Optimists
(69.07% unreached)	A portrait of middle-class diversity containing middle-aged couples and families living in older suburban homes, duplexes and apartments located in coastal states	317	28.46%	
Steadfast Conservative
(68.53% unreached)	Home to high-school educated mature singles and couples living in middle-class urban blue-collar neighborhoods  	176	15.8%	

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%	704	63.16%	
Religious but NOT Evangelical	14,666	19.89%	146	13.11%	
Spiritual but NOT Evangelical	7,233	9.81%	133	11.94%	
Non-Evangelical but NOT Interested	29,189	39.59%	425	38.12%	

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%	257	23%	
Inactive Evangelical HHlds	8,583	12%	153	14%	
# 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	978	88%	
Family Restaurants/Steak Houses-Visit Any	947	85%	
Home Personal Computer-HH Own	924	83%	
First Aid BandAid/Topical Antibiotic Remedies (Non-Prescription) Use	844	76%	
Ailments Last Yr-Any Ailment	780	70%	
Listening To Music	769	69%	
Like To Have Circle Of Close Friends	757	68%	

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)