Mt Pisgah AME Church

The community around Mt Pisgah AME Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 5 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and about a third of the people here live below the poverty line. 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: 52.0% (36.1–68.1%)
• Obesity: 48.0%
• Poverty Rate: 34.9% (25.9–44.0%)
• Food Insecurity: 33.8%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 32.0%
• Diabetes: 19.8%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 18.5%
• Social Isolation: 35.9%
• Housing Insecurity: 23.8%
• Transportation Barriers: 17.1%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 27.4%
• Depression: 25.5%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 16.8%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 14.9% (9.3–20.4%)
• Unemployment: 6.7% (2.6–10.9%)

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

Churches near Mt Pisgah AME Church

• Hartzell Memorial UMC Hickory NC — 0.1 mi away
• St. Paul A.M.E. Zion Church — 0.1 mi away
• Morning Star First Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• Friendship Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• Church One80 — 0.5 mi away
• Favor Life Church — 0.5 mi away
• Christ Lutheran Church — 0.5 mi away
• Unitarian Universalist Church of Catawba Valley — 0.6 mi away
• Mt Zion Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
• Rehoboth Family Worship Center — 0.6 mi away