Mount Gilead Church

The community around Mount Gilead Church

It takes 4.9 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 nearly a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about 1 in 5 the people here live without health insurance. 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: 31.4%
• Food Insecurity: 28.9%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 20.1% (9.9–30.4%)
• Diabetes: 19.6%
• Obesity: 44.2%
• Social Isolation: 36.7%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 14.4%
• Unemployment: 10.8% (2.8–18.9%)
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.5%
• Depression: 23.1%
• Poverty Rate: 21.5% (13.2–29.7%)
• Housing Insecurity: 19.8%
• Transportation Barriers: 13.9%

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

Churches near Mount Gilead Church

• Perdue Hill Presbyterian Church — 1.9 mi away
• Barbara Locklin Baptist Church — 1.9 mi away
• Mount Rose Missionary Baptist Church — 2.2 mi away
• Mount Zion Church — 3.3 mi away
• Lilly Church — 4 mi away
• Macedonia Church — 4.1 mi away
• Jamestown Church — 5.2 mi away
• Pleasant Hill Baptist Church — 5.2 mi away
• Shiloh Church — 5.2 mi away
• Mexia Church — 5.7 mi away