Porter Fork Church

The community around Porter Fork Church

It takes 3.5 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 describe their own health as fair or poor, and about a third of adults here carry depression. 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: 47.9%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 35.2%
• Depression: 34.0%
• Poverty Rate: 33.2% (21.2–45.2%)
• Food Insecurity: 26.0%
• Diabetes: 20.0%
• Unemployment: 14.9% (6.3–23.5%)
• Social Isolation: 35.2%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 16.8%
• Housing Insecurity: 17.8%
• Transportation Barriers: 13.3%

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

Churches near Porter Fork Church

• Sumerco Church — 0.9 mi away
• Beech Grove Church — 1.6 mi away
• Sandy Gap Church of God — 1.6 mi away
• Yawkey United Methodist Church — 1.6 mi away
• Joes Creek Church — 2.4 mi away
• Sod Church — 2.9 mi away
• Sand Fork Church — 3 mi away
• Church of Christ — 3 mi away
• Cobb Creek Church — 3.6 mi away
• Eden Church — 3.6 mi away