City Score: Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL

Metro area. The Joy Project City Score for Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL: the condition of its cities from public data and how the church is moving across them, with every source.

The score

Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL scores 42 out of 100 on the Joy Project City Score, status Liberty since Oct 2026. Condition 53 (the city from public data, 60%) and Movement 26 (how the church is moving, 40%). How the score is built.

The condition of Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL

  • What Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL is up against: 35 out of 100 — Better than 79% of cbsas, up 15 points
  • Where grace is growing: 18 out of 100 — Better than 17% of cbsas
  • Marriage & family: 47 out of 100 — Better than 46% of cbsas, up 11 points
  • Christian liberty: 83 out of 100 — Better than 93% of cbsas, down 3 points

What takes Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL to Revival

  • City Pulse: City Pulse 26 → 40
  • Gathering: Gathering 37 → 45
  • Discipleship: Discipleship 30 → 45

What affected it

  • This quarter: Children with married parents up 20 percentile points (Marriage & family)
  • This quarter: Violent crime up 16 percentile points (What Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL is up against)
  • This quarter: Cohabiting households down 12 percentile points (Marriage & family)

Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL over time

  • — Entered Liberty

Sources

  1. Violent crime: FBI Crime Data Explorer · 2025 · Florida · fetched Oct 29, 2026
  2. Property crime: FBI Crime Data Explorer · 2025 · Florida · fetched Oct 29, 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 · Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL (1 county summed) · fetched Oct 28, 2026
  5. Adult entertainment outlets: OpenStreetMap outlet counts (Metro pulse, metro_reformation_stats) · fetched Oct 29, 2026
  6. Gambling outlets: OpenStreetMap outlet counts (Metro pulse, metro_reformation_stats) · fetched Oct 29, 2026
  7. Cannabis outlets: OpenStreetMap outlet counts (Metro pulse, metro_reformation_stats) · fetched Oct 29, 2026
  8. Liquor outlets and bars: OpenStreetMap outlet counts (Metro pulse, metro_reformation_stats) · fetched Oct 29, 2026
  9. Predatory lenders: OpenStreetMap outlet counts (Metro pulse, metro_reformation_stats) · fetched Oct 29, 2026
  10. Abortion facilities (mapped): OpenStreetMap outlet counts (Metro pulse, metro_reformation_stats) · fetched Oct 29, 2026
  11. Church adherents: 2020 U.S. Religion Census · 2020 · Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL · fetched Oct 28, 2026
  12. Congregations: 2020 U.S. Religion Census · 2020 · Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL · fetched Oct 28, 2026
  13. Charitable giving: IRS Statistics of Income, county data · 2023 · Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL (1 county summed) · fetched Oct 28, 2026
  14. Given to local needs in Joy: Verified in Joy (the impact ledger) · 2026-09 · Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL (1 county summed) · fetched Oct 29, 2026 · verified in Joy
  15. Needs met in Joy: Verified in Joy (the impact ledger) · 2026-09 · Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL (1 county summed) · fetched Oct 29, 2026 · verified in Joy
  16. Volunteers mobilized in Joy: Verified in Joy (the impact ledger) · 2026-09 · Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL (1 county summed) · fetched Oct 29, 2026 · verified in Joy
  17. New believers in Joy: Verified in Joy (the impact ledger) · 2026-09 · Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL (1 county summed) · fetched Oct 29, 2026 · verified in Joy
  18. Searches for a church in Joy: Verified in Joy (the impact ledger) · 2026-09 · Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL (1 county summed) · fetched Oct 29, 2026 · verified in Joy
  19. Foster and adoptive families in the churches: Church workspace entries (church-attested) · 2026-10 · Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL (1 county summed) · fetched Oct 29, 2026 · verified in Joy
  20. Children with married parents: Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year · 2020-2024 · Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL (1 county summed) · fetched Oct 28, 2026
  21. Adults 25-44 married: Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year · 2020-2024 · Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL (1 county summed) · fetched Oct 28, 2026
  22. Cohabiting households: Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year · 2020-2024 · Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL (1 county summed) · fetched Oct 28, 2026
  23. Divorces: Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year · 2020-2024 · Florida · fetched Oct 28, 2026
  24. Marriages: Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year · 2020-2024 · Florida · fetched Oct 28, 2026
  25. Births to unmarried mothers: CDC WONDER · fetched Oct 28, 2026
  26. Religious Liberty in the States score: Religious Liberty in the States · 2026 · Florida · fetched Oct 28, 2026
  27. Safeguards fully in law: Religious Liberty in the States · 2026 · Florida · fetched Oct 28, 2026
  28. State Religious Freedom Restoration Act: Religious Liberty in the States · 2026 · Florida · fetched Oct 28, 2026
  29. Anti-Christian hate crimes: FBI Crime Data Explorer · 2025 · Florida · fetched Oct 29, 2026
  30. School choice: The Liberty register (config/conditions/liberty_laws.yml) · 2026 · Florida · fetched Oct 29, 2026
  31. Protections for the unborn: The Liberty register (config/conditions/liberty_laws.yml) · 2026 · Florida · fetched Oct 29, 2026
  32. Homeschool freedom: The Liberty register (config/conditions/liberty_laws.yml) · 2026 · Florida · fetched Oct 29, 2026

Its cities by status

  • 16 cities in Liberty

Highest City Scores in Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL

  1. Cocoa Beach, FL — 53, Liberty
  2. Malabar, FL — 52, Liberty
  3. Mims, FL — 51, Liberty
  4. Port Saint John, FL — 51, Liberty
  5. Cape Canaveral, FL — 49, Liberty
  6. Satellite Beach, FL — 46, Liberty
  7. Merritt Island, FL — 45, Liberty
  8. Rockledge, FL — 44, Liberty
  9. West Melbourne, FL — 42, Liberty
  10. Palm Bay, FL — 41, Liberty
  11. Titusville, FL — 40, Liberty
  12. Indialantic, FL — 38, Liberty
  13. Melbourne, FL — 38, Liberty
  14. Grant-Valkaria, FL — 36, Liberty
  15. Cocoa, FL — 35, Liberty
  16. Micco, FL — 35, Liberty

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Cite it as: Joy Project City Score v1.0, Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL, 2026-Q4, joyproject.com/metros/palm-bay-melbourne-titusville-fl. Methodology.

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