Mount Vernon Church

The community around Mount Vernon Church

It takes 6.3 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity, and about a third describe their own health as fair or poor, and nearly a quarter 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.

• Obesity: 46.5%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 31.1%
• Food Insecurity: 27.9%
• Unemployment: 13.0% (5.1–20.9%)
• Social Isolation: 38.6%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 32.4%
• Housing Insecurity: 21.3%
• Diabetes: 17.9%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 16.1%
• Depression: 23.7%
• Poverty Rate: 21.8% (11.1–32.6%)
• Transportation Barriers: 13.7%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Mount Vernon Church

• New Bethlehem Church — 1.6 mi away
• Philadelphia Church — 2.9 mi away
• New Mount Zion Church — 3.2 mi away in Clarkedale, AR
• New Mount Pisgah Church — 3.6 mi away
• Lake Grove Church — 3.7 mi away in Jericho, AR
• Galilee Church — 3.8 mi away
• Pleasant Hill Church — 4 mi away
• Corinthian Church — 4.5 mi away
• Macedonia Church — 4.6 mi away
• Paradise Church — 5.1 mi away in Clarkedale, AR