Jacoby Chapel

The community around Jacoby Chapel

It takes 6.5 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 a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about 1 in 5 adults live with diabetes. 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: 34.2%
• Food Insecurity: 33.2%
• Diabetes: 20.7%
• Unemployment: 12.8% (4.2–21.5%)
• Obesity: 44.3%
• Social Isolation: 38.3%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 32.4%
• Depression: 27.0%
• Poverty Rate: 25.8% (17.2–34.4%)
• Housing Insecurity: 22.5%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 17.4%
• Transportation Barriers: 15.9%

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

Churches near Jacoby Chapel

• Greater Zion Travel Church — 0.4 mi away
• Jacoby Church — 1.1 mi away
• Grace Community Church — 1.1 mi away in Pointe Coupee Parish, LA
• Pleasant Greens Church — 1.2 mi away in Simmesport, LA
• Sunrise Church — 1.6 mi away in Simmesport, LA
• Mount Salem Church — 2.5 mi away in Batchelor, LA
• Mount Olive Church — 2.8 mi away in Simmesport, LA
• Tree of Life Church — 4 mi away
• Saint John Church — 4.2 mi away
• Heart of Worship Church — 4.3 mi away in Lettsworth, LA