Roan Creek Church

The community around Roan Creek Church

It takes 3.9 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 3 in 10 adults live with obesity, and about a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter of adults here carry depression. 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.

• Obesity: 36.9%
• Social Isolation: 30.7%
• Depression: 25.8%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 22.4%
• Poverty Rate: 20.8% (12.4–29.2%)
• Diabetes: 14.3%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 12.8% (5.8–19.8%)
• Unemployment: 6.1% (1.7–10.8%)

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

Churches near Roan Creek Church

• Ebenezer Church — 0.9 mi away in Laurel Springs, NC
• Low Gap Church — 1 mi away
• Big Ridge Community Church — 1.5 mi away
• Calvary Church — 2.9 mi away
• Blue Ridge Church — 3.1 mi away
• Church of the Frescoes — 3.2 mi away in West Jefferson, NC
• Holy Trinity Church — 3.2 mi away in West Jefferson, NC
• Glendale Springs Presbyterian — 3.4 mi away in West Jefferson, NC
• Mountain Laurel Moravian Fellowship — 3.5 mi away in Laurel Springs, NC
• Peak Creek Church of the Brethren — 3.5 mi away in Laurel Springs, NC