Churches & volunteer opportunities in Texas

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City Score: Texas

Texas scores 61 out of 100 on the Joy Project City Score. Condition 61 (the city from public data, 60%) and Movement (how the church is moving, 40%). How the score is built.

The condition of Texas

  • What Texas is up against: 50 out of 100 — Better than 47% of states, up 5 points
  • Where grace is growing: 69 out of 100 — Better than 78% of states
  • Marriage & family: 61 out of 100 — Better than 70% of states, up 2 points
  • Christian liberty: 62 out of 100 — Better than 69% of states, up 16 points

What affected it

  • This quarter: Religious Liberty in the States score up 24 percentile points (Christian liberty)
  • This quarter: Violent crime up 14 percentile points (What Texas is up against)
  • This quarter: Adults 25-44 married up 6 percentile points (Marriage & family)

Sources

  1. Violent crime: FBI Crime Data Explorer · 2025 · Texas · fetched Oct 28, 2026
  2. Property crime: FBI Crime Data Explorer · 2025 · Texas · fetched Oct 28, 2026
  3. Sexually transmitted infections: CDC NCHHSTP AtlasPlus · fetched Oct 28, 2026
  4. Drug overdose deaths: CDC NCHS, provisional county drug overdose deaths (VSRR) · 2025 · Texas (41 counties summed) · fetched Oct 28, 2026
  5. Adult entertainment outlets: OpenStreetMap outlet counts (Metro pulse, metro_reformation_stats) · fetched Oct 28, 2026
  6. Gambling outlets: OpenStreetMap outlet counts (Metro pulse, metro_reformation_stats) · fetched Oct 28, 2026
  7. Cannabis outlets: OpenStreetMap outlet counts (Metro pulse, metro_reformation_stats) · fetched Oct 28, 2026
  8. Liquor outlets and bars: OpenStreetMap outlet counts (Metro pulse, metro_reformation_stats) · fetched Oct 28, 2026
  9. Predatory lenders: OpenStreetMap outlet counts (Metro pulse, metro_reformation_stats) · fetched Oct 28, 2026
  10. Abortion facilities (mapped): OpenStreetMap outlet counts (Metro pulse, metro_reformation_stats) · fetched Oct 28, 2026
  11. Church adherents: 2020 U.S. Religion Census · 2020 · Texas · fetched Oct 28, 2026
  12. Congregations: 2020 U.S. Religion Census · 2020 · Texas · fetched Oct 28, 2026
  13. Charitable giving: IRS Statistics of Income, county data · 2023 · Texas (254 counties summed) · fetched Oct 28, 2026
  14. Given to local needs in Joy: Verified in Joy (the impact ledger) · fetched Oct 28, 2026 · verified in Joy
  15. Needs met in Joy: Verified in Joy (the impact ledger) · fetched Oct 28, 2026 · verified in Joy
  16. Volunteers mobilized in Joy: Verified in Joy (the impact ledger) · fetched Oct 28, 2026 · verified in Joy
  17. New believers in Joy: Verified in Joy (the impact ledger) · fetched Oct 28, 2026 · verified in Joy
  18. Children with married parents: Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year · 2020-2024 · Texas · fetched Oct 28, 2026
  19. Adults 25-44 married: Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year · 2020-2024 · Texas · fetched Oct 28, 2026
  20. Cohabiting households: Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year · 2020-2024 · Texas · fetched Oct 28, 2026
  21. Divorces: Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year · 2020-2024 · Texas · fetched Oct 28, 2026
  22. Marriages: Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year · 2020-2024 · Texas · fetched Oct 28, 2026
  23. Births to unmarried mothers: CDC WONDER · fetched Oct 28, 2026
  24. Religious Liberty in the States score: Religious Liberty in the States · 2026 · Texas · fetched Oct 28, 2026
  25. Safeguards fully in law: Religious Liberty in the States · 2026 · Texas · fetched Oct 28, 2026
  26. State Religious Freedom Restoration Act: Religious Liberty in the States · 2026 · Texas · fetched Oct 28, 2026
  27. Anti-Christian hate crimes: FBI Crime Data Explorer · 2025 · Texas · fetched Oct 28, 2026

Cities in Texas by status

  • 1182 cities without a status yet

Highest City Scores in Texas

  1. Comfort, TX — 68
  2. Friona, TX — 68
  3. Beckville, TX — 67
  4. Lueders, TX — 66
  5. Graham, TX — 65
  6. Valley View, TX — 65
  7. Meridian, TX — 64
  8. Burnet, TX — 63
  9. LaFayette, TX — 63
  10. Saint Jo, TX — 62
  11. Abernathy, TX — 61
  12. Abilene, TX — 61
  13. Acworth, TX — 61
  14. Adkins, TX — 61
  15. Adrian, TX — 61
  16. Alamo Heights, TX — 61
  17. Alamo, TX — 61
  18. Alanreed, TX — 61
  19. Alba, TX — 61
  20. Albany, TX — 61
  21. Albion, TX — 61
  22. Aledo, TX — 61
  23. Alexanders Store, TX — 61
  24. Alice, TX — 61
  25. Allen, TX — 61

Cite it as: Joy Project City Score v1.0, Texas, 2026-Q4, staging.joyproject.com/states/tx. Methodology.

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