Upper Wharton Church

The community around Upper Wharton Church

It takes 6.8 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 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: 40.3%
• Social Isolation: 34.8%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 26.9%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.6%
• Depression: 25.4%
• Food Insecurity: 18.1%
• Diabetes: 14.0%
• Unemployment: 6.7% (1.2–12.1%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Upper Wharton Church

• Lower Wharton Church — 2.9 mi away
• Big Sandy Church — 4.5 mi away
• Jones Community Church — 5.5 mi away
• Aurora Church — 6 mi away
• Venus Church — 6.6 mi away
• Lower Campground Church — 7.2 mi away
• Cowboy Church — 7.5 mi away
• Huntsville First Baptist — 7.8 mi away
• Saint John the Evangelist Catholic Church — 7.8 mi away
• Huntsville Latter Day Saints — 7.9 mi away