Saint John the Baptist Church

The community around Saint John the Baptist Church

It takes 4.1 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 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. 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: 46.3%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 32.5%
• Food Insecurity: 32.4%
• Diabetes: 20.4%
• Social Isolation: 37.7%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 32.9%
• Poverty Rate: 29.3% (15.5–43.1%)
• Housing Insecurity: 23.0%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 17.4%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 16.0% (5.3–26.7%)
• Unemployment: 11.5% (3.5–19.6%)
• Depression: 25.9%
• Transportation Barriers: 15.5%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Saint John the Baptist Church

• First Baptist Church — 2.9 mi away in White Castle, LA
• Saint Paul Church — 3.7 mi away in White Castle, LA
• City of Refuge Church — 4 mi away in White Castle, LA
• Greater Progressive Baptist — 4.3 mi away in White Castle, LA
• Our Lady of Prompt Succor Catholic Church — 4.3 mi away in White Castle, LA
• Saint John Church — 4.5 mi away
• Progressive Baptist Church — 4.6 mi away
• Mount Zion Church — 4.7 mi away in White Castle, LA
• Church of God — 5.3 mi away
• Mount Calvary Church — 5.4 mi away in Saint Gabriel, LA