Higher Ground Ministries of Rocky Mount

The community around Higher Ground Ministries of Rocky Mount

Within about a mile of this church, more than 8 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, 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 the households stretched past their means, and for this church to know their names.

• Child Poverty: 83.6%
• Obesity: 47.6%
• Poverty Rate: 44.3% (32.2–56.4%)
• Food Insecurity: 37.6%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 33.4%
• Housing Insecurity: 27.6%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 21.7%
• Diabetes: 21.1%
• Social Isolation: 36.0%
• Transportation Barriers: 19.0%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 17.9% (10.8–24.9%)
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.3%
• Depression: 23.5%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.9%
• Unemployment: 7.7% (1.3–14.1%)

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

Churches near Higher Ground Ministries of Rocky Mount

• Presence Church — 0 mi away
• Bread of Life Ministries — 0.3 mi away
• Unity of Faith Worship Center — 0.3 mi away
• True Vine Holiness Church — 0.3 mi away
• Mount Zion First Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
• God In Christ Deliverance Church — 0.3 mi away
• Salvation & Praise Tabernacle — 0.3 mi away
• Good Shepherd Episcopal Church — 0.4 mi away
• The Mills Church — 0.4 mi away
• GUCOD Agape Fellowship Churches of Deliverance, Inc — 0.4 mi away