Fifth Ward Church

The community around Fifth Ward Church

It takes 3.1 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 more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and about a third of the children here are growing up below the poverty line. 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: 40.1%
• Social Isolation: 36.2%
• Child Poverty: 30.2% (13.8–46.6%)
• Depression: 29.3%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 26.8%
• Food Insecurity: 22.4%
• Diabetes: 15.1%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.8%
• Poverty Rate: 21.2% (11.8–30.6%)
• Housing Insecurity: 16.1%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 11.8%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Fifth Ward Church

• Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church — 0.2 mi away in Fifth Ward, LA
• Saint Martin of Tours Catholic Church — 3.6 mi away in Belledeau, LA
• Saint Francis de Sales Catholic Church — 4 mi away in Echo, LA
• Saint Catherine Church — 4 mi away
• Star Light Church — 4.1 mi away
• Starlight Baptist Church — 4.1 mi away in Marksville, LA
• Baptist Faith Mission Outreach — 4.6 mi away in Marksville, LA
• New Morning Glory Church — 4.9 mi away
• Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses — 5 mi away in Marksville, LA
• Mount Pleasant Church — 5.4 mi away