Refuge City Church

The community around Refuge City Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About 3 in 4 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of adults live with obesity. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.

• Child Poverty: 77.7%
• Obesity: 48.0%
• Poverty Rate: 46.5%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 38.0%
• Food Insecurity: 34.7%
• Diabetes: 20.3%
• Social Isolation: 34.1%
• Depression: 29.3%
• Housing Insecurity: 21.8%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 20.9%
• Transportation Barriers: 17.3%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 16.9%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 16.4% (10.4–22.4%)
• Unemployment: 9.2% (3.2–15.3%)

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

Churches near Refuge City Church

• Grace Church — 0.1 mi away in Mount Airy, NC
• Mt Airy Friends Church — 0.4 mi away
• Iglesia Wesleyana Cristo Te Ama — 0.4 mi away in Mount Airy, NC
• Sanctuary — 0.4 mi away in Mount Airy, NC
• First Presbyterian Church — 0.5 mi away
• Haymore Memorial Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away in Mount Airy, NC
• Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away in Mount Airy, NC
• Rockford Street United Methodist Church — 0.7 mi away
• Bottom Road Tabernacle — 0.7 mi away
• Bannertown Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away in Mount Airy, NC