SCD: Picture Your Community
Your Community Profile
For those of you who will participating in this year’s School of Congregational Development, you are asked to bring information with you about the community where your church is located. Using www.zillow.com, the real estate site that tells you an estimated value of homes in your area, you can easily find information about your community. Use the instructions below and fill in the template to paint a quick picture of your community. This is only a starting point. Through the Research Office of GBGM (http://new.gbgm-umc.org/about/us/ecg/research/profiles/) and other companies that provide demographic information you can get more detailed information about your church and your community. So using this as a starting point, fill in the data below and bring the information with you. This is material you will be able to use as you develop a Ministry Plan for your church. You also can go to the Page button on the sidebar of this site, and get the chart as well.
Your Community Profile
1. Go to www.zillow.com
2. Type in your address or an address of a house in your
target area
3. When you see the street address on the map, click on the address to see a
report on the value of the house
4. Scroll to bottom where it says, “The main types of people are.”
Click on See more _________ data.
5. On the left-hand side you will see a box. Click on People and fill in the data below:
Relationship Status: Homes with Kids:
Married _________ With Kids _______
Single _________ Without Kids _______
Widowed _________
Divorced _________
Age Distribution Commute Time
-10 _______ 10 min or less _______
10s _______ 10-20 min. _______
20s _______ 20-30 min. _______
30s _______ 30-45 min. _______
40s _______ 45-60 min. _______
50s _______ 60 min or more _______
60s _______
>70 _______
Your Town National
People Data
Median Household Income:____________/__________
Single Males:_______________________/__________
Single Females:_____________________/__________
Median Age:_______________________/__________
Homes With Kids:___________________/__________
Average Household Size:_____________/__________
Average Commute Time:_____________/__________
Who Lives Here? The Main types of people are:
In this neighborhood, a larger number of people have these
characteristics than in surrounding neighborhoods: