Mount Vernon Church

The community around Mount Vernon Church

It takes 4.2 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 2 in 10 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about 1 in 5 adults live with diabetes, 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.

• Food Insecurity: 27.2%
• Diabetes: 18.8%
• Obesity: 44.7%
• Social Isolation: 38.7%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.2%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.5%
• Child Poverty: 22.8% (8.4–37.1%)
• Poverty Rate: 19.5% (6.5–32.5%)
• Housing Insecurity: 19.1%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 13.6%
• Transportation Barriers: 13.0%

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

Thomasville city is served by 7 churches — about one congregation for every 256 residents.

Churches near Mount Vernon Church

• Shady Grove Church — 1.2 mi away
• Airmount Church — 1.5 mi away
• Cook Valley Church — 3.5 mi away in Pine Hill, AL
• County Line Church — 3.5 mi away in Pine Hill, AL
• Saint Joseph Catholic Mission — 3.6 mi away
• The Thomasville United Methodist Church — 3.8 mi away
• Thomasville Pentecostal Church — 3.9 mi away
• Thomasville United Methodist Church — 4.1 mi away
• Thomasville church of Christ — 4.1 mi away
• Greater First Baptist Church — 4.2 mi away