Melvin Hill Church

The community around Melvin Hill Church

It takes 3.0 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 4 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor. A scattered parish is still a parish.

Pray for the families driving a long way to everything — to work, to a hospital, to this door on a Sunday morning.

• Child Poverty: 48.1% (33.9–62.3%)
• Social Isolation: 37.4%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 25.1%
• Poverty Rate: 23.1% (12.4–33.8%)
• Obesity: 38.8%
• Depression: 23.3%
• Food Insecurity: 18.6%
• Diabetes: 14.9%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.0%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.9% (8.1–19.6%)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Melvin Hill Church

• Gordon Church — 1.2 mi away in Royston, GA
• Trinity Church — 1.8 mi away in Royston, GA
• Liberty Church — 2 mi away in Danielsville, GA
• Hudson River Church — 2.8 mi away in Commerce, GA
• Bold Spring United Methodist Church — 2.9 mi away
• Bald Springs Church — 2.9 mi away in Commerce, GA
• Tabor Chapel — 3.5 mi away in Danielsville, GA
• Sandy Cross Church — 3.9 mi away in Royston, GA
• Peniel Church — 4 mi away in Royston, GA
• Providence Church — 4.1 mi away in Danielsville, GA