Drake Hill Church

The community around Drake Hill Church

It takes 7.2 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 more than a third 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: 46.7%
• Social Isolation: 40.1%
• Food Insecurity: 36.3%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 35.2%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 33.3%
• Housing Insecurity: 26.3%
• Diabetes: 21.5%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 18.4%
• Poverty Rate: 22.3% (14.0–30.7%)
• Transportation Barriers: 18.1%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 17.1% (11.4–22.9%)
• Child Poverty: 25.4% (13.1–37.8%)
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.8%
• Unemployment: 6.3% (1.0–11.6%)

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

Churches near Drake Hill Church

• New Bethel Church — 0.6 mi away
• Mount Zion Church — 1.8 mi away in Macon, MS
• Woodlawn Church — 3.2 mi away in Macon, MS
• Pilgrim Grove Church — 3.2 mi away
• Mount Horton Church — 3.3 mi away in Macon, MS
• First James Creek Church — 3.5 mi away
• Christian Hill Church — 4.2 mi away
• Bigbee Valley Church — 4.3 mi away
• Second James Creek Church — 4.5 mi away in Macon, MS
• Mount Pleasant Church — 4.6 mi away