Saint Elmo Church

The community around Saint Elmo 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 2 in 10 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and more than a third of adults live with obesity, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. 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.

• Food Insecurity: 26.4%
• Obesity: 43.6%
• Social Isolation: 36.6%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.0%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.3%
• Diabetes: 17.6%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 14.2%
• Depression: 27.0%
• Poverty Rate: 19.6% (13.0–26.3%)
• Housing Insecurity: 18.5%
• Unemployment: 6.9% (2.4–11.5%)

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

Churches near Saint Elmo Church

• New Light Church — 2.2 mi away
• Lee Chapel — 2.6 mi away in Gilliam, LA
• New Avery Church — 2.8 mi away
• Justice Chapel — 3.5 mi away
• Saint John Church — 3.7 mi away
• Freedom Hill Church — 4.2 mi away in Hosston, LA
• Egypt Hill Church — 4.2 mi away in Plain Dealing, LA
• New Hope Church — 4.3 mi away in Plain Dealing, LA
• Lewisville Church — 4.3 mi away in Plain Dealing, LA
• Reno Hill Church — 4.8 mi away in Vivian, LA