Laurel Church

The community around Laurel Church

It takes 2.6 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 about a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and about a third 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.

• Obesity: 41.7%
• Social Isolation: 34.1%
• Depression: 30.5%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 25.4%
• Diabetes: 15.8%
• Food Insecurity: 15.1%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 10.4%
• Unemployment: 6.3% (2.2–10.3%)

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

Churches near Laurel Church

• Craigs Chapel — 1.7 mi away
• Porters Falls Methodist Church — 1.9 mi away
• Apostolic Christian Church — 2 mi away
• Hemlock Church — 2.1 mi away
• Minnie Church — 2.1 mi away
• Mount Morris Church — 2.5 mi away
• Mount Zion Church — 3.2 mi away
• Mount Olive Church — 3.4 mi away
• Ashland Church — 3.5 mi away
• Friendship Church — 3.6 mi away