Shady Vale Church

The community around Shady Vale Church

It takes 3.6 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 6 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and about a third describe their own health as fair or poor, and about 1 in 5 the people here live without health insurance. 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.

• Child Poverty: 60.5% (43.3–77.8%)
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 31.6%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 21.9% (13.0–30.7%)
• Obesity: 42.0%
• Depression: 30.4%
• Poverty Rate: 27.9% (18.5–37.2%)
• Diabetes: 17.1%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.4%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Shady Vale Church

• Shady Vale Church of God — 0.6 mi away
• Lone Oak Church — 1 mi away
• Swafford Chapel — 1.8 mi away
• Red Hill Church — 2.3 mi away
• Faith Baptist Church — 3 mi away
• Cold Springs First Baptist Church — 4.5 mi away
• Smyrna Church — 5 mi away
• Stephens Gap Church — 5.3 mi away in Crossville, TN
• Winesap Freewill Baptist Church — 5.3 mi away in Crossville, TN
• Beaverhill Church — 5.5 mi away