Laurel Branch Church

The community around Laurel Branch Church

It takes 4.8 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 3 in 10 describe their own health as fair or poor, and about 1 in 5 adults live with diabetes, and more than a third of adults live with obesity. 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.

• Fair/Poor Health Status: 32.8%
• Diabetes: 20.0%
• Obesity: 41.8%
• Social Isolation: 34.6%
• Depression: 31.7%
• Poverty Rate: 22.7% (13.4–32.1%)
• Food Insecurity: 21.3%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 13.7%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Laurel Branch Church

• Meadow Bridge Missionary Baptist — 1.9 mi away in Meadow Bridge, WV
• Little Meadow Church — 2.3 mi away
• Lane United Methodist Church — 2.5 mi away
• Lockbridge Methodist Church — 3.7 mi away
• Loops Road Church — 3.8 mi away in Rainelle, WV
• Little Creek Church — 3.9 mi away in Rainelle, WV
• Sturgeon Branch Church — 4 mi away in Rainelle, WV
• Little Sewell Church — 4.2 mi away in Rainelle, WV
• Mill Brook Church — 4.7 mi away
• Millbrook Baptist Church — 4.7 mi away in Danese, WV