Perry Grove Church

The community around Perry Grove Church

It takes 4.0 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 3 in 10 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about a third describe their own health as fair or poor, and about 1 in 5 adults live with diabetes. 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.

• Food Insecurity: 32.6%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 31.9%
• Diabetes: 20.7%
• Obesity: 44.0%
• Social Isolation: 35.9%
• Child Poverty: 32.0% (19.6–45.8%)
• Housing Insecurity: 23.2%
• Poverty Rate: 22.9% (15.4–30.5%)
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 17.2%
• Unemployment: 8.4% (3.6–13.6%)
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.2%
• Depression: 23.3%
• Transportation Barriers: 16.4%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.4%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 12.0% (7.6–16.4%)

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

Churches near Perry Grove Church

• Saint Eli Church — 2 mi away in Whitakers, NC
• White Oak Baptist Church — 2.4 mi away
• Pleasure Hill Church — 2.8 mi away in Whitakers, NC
• Fishing Creek Church — 2.9 mi away in Whitakers, NC
• Salem Church — 3.1 mi away in Whitakers, NC
• Swift Creek Baptist Church — 3.7 mi away in Whitakers, NC
• Straightgate Church — 4.1 mi away in Whitakers, NC
• Mount Carmel Church of God in Christ Jesus — 4.2 mi away
• Manns Chapel — 4.6 mi away in Whitakers, NC
• Hickory Church — 4.7 mi away in Whitakers, NC