Walnut Grove Church

The community around Walnut Grove Church

It takes 5.4 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: 32.6%
• Diabetes: 20.0%
• Obesity: 40.8%
• Social Isolation: 32.9%
• Child Poverty: 31.9% (16.1–47.9%)
• Depression: 31.2%
• Poverty Rate: 27.8% (18.3–37.2%)
• Food Insecurity: 21.3%
• Unemployment: 10.7% (3.3–18.1%)
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 13.5%

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

Churches near Walnut Grove Church

• Henry Fork Church — 1.4 mi away
• Mount Olive Church — 3 mi away
• Stony Point Church — 3.2 mi away
• Wright Church — 3.3 mi away
• Egypt Chapel United Methodist Church — 3.8 mi away in Spencer, WV
• Liberty Hill Church — 4 mi away
• Mount Zion United Methodist Church — 4.4 mi away
• Bryner Chapel — 4.7 mi away
• Little Creek Church — 4.7 mi away in Spencer, WV
• Saint Paul United Methodist Church — 4.8 mi away