Simmon Ridge Church

The community around Simmon Ridge Church

It takes 4.2 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 3 in 10 describe their own health as fair or poor, and about a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about 1 in 5 adults live with diabetes. 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.

• Fair/Poor Health Status: 30.8%
• Food Insecurity: 30.8%
• Diabetes: 20.7%
• Obesity: 44.2%
• Child Poverty: 35.1% (18.9–51.3%)
• Social Isolation: 34.7%
• Housing Insecurity: 21.3%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 17.8%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 16.0% (9.0–23.1%)
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 15.5%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.3%
• Poverty Rate: 20.3% (10.1–30.6%)
• Transportation Barriers: 14.2%
• Unemployment: 7.2% (0.9–14.1%)

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

Churches near Simmon Ridge Church

• Bethlehem Church — 2.2 mi away
• Piney Grove Church — 2.5 mi away in Johnston, SC
• Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses — 2.5 mi away
• Bland Church — 2.7 mi away in Johnston, SC
• Macedonia Church — 2.7 mi away
• Edgefield First Baptist Church — 2.8 mi away
• Rose Hill Church — 2.9 mi away
• Saint Marys Church — 3 mi away
• St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception Church Edgefield — 3 mi away
• Edgefield United Methodist Church — 3 mi away