Round Knob Church

The community around Round Knob Church

It takes 2.7 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, about 1 in 15 the workforce is looking for work and not finding it, and about a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter of adults here carry depression. A scattered parish is still a parish.

Pray for the families driving a long way to everything — to work, to a hospital, to this door on a Sunday morning.

• Unemployment: 8.4% (1.9–14.8%)
• Social Isolation: 30.3%
• Depression: 25.2%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 20.3%
• Diabetes: 13.3%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 12.1% (6.1–18.2%)

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

Churches near Round Knob Church

• North Beaver Church — 1.6 mi away
• Orion Baptist Church — 2 mi away in Jefferson, NC
• Covenant Reformed Church — 2.2 mi away in Jefferson, NC
• Big Ridge Community Church — 2.2 mi away in Jefferson, NC
• Calvary Church — 2.3 mi away in Jefferson, NC
• Blue Ridge Church — 2.3 mi away in Jefferson, NC
• Ashe Alliance Church — 2.4 mi away in Jefferson, NC
• Holy Trinity Church — 2.5 mi away
• Church of the Frescoes — 2.5 mi away
• Glendale Springs Presbyterian — 2.5 mi away