Blue Ridge Prison and Jail Ministries

The community around Blue Ridge Prison and Jail Ministries

Within about a mile of this church, more than 5 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line. Nearly a quarter of the people here live below the poverty line, and about 1 in 5 the people here live without health insurance. That is two thousand 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.

• Child Poverty: 51.2% (37.9–64.4%)
• Poverty Rate: 24.9% (15.6–34.1%)
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 19.6% (12.5–26.8%)
• Social Isolation: 30.1%
• Depression: 25.3%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 23.9%
• Food Insecurity: 18.3%
• Diabetes: 14.4%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.4%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Blue Ridge Prison and Jail Ministries

• Main Street Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• Contemporary First Baptist — 0.3 mi away
• Hendersonville Presbyterian Church — 0.4 mi away
• Hendersonville First Nazarene - North Carolina — 0.4 mi away
• First Baptist Church of Hendersonville NC — 0.4 mi away
• Night to Shine - Hendersonville, NC — 0.4 mi away
• First United Methodist Church — 0.4 mi away
• Reformation Presbyterian Church — 0.5 mi away
• Rise Fellowship Church — 0.5 mi away
• Community Chapel of Hendersonville — 0.5 mi away