Mount Olive Baptist Church

The community around Mount Olive Baptist Church

In the few miles around this church, more than 4 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and more than a third of adults live with obesity. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.

• Food Insecurity: 27.5%
• Obesity: 40.7%
• Social Isolation: 39.9%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.4%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.6%
• Depression: 29.2%
• Diabetes: 16.1%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 15.1% (7.9–22.3%)
• Poverty Rate: 19.9% (12.5–27.3%)
• Housing Insecurity: 18.4%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 13.5%
• Transportation Barriers: 13.4%
• Unemployment: 6.6% (1.1–12.2%)

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

Churches near Mount Olive Baptist Church

• Our Lady of Prompt Succor Catholic Church — 1.3 mi away in New Iberia, LA
• Star Temple Baptist Church — 3.2 mi away in New Iberia, LA
• St. Mark Baptist Church — 3.6 mi away in Broussard, LA
• Saint Anthony Mission Chapel — 3.7 mi away in Cade, LA
• Mt Zion Baptist Church — 5.3 mi away in New Iberia, LA
• New Iberia Seventh-Day Adventist Church — 5.3 mi away in New Iberia, LA
• Saint Anne Catholic Church — 5.4 mi away in Youngsville, LA
• Youngsville Community Church — 5.5 mi away in Youngsville, LA
• The Pentecostals of Youngsville — 5.7 mi away in Youngsville, LA
• First Assembly of God Church — 5.7 mi away in New Iberia, LA