Alva Chapel

The community around Alva Chapel

It takes 2.9 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 more than a third of adults live with obesity. 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: 32.1%
• Food Insecurity: 28.5%
• Obesity: 43.8%
• Social Isolation: 36.9%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 18.1%
• Diabetes: 17.6%
• Depression: 26.0%
• Poverty Rate: 21.8% (11.6–32.0%)
• Housing Insecurity: 18.6%
• Transportation Barriers: 13.5%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 12.7%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 12.2% (7.7–16.6%)

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

Churches near Alva Chapel

• Tharptown Church of Christ — 1.7 mi away
• Tharptown Baptist Church — 1.8 mi away
• Bethlehem Church — 2 mi away
• Mount Nebo Baptist Church — 2.1 mi away
• Siloam Baptist Church — 2.3 mi away
• Foxtrap Church of Christ — 2.9 mi away in Tuscumbia, AL
• Antioch Church — 3 mi away
• Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church — 3.1 mi away
• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — 3.3 mi away
• Friendship Baptist Church — 3.3 mi away