Lower Smyrna Church

The community around Lower Smyrna Church

It takes 2.7 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 more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor. 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: 41.6%
• Social Isolation: 36.1%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.4%
• Food Insecurity: 22.3%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.3%
• Depression: 26.1%
• Child Poverty: 25.6% (12.0–39.1%)
• Poverty Rate: 18.5% (11.3–25.8%)
• Housing Insecurity: 16.0%
• Diabetes: 14.4%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.3%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 11.3%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Lower Smyrna Church

• Upper Smyrna Church — 0.9 mi away
• Sharon Church — 1.2 mi away
• Church of Christ — 2.1 mi away
• Light House Church — 2.2 mi away
• Church of Christ — 2.2 mi away
• Huntsville Missionary Baptist Church — 2.4 mi away
• Harmony Baptist Fellowship Hall — 2.4 mi away
• Harmony Regular Baptist — 2.4 mi away
• Hartwell Church of Christ — 2.4 mi away
• Huntsville United Methodist Church — 2.6 mi away