Higher Ground Empowerment Center
Higher Ground Empowerment Center is a church at 561 Spencer St NW in Atlanta, GA 30314-4666. It is one of 931 churches in Atlanta.
561 Spencer St NW, Atlanta, GA, 30314-4666Phone: +14047366311 · Website: https://www.hgec.org/
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The community around Higher Ground Empowerment Center
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and more than a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is 2,200 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.
- Social Isolation: 43.9%
- Food Insecurity: 43.4%
- Poverty Rate: 36.0% (22.8–49.2%)
- Housing Insecurity: 34.3%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 33.0%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 26.0%
- Transportation Barriers: 23.0%
- Diabetes: 18.2%
- Obesity: 41.8%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 33.0%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 19.2%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 17.8% (10.1–25.5%)
- Unemployment: 7.9% (1.4–14.8%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.
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