New Salem Church

The community around New Salem Church

It takes 5.7 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 nearly a quarter of adults here carry depression, 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: 40.6%
• Depression: 28.6%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 26.2%
• Diabetes: 16.1%
• Child Poverty: 23.2% (8.8–37.6%)
• Poverty Rate: 19.5% (9.0–30.0%)
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.5% (4.7–22.3%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2022, 2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

Churches near New Salem Church

• Mount Vernon Church — 1.2 mi away
• Old Bethel Baptist Church — 1.9 mi away
• Knob Creek Church — 2.7 mi away in Fulton, KY
• Union Chapel — 2.9 mi away
• Zion Hill Church — 4.3 mi away
• New Hope Church — 4.4 mi away
• Rhodes Chapel — 4.6 mi away in Sedalia, KY
• Good Springs Church — 4.9 mi away
• Bible Union Church of Christ — 5.5 mi away in Dresden, TN
• Palmersville Missionary Baptist Church — 5.6 mi away