Saint Martin of Tours Catholic Church

The community around Saint Martin of Tours Catholic Church

It takes 2.7 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 3 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated, and about a third of the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly a quarter 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.

• Social Isolation: 36.5%
• Child Poverty: 33.7% (17.1–50.4%)
• Depression: 29.1%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 25.9%
• Food Insecurity: 21.3%
• Obesity: 39.3%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.0%
• Poverty Rate: 20.3% (11.0–29.6%)
• Housing Insecurity: 15.5%
• Diabetes: 14.6%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 11.1%

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

Churches near Saint Martin of Tours Catholic Church

• Saint Alphonsus Catholic Church — 3.5 mi away in Hessmer, LA
• Saint Daniel Church — 3.6 mi away
• Fifth Ward Church — 3.6 mi away
• Upper Room Church — 3.7 mi away in Hessmer, LA
• Hessmer Baptist Church — 3.7 mi away in Hessmer, LA
• Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church — 3.8 mi away in Fifth Ward, LA
• Saint Francis de Sales Catholic Church — 4.5 mi away in Echo, LA
• Booneville Church — 6.4 mi away
• Mount Pleasant Church — 6.7 mi away
• New Morning Glory Church — 6.8 mi away