Mount Zion Church

The community around Mount Zion Church

It takes 5.0 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 a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about 1 in 5 adults live with diabetes. 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: 33.8%
• Food Insecurity: 31.1%
• Diabetes: 20.0%
• Obesity: 44.8%
• Child Poverty: 37.8% (25.6–50.1%)
• Social Isolation: 36.9%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.2%
• Poverty Rate: 28.1% (20.7–35.4%)
• Housing Insecurity: 21.5%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 15.2%
• Transportation Barriers: 16.0%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.7%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 11.8% (7.4–16.3%)
• Unemployment: 6.7% (2.5–11.0%)

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

Churches near Mount Zion Church

• Houlka Second Baptist Church — 2.2 mi away
• Houlka Church of the Nazarene — 2.2 mi away
• Houlka Methodist Church — 2.2 mi away
• Schooner Valley Baptist Church — 2.4 mi away
• Pearson Chapel — 2.5 mi away in Houston, MS
• Houlka Baptist Church — 2.5 mi away
• Houlka Presbyterian Church — 2.5 mi away
• First Baptist Church — 2.5 mi away in Houlka, MS
• Gordon Chapel Church Of God In Christ — 3.5 mi away
• Wesley Chapel — 3.8 mi away in Houston, MS