East Pleasant Grove Church

The community around East Pleasant Grove Church

In the few miles around this church, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and nearly a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. 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.

• Obesity: 45.4%
• Food Insecurity: 28.9%
• Diabetes: 19.2%
• Child Poverty: 38.2% (27.1–52.3%)
• Social Isolation: 37.5%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.8%
• Poverty Rate: 30.0% (18.6–41.4%)
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.6%
• Housing Insecurity: 21.0%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 15.3%
• Transportation Barriers: 15.6%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.7% (7.1–20.3%)
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.5%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.

Churches near East Pleasant Grove Church

• Smith Chapel — 1.2 mi away
• First Baptist Church of Laurel Mississippi — 1.2 mi away in Laurel, MS
• Keys Temple Church of God In Christ — 1.8 mi away in Laurel, MS
• Mount Oral Baptist Church — 1.8 mi away
• East Laurel Church of Christ — 1.9 mi away in Laurel, MS
• Providence Baptist Church — 2 mi away in Laurel, MS
• Pleasant Valley Missionary Baptist Church — 2.3 mi away in Laurel, MS
• Mallalieu United Methodist Church — 2.4 mi away in Laurel, MS
• Eastside Assembly of God Church — 2.4 mi away in Laurel, MS
• Church of God — 2.5 mi away in Laurel, MS