Lynchburg, VA vs Roanoke, VA: City Score compared

Lynchburg, VA scores 35 and Roanoke, VA scores 32 out of 100 on the Joy Project City Score, 3 points apart. Each city is read on its own numbers: the condition from public data, how the church is moving this week, and Christianity on the Move across the cultural areas of impact. How the score is built.

The score, side by side

	Lynchburg, VA	Roanoke, VA
City Score	35	32
Condition (public data)	38	32
Movement (how the church is moving)	31	31
Status	Liberty	Liberty
What Lynchburg is up against	72	79
Where grace is growing	47	45
Marriage & family	35	20
Christian liberty	43	43

Christianity on the Move

A non-biased rating of Christian values across the cultural areas of impact, from public data: 1 to 100, higher is more favourable.

Cultural area	Lynchburg, VA	Roanoke, VA
Overall	44, Stirring	38, Drifting
The Church	51, Stirring	51, Stirring
The Family	35, Divided	21, Divided
Education	70, Grounded	43, Searching
Government	39, Restrictive	39, Restrictive
Media	46, Negative	46, Negative
Arts & Entertainment	33, Worldly	20, Corrupt
Business	45, Fair	50, Fair
Compassion	30, Indifferent	37, Indifferent

City Score over the last 4 weeks

Week	Lynchburg, VA	Roanoke, VA
2026-W43	—	37
2026-W44	41	37
2026-W45	41	37
2026-W46	41	37

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