Sandy Grove Church

The community around Sandy Grove Church

It takes 5.8 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 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.

• Child Poverty: 51.2% (35.4–67.0%)
• Obesity: 47.6%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 35.9%
• Food Insecurity: 34.2%
• Poverty Rate: 31.4% (21.4–41.3%)
• Diabetes: 22.2%
• Unemployment: 14.9% (3.4–26.5%)
• Social Isolation: 36.9%
• Housing Insecurity: 22.1%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 17.7%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.3%
• Depression: 24.5%
• Transportation Barriers: 16.5%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.5%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Sandy Grove Church

• Holy Temple Church — 0.1 mi away
• Shady Grove Church — 0.4 mi away
• Union Grove Church — 4.5 mi away
• Cedar Creek Church — 4.5 mi away
• Brooklyn Church — 4.7 mi away
• Pleasant Hill Church — 4.9 mi away
• Mount Olive Church — 4.9 mi away
• New Bethel Church — 5 mi away
• New Beulah Church — 5.1 mi away
• Saint Luke Church — 5.6 mi away