Sandy Gap Church of God

The community around Sandy Gap Church of God

It takes 3.2 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 of adults here carry depression, and about a third describe their own health as fair or poor. 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: 46.7%
• Depression: 33.3%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 32.3%
• Diabetes: 18.8%
• Social Isolation: 34.6%
• Poverty Rate: 26.2% (16.2–36.2%)
• Food Insecurity: 22.9%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 15.1%
• Unemployment: 11.3% (4.4–18.1%)
• Housing Insecurity: 16.2%

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

Churches near Sandy Gap Church of God

• Sumerco Church — 0.9 mi away
• Porter Fork Church — 1.6 mi away
• Sod Church — 1.8 mi away
• Beech Grove Church — 2.2 mi away
• Cobb Creek Church — 2.3 mi away
• Joes Creek Church — 2.6 mi away
• Yawkey United Methodist Church — 3.1 mi away
• Mccorkle Freewill Baptist Church — 3.7 mi away in Sod, WV
• Pine Grove Church — 3.9 mi away
• Sycamore Grove Church — 3.9 mi away