Mount Olive Baptist Church Number 2

The community around Mount Olive Baptist Church Number 2

Within about a mile of this church, more than 5 in 10 adults live with obesity. Nearly half of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.

• Obesity: 51.3%
• Food Insecurity: 47.0%
• Social Isolation: 43.3%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 40.6%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 37.8%
• Poverty Rate: 35.3% (19.8–51.1%)
• Housing Insecurity: 32.4%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 27.1%
• Diabetes: 24.9%
• Transportation Barriers: 23.4%
• Unemployment: 18.2% (6.5–30.0%)
• Depression: 25.5%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.6%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 11.8% (4.5–19.0%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.

New Iberia city is served by 27 churches — about one congregation for every 633 residents.

Churches near Mount Olive Baptist Church Number 2

• First Church of God in Christ — 0.1 mi away
• Church of Christ — 0.3 mi away
• Anderson Street Church of Christ — 0.3 mi away
• Cottrell Chapel Christian Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.4 mi away
• Solid Rock Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
• Zion Hill Christian Fellowship — 0.4 mi away
• Solid Rock Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
• Episcopal Church of the Epiphany — 0.6 mi away
• First Methodist Church of New Iberia — 0.6 mi away
• First United Methodist Church — 0.6 mi away