Salem Church

The community around Salem Church

In the few miles around this church, more than 4 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line. About a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor. 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: 46.4% (29.4–63.6%)
• Social Isolation: 34.5%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 27.4%
• Food Insecurity: 24.6%
• Diabetes: 17.5%
• Obesity: 39.2%
• Depression: 23.4%
• Poverty Rate: 20.0% (12.1–27.9%)
• Housing Insecurity: 17.5%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 14.0% (7.2–20.9%)
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.4%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 12.4%

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

Churches near Salem Church

• Big Zion Church — 0.3 mi away
• Living Stones Church Of God Worship Center — 0.4 mi away
• Harris Chapel — 2.4 mi away in Henderson, NC
• Tabbs Creek Church — 2.6 mi away
• Joy Christian Center — 2.8 mi away
• St. James the Greater Catholic Church — 2.9 mi away in Henderson, NC
• Dexter Baptist Church — 2.9 mi away
• New Horizons Baptist Church — 3 mi away
• Poplar Creek Church — 3 mi away in Henderson, NC
• Big Ruin Creek Baptist Church — 3.1 mi away in Henderson, NC