Swafford Chapel

The community around Swafford Chapel

It takes 3.4 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 6 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and about a third describe their own health as fair or poor, and about 1 in 5 the people here live without health insurance. 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.

• Child Poverty: 62.3% (45.9–78.6%)
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 32.4%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 20.4% (11.8–28.9%)
• Obesity: 41.9%
• Depression: 30.8%
• Poverty Rate: 28.3% (19.0–37.6%)
• Diabetes: 17.8%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.3%

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

Churches near Swafford Chapel

• Red Hill Church — 0.8 mi away
• Lone Oak Church — 1.5 mi away
• Shady Vale Church of God — 1.6 mi away
• Shady Vale Church — 1.8 mi away
• Faith Baptist Church — 2.8 mi away in Pikeville, TN
• Mount Carmel Church — 4.2 mi away
• Smyrna Church — 4.7 mi away
• Cold Springs First Baptist Church — 4.8 mi away in Pikeville, TN
• Webbs Chapel — 5.3 mi away
• Webb's Chapel Church of God — 5.3 mi away in Spring City, TN