New Zion Church

The community around New Zion Church

It takes 8.7 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 more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor. 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: 40.0%
• Social Isolation: 36.0%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 28.4%
• Food Insecurity: 24.2%
• Diabetes: 16.8%
• Unemployment: 9.4% (2.8–16.1%)
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.5%
• Depression: 26.3%
• Child Poverty: 25.8% (11.7–40.0%)
• Poverty Rate: 19.6% (11.6–27.6%)
• Housing Insecurity: 17.0%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 12.0%

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

Churches near New Zion Church

• Alphenia Church — 0.9 mi away in Waterproof, LA
• Sunnyside Church — 1.6 mi away in Clayton, LA
• Lower Tensas Church — 3.5 mi away in Waterproof, LA
• New Light Church — 4.1 mi away
• Greenfield Church — 4.6 mi away in Waterproof, LA
• Springfield Church — 4.7 mi away in Waterproof, LA
• New Life In Christ — 5.3 mi away in Sicily Island, LA
• First Baptist Church — 5.4 mi away in Sicily Island, LA
• Pilgrim Church — 5.5 mi away in Sicily Island, LA
• Sunnyside Church — 5.5 mi away