Pearson Memorial AME Church

The community around Pearson Memorial AME Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 5 in 10 adults live with obesity. Nearly half of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and more than 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 healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.

• Obesity: 53.2%
• Food Insecurity: 51.1%
• Poverty Rate: 44.2% (32.3–56.1%)
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 41.4%
• Housing Insecurity: 36.6%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 29.1%
• Transportation Barriers: 26.4%
• Diabetes: 23.9%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 22.7%
• Social Isolation: 40.0%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 33.7%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 16.1% (9.8–22.3%)
• Unemployment: 10.8% (3.8–18.4%)
• Depression: 25.4%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.

High Point city is served by 64 churches — about one congregation for every 1,631 residents.

Churches near Pearson Memorial AME Church

• Mount Zion Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• Friendship Holiness Church — 0.2 mi away
• Cedar Street Church Of God — 0.2 mi away
• St Stephen AME Zion Church — 0.3 mi away
• Church Of Redemption — 0.3 mi away
• Monument of Praise Ministries — 0.3 mi away
• The Covenant Church — 0.3 mi away
• Baldwin's Chapel SDA Church — 0.3 mi away
• His Glorious Kingdom Fundamental Church — 0.4 mi away
• True Standard Holiness Church — 0.5 mi away