REACHING TRYON, POLK, NC
This location has been identified as one of the top areas in North Carolina 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	145 Overlook Cir	GIS Latitude	35.207880	
Subdivision		GIS Longitude	-82.252990	
Zip Code	28782	Sitescape Category	Townscape	
State Region	Region 8:  Catawba	Sitescape Group	Small Towns	

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	19,314	4,633	13,637	14,642	
2010 Households	9,158	2,354	6,063	5,885	
2010 Group Quarters	377	137	251	13	

TOP COMMUNITY TYPES
The largest type of community within this area is established, diverse households. Approximately 1163 households within the 0-3 mile band as indicated on the map fall into this description.

COMMUNITY	0-3 MI BAND	HHLDS	PERCENT	
Mainstay Communities	Established, Diverse Households	1,163	49.38%	
Aspiring Communities	Young Singles / Aspiring-Multihousing	349	14.82%	
Working Communities	Blue-collar, Working Families	300	12.74%	

TOP LIFESTYLE SEGMENTS
The largest type of lifestyle within this area is the Professional Urbanites segment. Approximately 527 households within the 0-3 mile band as indicated on the map fall into this description.

LIFESTYLE	DESCRIPTOR	HHLDS	PERCENT	
Professional Urbanites
(72.30% unreached)	An upper-middle-class retirement oasis in the metropolitan sprawl containing very active empty nesting couples and older singles 	527	22.39%	
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 	349	14.83%	
Mature America
(80.87% unreached)	Home to the Greatest Generation, these senior residents earn modest and fixed incomes and live primarily in city neighborhoods in high-rise apartments, mobile homes and assisted living facilities 	243	10.32%	

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	5,871	64.11%	1,662	70.59%	
Religious but NOT Evangelical	1,357	14.81%	427	18.15%	
Spiritual but NOT Evangelical	993	10.84%	290	12.34%	
Non-Evangelical but NOT Interested	3,527	38.51%	950	40.34%	

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	1,546	17%	326	14%	
Inactive Evangelical HHlds	1,741	19%	367	16%	
# 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	
Family Restaurants/Steak Houses-Visit Any	1,929	82%	
Fast Food/Drive-In Restaurant-Visit Any	1,924	82%	
Ailments Last Yr-Any Ailment	1,726	73%	
First Aid BandAid/Topical Antibiotic Remedies (Non-Prescription) Use	1,726	73%	
Home Personal Computer-HH Own	1,715	73%	
Listening To Music	1,546	66%	
Like To Have Circle Of Close Friends	1,539	65%	

This mission site is located in the Region 8:  Catawba of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina.  For more information about this need, contact:  Shirley Sells (ssells@ncbaptist.org)