Rockfish AME Church

The community around Rockfish AME Church

In the few miles around this church, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. 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 healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.

• Obesity: 40.3%
• Social Isolation: 33.9%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 25.9%
• Poverty Rate: 23.4% (12.0–34.9%)
• Food Insecurity: 22.4%
• Diabetes: 16.2%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 15.0% (8.0–22.1%)
• Unemployment: 8.9% (2.8–15.5%)
• Housing Insecurity: 17.1%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.4%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 11.6%

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

Churches near Rockfish AME Church

• Rockfish Church — 1 mi away in Wallace, NC
• First Baptist Church-Teachey — 1.6 mi away in Teachy, NC
• United Pentecostal Church — 1.6 mi away in Wallace, NC
• Awaken church Wallace — 1.7 mi away in Wallace, NC
• First Baptist Church — 1.7 mi away in Wallace, NC
• Wallace First Assembly of God — 1.9 mi away in Wallace, NC
• Star of Bethlehem Church of Christ — 1.9 mi away in Wallace, NC
• United Christian Fellowship Church — 1.9 mi away in Wallace, NC
• Wallace Presbyterian Church — 1.9 mi away in Wallace, NC
• Teachey Baptist Church — 2 mi away