Wess Chapel

Wess Chapel is a church in MS 39339.

MS, 39339

Website: http://westhamptonbaptist.org/

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The community around Wess Chapel

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 8 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and about a third of the people here live below the poverty line, and nearly a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. 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: 85.6%
  • Poverty Rate: 32.8% (20.5–45.0%)
  • Food Insecurity: 28.5%
  • Diabetes: 19.9%
  • Obesity: 41.9%
  • Social Isolation: 35.8%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.6%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 14.2%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.5%
  • Housing Insecurity: 19.8%
  • Transportation Barriers: 14.4%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 12.4% (5.6–19.3%)

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

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