The Haywood Street Congregation

The community around The Haywood Street Congregation

Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 the people here live below the poverty line. About 1 in 5 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and more than a third of adults live with obesity. That is 2,200 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the households stretched past their means, and for this church to know their names.

• Poverty Rate: 33.1% (21.2–45.0%)
• Food Insecurity: 20.6%
• Obesity: 37.6%
• Social Isolation: 31.6%
• Depression: 25.9%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 22.7%
• Housing Insecurity: 15.0%
• Diabetes: 14.1%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 14.0% (2.7–25.2%)
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 11.6%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.

Churches near The Haywood Street Congregation

• WNC Baptist Fellowship Church — 0.1 mi away
• Hill Street Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
• Summit Church — 0.3 mi away
• First Church of Christ, Scientist — 0.3 mi away
• Beulah Chapel — 0.3 mi away
• Asheville United Christian Church — 0.4 mi away
• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — 0.4 mi away
• Basilica of Saint Lawrence — 0.5 mi away
• Christian Science Reading Room — 0.5 mi away
• Central United Methodist Church of Asheville — 0.5 mi away