Wright Church

The community around Wright Church

It takes 5.2 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 3 in 10 describe their own health as fair or poor, and about 1 in 5 adults live with diabetes, and more than a third of adults live with obesity. 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.

• Fair/Poor Health Status: 32.4%
• Diabetes: 20.2%
• Obesity: 41.1%
• Child Poverty: 35.9% (20.0–52.0%)
• Social Isolation: 32.7%
• Depression: 31.0%
• Poverty Rate: 27.5% (17.7–37.4%)
• Food Insecurity: 20.8%
• Unemployment: 10.6% (3.7–17.6%)
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 13.3%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 11.4% (4.6–18.2%)

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

Churches near Wright Church

• Little Creek Church — 2.4 mi away
• Walnut Grove Church — 3.3 mi away
• Mount Olive Church — 3.6 mi away
• Bryner Chapel — 3.8 mi away
• Henry Fork Church — 4 mi away
• Little Creek Church — 4.3 mi away in Spencer, WV
• Snyder Chapel United Methodist Church — 4.3 mi away
• Walker Chapel — 4.5 mi away in Spencer, WV
• Creston United Methodist Church — 4.8 mi away
• Alexander Church — 4.8 mi away in Spencer, WV