Saint James Church

The community around Saint James Church

It takes 8.3 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 the people here live without health insurance, and more than a third of the people here live 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: 45.3%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 44.5%
• Poverty Rate: 41.8% (29.9–53.8%)
• Child Poverty: 40.7% (26.4–55.0%)
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 36.4%
• Diabetes: 20.2%
• Unemployment: 12.1% (4.8–19.3%)
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 17.2%
• Depression: 23.2%

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

Churches near Saint James Church

• Saint Peter Church — 3.9 mi away
• Our Lady of the Sioux Church — 4.6 mi away in Oglala, SD
• Wildwood Church — 6.1 mi away
• Saint Matthew Church — 6.9 mi away
• Makasan Church — 7 mi away
• Holy Guardian Angel Church — 8.5 mi away
• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — 9 mi away in Pine Ridge, SD
• Sacred Heart Church — 9.6 mi away
• Holy Cross Episcopal Church — 9.7 mi away
• Lakota Baptist Church — 9.8 mi away in Pine Ridge, SD