Walnut Grove Baptist Church

The community around Walnut Grove Baptist Church

It takes 4.8 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 4 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of adults live with obesity, and more than 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.

• Child Poverty: 47.0% (30.3–63.7%)
• Obesity: 46.7%
• Food Insecurity: 37.2%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 35.8%
• Poverty Rate: 30.3% (22.5–38.1%)
• Housing Insecurity: 25.1%
• Diabetes: 23.5%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 19.2%
• Social Isolation: 36.9%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.2%
• Transportation Barriers: 18.8%
• Unemployment: 8.2% (3.7–12.7%)
• Depression: 23.5%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.5%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 11.5% (8.2–14.8%)

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

Churches near Walnut Grove Baptist Church

• Mt. Bethel Baptist Church — 1.8 mi away
• Essex Community Church — 1.8 mi away in Hollister, NC
• White Rock Church — 2.2 mi away in Hollister, NC
• St. Paul Baptist Church — 2.2 mi away
• Pine Chapel Baptist Church — 2.7 mi away in Hollister, NC
• St. Gideon Baptist Church — 2.9 mi away in Hollister, NC
• Family Harvest Center — 3 mi away in Hollister, NC
• Hollister Chapel Baptist Church — 3.1 mi away in Hollister, NC
• Harris Chapel — 3.2 mi away in Hollister, NC
• Reedy Creek Baptist Church — 4.1 mi away in Macon, NC