Old Union Church

The community around Old Union Church

It takes 6.3 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: 31.5%
• Food Insecurity: 30.2%
• Diabetes: 19.9%
• Unemployment: 12.2% (2.4–22.0%)
• Social Isolation: 37.0%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.5%
• Depression: 27.1%
• Poverty Rate: 24.8% (15.0–34.6%)
• Housing Insecurity: 20.5%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 16.1%
• Child Poverty: 22.3% (6.5–38.4%)
• Transportation Barriers: 14.6%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Old Union Church

• Saint Josephs Church — 2.2 mi away in Mansfield, LA
• Shady Grove UMC — 2.8 mi away in Mansfield, LA
• Beulah Church — 3.4 mi away in Mansfield, LA
• Union Spring Church — 4.3 mi away
• Mansfield Pleasant Valley UMC — 4.8 mi away in Mansfield, LA
• Springhill Baptist Church — 5.5 mi away in Mansfield, LA
• Shady Grove United Methodist Church — 5.9 mi away in Mansfield, LA
• Saint Peter Church of God in Christ — 6.2 mi away
• Henrietta Church — 6.2 mi away
• First Baptist Church — 6.5 mi away in Converse, LA