Higher Ground Worship Center

The community around Higher Ground Worship Center

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 4 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than 4 in 5 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. 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.

• Child Poverty: 82.0%
• Social Isolation: 40.7%
• Food Insecurity: 39.3%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 35.1%
• Poverty Rate: 31.2% (20.7–41.8%)
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 30.6%
• Housing Insecurity: 30.2%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 20.6%
• Unemployment: 14.7% (5.4–24.0%)
• Obesity: 42.9%
• Transportation Barriers: 20.3%
• Diabetes: 16.0%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.9%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 12.7% (7.1–18.2%)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

Schenectady city is served by 64 churches — about one congregation for every 1,075 residents.

Churches near Higher Ground Worship Center

• Lifespring Ministries Upstate New York — 0.1 mi away
• Harmony Fellowship — 0.1 mi away
• Church of God in Christ — 0.1 mi away
• Duryee Memorial African Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.1 mi away
• Christ Family Fellowship Church — 0.2 mi away
• New Beginnings Church — 0.2 mi away
• Church of God — 0.2 mi away
• State Street Presbyterian Church — 0.2 mi away
• Living Word North Worship Center — 0.2 mi away
• Greater Faith Christian Center — 0.3 mi away