Gravel Creek Church

The community around Gravel Creek Church

It takes 6.8 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 5 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of adults live with obesity, and about a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. 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: 54.5% (35.9–73.1%)
• Obesity: 50.5%
• Food Insecurity: 35.3%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 34.1%
• Diabetes: 22.8%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 18.1%
• Social Isolation: 38.9%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.1%
• Poverty Rate: 25.8% (15.5–36.1%)
• Housing Insecurity: 24.1%
• Unemployment: 11.8% (3.4–21.1%)
• Transportation Barriers: 16.8%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.2%

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

Churches near Gravel Creek Church

• Gulletts Bluff Church — 3.2 mi away
• Mount Gillard Church — 4.1 mi away in Pine Hill, AL
• Antioch Baptist Church — 4.2 mi away
• Christian Way Baptist Church — 4.2 mi away
• Saint Pauls African Methodist Episcopal Church — 4.3 mi away
• Rock West Church — 4.4 mi away
• West Gate Church of Christ — 4.4 mi away
• Rock West Church — 4.5 mi away
• First Episcopal Church — 4.5 mi away
• Holy Cross Church — 4.5 mi away