New Avery Church

The community around New Avery Church

It takes 6.1 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: 41.7%
• Social Isolation: 36.1%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 28.6%
• Depression: 28.1%
• Food Insecurity: 24.9%
• Diabetes: 17.4%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.8%
• Poverty Rate: 20.5% (13.7–27.3%)
• Housing Insecurity: 17.1%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 13.2%
• Unemployment: 7.4% (2.5–12.2%)

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

Churches near New Avery Church

• Lee Chapel — 0.8 mi away in Gilliam, LA
• New Light Church — 1.5 mi away
• Justice Chapel — 1.7 mi away
• Saint Elmo Church — 2.8 mi away
• Saint John Church — 2.9 mi away
• Reno Hill Church — 3 mi away in Vivian, LA
• Pine Island Church — 3.1 mi away in Vivian, LA
• Union Chapel Baptist Church Family — 3.5 mi away in Belcher, LA
• Lake Zion Baptist Church — 4.1 mi away in Belcher, LA
• Freedom Hill Church — 4.1 mi away in Hosston, LA