Canaan Church

The community around Canaan 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 3 in 10 describe their own health as fair or poor, and about a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, 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.

• Fair/Poor Health Status: 31.7%
• Food Insecurity: 30.9%
• Diabetes: 19.5%
• Obesity: 41.8%
• Social Isolation: 33.0%
• Housing Insecurity: 20.3%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 17.3% (8.3–26.4%)
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 15.3%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.2%
• Depression: 25.2%
• Poverty Rate: 18.8% (8.1–29.5%)
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 16.6%
• Transportation Barriers: 14.3%

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

Churches near Canaan Church

• Mt Sinai Baptist Church — 2 mi away in Round O, SC
• Mount Sina Church — 2 mi away
• Bethlehem Church — 2.2 mi away
• Calvary Church — 2.6 mi away
• St John Ame Church — 2.7 mi away in Cottageville, SC
• Mt Zion AME Church — 2.9 mi away in Round O, SC
• Cottageville Baptist Church — 3.4 mi away in Cottageville, SC
• TFM - South Carolina — 3.6 mi away in Cottageville, SC
• Wesley Church — 3.7 mi away
• Welch Creek Baptist Church — 3.9 mi away in Walterboro, SC