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The state building codes in the United States tend to vary quite a bit, many rules changing a lot depending on the building codes for where you live. If you want to look into New York state codes because you’re going into real estate then you can find plenty of building codes resources on the web.
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The picture to the left is a map that shows which churches are prevelant throughout the US. (Click on the picture to see a larger version.)  The red represents Baptists and it’s no surprise that North Carolina, and much of the rest of the south is depicted in red.  To see different maps showing the nationwide representation for each religion go to http://www.valpo.edu/geomet/geo/courses/geo200/religion.html.

They don’t have a map for the Moravians but it would be interesting to see what a Forsyth County, NC map would look like.  I’d suspect a heavy dose of red, green (Methodist) coffee brown (my color for the Moravians).

There’s another map here that shows the percentage of all residents who are religious adherents and I was surprised to see that North Carolina is decidedly middle of the road.  When the family and I moved here the first question we were asked by anyone we met was, "What’s your church?"  It just seems like a very church-going place.  After looking at the map it seems we are on the eastern edge of the part of the state that reports 50-75% of the residents are religious adherents.  Most of the middle and eastern parts of the state fall into the 35-50% or even 0-35% range.  Not one NC county fell into the 75% or greater category.

Now if you want deep religion you should head out to Utah, west Texas, west Oklahoma, and parts of the upper mid-west.  That’s where you can really find yourself some fire and brimstone.