Sandy Run Church

The community around Sandy Run Church

It takes 5.2 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 about a third describe their own health as fair or poor, and about 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: 46.2%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 33.7%
• Food Insecurity: 32.1%
• Diabetes: 23.8%
• Social Isolation: 35.4%
• Child Poverty: 34.9% (19.5–50.7%)
• Poverty Rate: 23.3% (14.1–32.5%)
• Housing Insecurity: 22.2%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 17.0%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.1%
• Transportation Barriers: 15.5%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 14.3% (7.9–20.7%)
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.7%

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

Churches near Sandy Run Church

• Sandy Run Baptist — 1.2 mi away in Roxobel, NC
• Hope Temple — 3.6 mi away in Rich Square, NC
• Willow Oak AME Church — 3.9 mi away in Rich Square, NC
• Rich Square First Baptist Church — 4 mi away in Rich Square, NC
• Grace Baptist Church — 4.2 mi away in Woodland, NC
• Rich Square Baptist Church — 4.4 mi away in Rich Square, NC
• Mill Branch Church — 4.9 mi away in Aulander, NC
• Hortons Church — 5.1 mi away in Aulander, NC
• Chapel Hill Church — 5.2 mi away in Rich Square, NC
• Saint Stevens Church — 5.8 mi away in Scotland Neck, NC