The Gathering Place
The Gathering Place is a church at 2535 Melrose Ave NW in Roanoke, VA 24017-3909. It is one of 315 churches in Roanoke.
2535 Melrose Ave NW, Roanoke, VA, 24017-3909Phone: +15403124293 · Website: http://www.gatheringplace.co/
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The community around The Gathering Place
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 5 in 10 adults live with obesity. About a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about a third describe their own health as fair or poor. That is 2,200 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: 51.1%
- Food Insecurity: 35.0%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 32.6%
- Housing Insecurity: 25.9%
- Diabetes: 22.3%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 19.8%
- Social Isolation: 39.9%
- Poverty Rate: 28.0% (18.4–37.6%)
- Transportation Barriers: 17.7%
- Unemployment: 12.0% (4.4–19.8%)
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.9%
- Child Poverty: 25.0% (8.3–42.1%)
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.7%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 12.7% (7.1–18.3%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Churches near The Gathering Place
- Galilee Baptist Church Ministry — 0.1 mi away
- Church of the Living God — 0.1 mi away
- The Hill Church — 0.2 mi away
- Villa Heights Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Emmanuel Lutheran Church — 0.3 mi away
- Forest Park Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Perfecting Unity Church — 0.3 mi away
- Mt. Zion AME Church — 0.4 mi away
- Melrose Christian Church — 0.4 mi away
- Miracle Chapel United Holy Church — 0.4 mi away