Rocky Branch Church

The community around Rocky Branch Church

It takes 5.7 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: 30.4%
• Diabetes: 18.6%
• Obesity: 41.5%
• Social Isolation: 32.2%
• Depression: 31.5%
• Food Insecurity: 19.3%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 12.6%
• Unemployment: 6.9% (1.1–12.8%)

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

Churches near Rocky Branch Church

• McKown Creek Chapel — 2 mi away
• Red Knob Church — 2.6 mi away
• Rush Creek Church — 4 mi away in Spencer, WV
• Dalton Chapel — 4.1 mi away in Spencer, WV
• Slab Fork Church — 4.1 mi away in Spencer, WV
• Epling Chapel — 4.3 mi away
• Flat Fork Church — 4.5 mi away
• Mars Hill Church — 4.9 mi away
• Gandeeville Community Church — 5.1 mi away
• Mount Hope Community Church — 5.2 mi away