Myrick Church

The community around Myrick Church

It takes 3.2 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 3 in 10 the people here live below the poverty line, and about a third describe their own health as fair or poor, 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.

• Poverty Rate: 38.5% (25.3–51.6%)
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 30.9%
• Obesity: 41.7%
• Child Poverty: 35.4% (18.9–51.9%)
• Depression: 30.0%
• Diabetes: 16.7%
• Unemployment: 7.9% (1.0–15.6%)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2022), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Myrick Church

• Lower Coalport Church — 1.3 mi away
• Artemus Baptist Church — 1.8 mi away in Artemus, KY
• Artemus Christian Church — 2 mi away in Artemus, KY
• Davis Chapel — 2 mi away in Barbourville, KY
• Brush Creek Church — 2.9 mi away
• Parkway Baptist Church — 3.5 mi away in Barbourville, KY
• Poplar Grove Church — 3.6 mi away in Flat Lick, KY
• God's Temple Church - Barbourville — 3.7 mi away in Barbourville, KY
• Faith Tabernacle Pentecostal Church — 3.7 mi away in Barbourville, KY
• Wayman Chapel AME Church — 3.7 mi away in Barbourville, KY