Royston Chapel

The community around Royston Chapel

It takes 6.0 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor. 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.

• Obesity: 41.9%
• Social Isolation: 36.5%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 28.2%
• Food Insecurity: 24.2%
• Diabetes: 17.7%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.4%
• Poverty Rate: 21.2% (10.9–31.4%)
• Housing Insecurity: 17.5%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.8% (8.9–18.6%)
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 11.8%

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

Churches near Royston Chapel

• Lonoke Church — 2.6 mi away
• Bethany Church — 2.9 mi away
• Beulah Hill Church — 3.1 mi away in Holly Springs, MS
• Mount Zion Church — 3.4 mi away in Holly Springs, MS
• Liberty Church — 3.8 mi away in Ashland, MS
• Free Branch Church — 5.2 mi away in Holly Springs, MS
• Powell Chapel — 5.4 mi away in Holly Springs, MS
• Rising Star Missionary Baptist Church — 5.5 mi away in Holly Springs, MS
• Bluff Springs Church — 5.7 mi away in Ashland, MS
• Bains Chapel — 5.7 mi away in Ashland, MS