Salem Church

The community around Salem Church

It takes 6.5 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 7 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of adults live with obesity, and more than 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: 71.9%
• Obesity: 51.8%
• Food Insecurity: 41.0%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 37.4%
• Poverty Rate: 34.7% (25.1–44.4%)
• Housing Insecurity: 27.9%
• Diabetes: 23.9%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 21.7%
• Unemployment: 14.6% (6.8–22.4%)
• Social Isolation: 39.6%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 32.6%
• Transportation Barriers: 19.7%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.5%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 12.3% (6.2–18.5%)

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

Churches near Salem Church

• Ramah Baptist Church — 2 mi away
• Church of the Living God — 2 mi away
• Temple Gate Church — 2.6 mi away
• New Hope Church — 3.3 mi away
• Big Union Church — 3.4 mi away
• Bethlehem Christian Church — 3.8 mi away
• Hook St Church of Christ — 3.9 mi away
• Fort Deposit Methodist Church — 4.2 mi away
• Bethel Baptist Church — 4.3 mi away
• Mount Calvary Baptist Church — 4.9 mi away