Joes Creek Church

The community around Joes Creek Church

It takes 3.3 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 the people here live 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: 48.0%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 35.5%
• Poverty Rate: 34.5% (22.1–46.9%)
• Depression: 34.1%
• Food Insecurity: 26.5%
• Diabetes: 20.1%
• Unemployment: 15.3% (6.9–23.7%)
• Social Isolation: 35.2%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 17.0%
• Housing Insecurity: 18.0%
• Transportation Barriers: 13.5%

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

Churches near Joes Creek Church

• Sumerco Church — 1.9 mi away
• Sod Church — 2.3 mi away
• Porter Fork Church — 2.4 mi away
• Sandy Gap Church of God — 2.6 mi away
• Yawkey United Methodist Church — 2.8 mi away
• Cobb Creek Church — 2.9 mi away
• Church of Christ — 3.4 mi away
• Elizabeth Church — 3.7 mi away
• Beech Grove Church — 3.9 mi away
• Eden Church — 4 mi away