Balsam, NC

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City Score 30 · Liberty · Jackson County · North Carolina

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There are 434 volunteer opportunities with churches and ministries within 25 miles of Balsam, NC in the next 30 days. The next one is Men's Fraternity with The Summit Baptist Church on Thursday, November 12. Pick one on JoyProject to see the details and sign up to serve.

What is Balsam's City Score?

Balsam, NC scores 30 out of 100 on the Joy Project City Score, status Liberty since Oct 2026: Condition 29 (the city from public data) and Movement 31 (how the church is moving). It is updated weekly, every number with its source.

City Score: Balsam, NC

Balsam, NC scores 30 out of 100 on the Joy Project City Score, status Liberty since Oct 2026. Condition 29 (the city from public data, 60%) and Movement 31 (how the church is moving, 40%). How the score is built.

Condition: Partly North Carolina state-wide (3 of 4 indexes)

Read state-wide: North Carolina

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North Carolina scores 35 out of 100, Liberty since Oct 2026 (Condition 37 · Movement 32).

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What's moving it

  • 6 prayer gatherings (Prayer, listed from church websites)
  • 58 ways to serve (Service, listed from church websites)
  • 66 gatherings (Gathering, listed from church websites)
  • 189 churches listed (Unity, listed from church websites)
  • 23 Bible studies (Discipleship, listed from church websites)

The condition of Balsam, NC

  • What Balsam is up against: 63 out of 100 — Better than 19% of cities, down 19 points
  • Where grace is growing: 32 out of 100 — Better than 56% of cities (North Carolina state-wide)
  • Marriage & family: 21 out of 100 — Better than 11% of cities, down 5 points (North Carolina state-wide)
  • Christian liberty: 25 out of 100 — Better than 15% of cities, up 3 points (North Carolina state-wide)

Christianity on the Move in Balsam, NC

A non-biased rating of Christian values across the cultural areas of impact, from public data: 1 to 100, higher is more favourable. Balsam, NC rates 37 out of 100: Drifting across 7 of 8 areas.

  • The Church: 27, Lukewarm
  • The Family: 22, Divided
  • Education: 73, Grounded
  • Government: 19, Oppressive
  • Media: 44, Mixed
  • Arts & Entertainment: 37, Worldly
  • Business: 37, Tightfisted
  • Compassion: 34, Indifferent

Every measure behind Balsam, NC's ratings

What takes Balsam, NC to Revival

  • City Pulse: City Pulse 31 → 40

What affected it

  • This quarter: Cohabiting households down 41 percentile points (Marriage & family)
  • This quarter: Property crime down 34 percentile points (What Balsam is up against)
  • This quarter: Violent crime down 27 percentile points (What Balsam is up against)

Balsam, NC over time

  • — Entered Liberty

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