Sandy Church

The community around Sandy Church

It takes 5.7 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 about a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and about a third of the children here are growing up below the poverty line. 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: 41.2%
• Social Isolation: 35.6%
• Child Poverty: 30.6% (17.8–43.6%)
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 25.4%
• Food Insecurity: 21.8%
• Diabetes: 16.7%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 15.3% (9.5–21.0%)
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.8%
• Poverty Rate: 18.1% (10.2–26.1%)
• Housing Insecurity: 16.5%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 11.0%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Sandy Church

• Mount Pisgah Church — 0.6 mi away in Oakland, MS
• Saint Paul Church — 1.7 mi away
• Union Church — 2.3 mi away in Oakland, MS
• Pine Hill Church — 2.4 mi away in Oakland, MS
• Bethel Church — 3.6 mi away
• Miracle Temple — 3.7 mi away in Oakland, MS
• Persimmon Hill Church — 3.7 mi away in Oakland, MS
• Olvis Grove Church — 3.9 mi away in Oakland, MS
• Paris Grove Church — 3.9 mi away in Oakland, MS
• Indiana Church — 4.2 mi away in Charleston, MS