Ridgecrest Christian Church

The community around Ridgecrest Christian Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, about 1 in 7 the workforce is looking for work and not finding it. About a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor. That is 2,100 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.

• Unemployment: 13.6% (8.2–19.0%)
• Social Isolation: 34.0%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 26.0%
• Food Insecurity: 24.7%
• Poverty Rate: 22.0% (8.4–35.7%)
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 14.6%
• Obesity: 36.9%
• Depression: 26.9%
• Housing Insecurity: 19.0%
• Diabetes: 13.7%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.6%
• Transportation Barriers: 13.3%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 11.3% (4.2–18.4%)

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

Albuquerque city is served by 149 churches — about one congregation for every 3,488 residents.

Churches near Ridgecrest Christian Church

• Fellowship Baptist Church (historic) — 0.3 mi away
• United Pentecostal Church — 0.6 mi away
• Restoration Ministries Church — 0.6 mi away
• Holy Ghost Catholic Church — 0.7 mi away
• La Luz Del Mundo Albuquerque — 0.7 mi away
• Christ United Methodist Church — 0.8 mi away
• JEMIR Albuquerque NM — 0.9 mi away
• Carlisle Baptist Church — 0.9 mi away
• Sagebrush — 0.9 mi away
• Life Tabernacle — 1 mi away