Upper Running Water Church

The community around Upper Running Water Church

It takes 8.0 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 3 in 10 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about a third describe their own health as fair or poor, 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.

• Food Insecurity: 32.2%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 31.4%
• Diabetes: 20.3%
• Obesity: 44.7%
• Social Isolation: 39.3%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 34.0%
• Child Poverty: 30.1% (16.7–43.5%)
• Housing Insecurity: 23.5%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 18.5% (12.1–24.8%)
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 16.1%
• Poverty Rate: 21.3% (12.9–29.7%)
• Transportation Barriers: 16.2%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.0%
• Unemployment: 6.3% (0.5–12.3%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Upper Running Water Church

• Macedonia Church — 0.8 mi away
• Running Water Creek Church — 2.9 mi away
• Calvary Church — 3.7 mi away
• Concord Church — 5.2 mi away in Macon, MS
• New Zion Church — 5.4 mi away in Macon, MS
• Oak Grove Church — 5.4 mi away in Macon, MS
• Mount Sinai Church — 5.6 mi away in Macon, MS
• Salem Church — 5.7 mi away in Macon, MS
• New Salem Church — 5.7 mi away in Macon, MS
• New Chapel Church — 5.8 mi away