Occupy Church Number 1

The community around Occupy Church Number 1

It takes 6.2 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 3 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter of adults here carry depression, and more than a third of adults live with obesity. 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.

• Social Isolation: 36.1%
• Depression: 28.6%
• Obesity: 36.5%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.6%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 22.6%
• Food Insecurity: 16.5%

Source: CDC PLACES (2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Occupy Church Number 1

• Freedom Church — 1.4 mi away
• Shady Grove Church — 1.5 mi away
• Occupy Church Number 2 — 2.7 mi away
• Humble Church — 5.1 mi away
• Union Hill Church — 5.8 mi away
• Pine Grove Church — 5.8 mi away
• Mount Olive Church — 6.4 mi away
• Calcasieu Church — 7.1 mi away
• Elizabeth Baptist Church — 7.5 mi away in Elizabeth, LA
• Saint Frances of Rome Catholic Church — 7.5 mi away in Elizabeth, LA