Ward Road Church

The community around Ward Road 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 4 in 10 adults live with obesity, and about a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and about a third of adults here carry depression. 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: 41.6%
• Social Isolation: 34.2%
• Depression: 31.4%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 27.9%
• Diabetes: 17.3%
• Food Insecurity: 17.1%
• Poverty Rate: 16.2% (9.3–23.1%)
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 11.5%
• Unemployment: 7.1% (1.0–13.3%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Ward Road Church

• Nile Chapel — 2.1 mi away in Summersville, WV
• Chestnut Flat Church — 2.7 mi away in Craigsville, WV
• Downtain Chapel — 3.3 mi away
• Jordan Chapel — 3.8 mi away
• Hinkle Chapel — 3.9 mi away in Craigsville, WV
• Calvin Chapel — 4 mi away in Summersville, WV
• Mount Zion Church — 4 mi away
• Little Union Church — 4.1 mi away in Summersville, WV
• Alderson Church — 4.2 mi away in Summersville, WV
• Olive Branch Church — 4.2 mi away