Prayer Podcasts: for city | for officials
Location: a census-designated place in San Bernardino County, California. Homestead Valley sits at an elevation of 3,022 feet (921 m). Neighboring cities are Landers & Twentynine Palms to the east; Pioneertown, Yucca Valley & Joshua Tree to the south; on scenic Hwy 247 just north of Joshua Tree, east of Big Bear Lake, and southeast of Barstow.
Demographics: population: 3,090 (2021); median age is 51; 56% married; 23% have families with kids under 18; 87% speak English; 7% speak Spanish; 70% white; 18% Hispanic; 3% Asian; 3% American Indian; 10% other; median income is $42K; median house is $369K;
Map of Homestead Valley
Location of Mt. Baldy in SBC
Specific Prayer Points
Environment: Air quality average is 92.7 [worse than average 74]; Homestead Valley-area historical earthquake activity is significantly above California state average. It is 7132% greater than the overall U.S. average. Recent earthquakes; current severe drought conditions; current fire outlook
Government: Council members | District 3 San Bernardino County
School district: Under Morongo Unified School District
Christian schools: Nearest are in Joshua Springs, Yucca Valley
Crime grade: Overall D-; violent F; property D; other D-; A crime occurs every 4 hours 46 minutes (on average); top issues are 13% vandalism; 11% theft; 9% drug crimes; 8% burglary.
Poverty 33.3%: One out of every 3 residents of Homestead Valley lives in poverty.994 of 2,987 Homestead Valley residents reported income levels below the poverty line in the last year.
Spiritual: 60% are not affiliated with a church; 22% catholic; 12% evangelical, 4% other; 1% mainline protestant; 1% black protestant; .2% orthodox; churches spring up in this town of none [that we could find]; prayer groups arise, intercessors claim this area and pray until they see a great move of God; nearby churches would see this as a mission field with such a high number not affiliated with any "religion"; hearts softened to hear the gospel, laborers/missionaries to go into this harvest; events and outreaches to get to these people, that they would not feel forgotten or alone; revival, awaken, reform, transform the people.
Churches [not exhaustive]
all churches are in Yucca Valley, Landers and Pioneertown