Middle Branch Church

The community around Middle Branch Church

It takes 5.0 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity, and about a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor. 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.

• Obesity: 40.5%
• Social Isolation: 34.6%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.4%
• Depression: 27.3%
• Diabetes: 17.7%
• Child Poverty: 27.6% (8.9–46.3%)
• Poverty Rate: 20.1% (10.5–29.7%)
• Food Insecurity: 19.7%

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

Churches near Middle Branch Church

• Martin Chapel — 2.8 mi away
• Saint Stephens Church — 2.9 mi away
• Lick Creek Church — 3.6 mi away in Clinchco, VA
• Dyers Chapel — 3.6 mi away in Clinchco, VA
• Counts Chapel — 3.8 mi away in Clinchco, VA
• Open Fork Church — 4 mi away
• McCown Church — 4.8 mi away
• Counts Church — 4.8 mi away in Haysi, VA
• Caney Fork Church — 5 mi away
• Delphia Church — 5.3 mi away