Saint Joseph Church

The community around Saint Joseph Church

It takes 10.4 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 more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor. 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: 41.6%
• Social Isolation: 37.2%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 26.2%
• Food Insecurity: 21.9%
• Diabetes: 16.5%
• Unemployment: 9.8% (2.0–18.1%)
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.2%
• Depression: 26.6%
• Housing Insecurity: 16.2%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 11.7%

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

Churches near Saint Joseph Church

• Saint John Church — 0.2 mi away
• St Paul Missionary Baptist Church — 1.6 mi away in Port Sulphur, LA
• St John Missionary Baptist Church, Pheonix, La — 1.8 mi away in Braithwaite, LA
• Blessed Martin Church — 5.7 mi away
• Saint Thomas Catholic Church — 8.9 mi away in Pointe a la Hache, LA
• Saint John the Baptist Church — 9.7 mi away
• Assumption of Our Lady Mission — 9.8 mi away in Braithewaite, LA