College Heights Congregational Church

The community around College Heights Congregational Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than a third of the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and more than a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is 2,300 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.

• Child Poverty: 42.5% (24.2–60.8%)
• Food Insecurity: 38.3%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 36.1%
• Housing Insecurity: 29.7%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 24.4%
• Unemployment: 12.6% (7.0–18.3%)
• Social Isolation: 38.9%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.7%
• Poverty Rate: 28.2% (18.4–37.9%)
• Transportation Barriers: 19.1%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 16.5%
• Diabetes: 15.9%
• Obesity: 39.9%
• Depression: 23.3%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 12.1% (6.4–17.7%)

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

Bakersfield city is served by 97 churches — about one congregation for every 3,983 residents.

Churches near College Heights Congregational Church

• Heritage Bible Church of Bakersfield — 0.1 mi away
• Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints — 0.3 mi away
• Ascension Anglican Church — 0.4 mi away
• Church of Christ — 0.4 mi away
• Bakersfield Hillcrest Seventh-day Adventist Church — 0.5 mi away
• Saint Lukes Episcopal Church — 0.5 mi away
• United In Christ Ministries — 0.6 mi away
• Grace General Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
• New Beginnings Christian Church — 0.6 mi away
• First Hispanic Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away