Unity Chapel

The community around Unity Chapel

In the few miles around this church, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and about a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. 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.

• Obesity: 46.7%
• Food Insecurity: 32.0%
• Housing Insecurity: 25.1%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 18.6%
• Social Isolation: 37.0%
• Child Poverty: 36.9% (22.4–51.4%)
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 27.6%
• Depression: 27.3%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 18.5% (11.3–25.7%)
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.0%
• Poverty Rate: 21.3% (13.7–29.1%)
• Transportation Barriers: 16.1%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.4%
• Diabetes: 13.9%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

Polkton town is served by 1 churches — about one congregation for every 1,674 residents.

Churches near Unity Chapel

• New Grove Church — 1.3 mi away
• Polkton Baptist Church — 2.2 mi away
• Hopewell Baptist Church — 2.9 mi away in Wadesboro, NC
• West Rocky Ford Church — 3 mi away in Wadesboro, NC
• Saron Church — 3.4 mi away
• Brown Creek Church — 3.5 mi away in Wadesboro, NC
• Poplar Hill Church — 3.5 mi away
• Poplar Hill Missionary Baptist Church — 4 mi away
• Mineral Springs Church — 4.4 mi away
• New Zion Church — 5 mi away in Peachland, NC