Gilbert Memorial Church

The community around Gilbert Memorial Church

In the few miles around this church, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. More than a third of the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and about a third describe their own health as fair or poor. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.

• Obesity: 47.3%
• Child Poverty: 40.5% (28.1–53.6%)
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 30.9%
• Food Insecurity: 29.9%
• Social Isolation: 35.9%
• Poverty Rate: 28.8% (14.5–43.1%)
• Housing Insecurity: 22.7%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 18.3%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 16.9%
• Diabetes: 16.1%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 27.2%
• Depression: 23.6%
• Transportation Barriers: 15.5%
• Unemployment: 7.3% (1.2–13.4%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Gilbert Memorial Church

• Woodway Church of God — 1.2 mi away
• Mount Carmel Baptist Church — 1.2 mi away
• Grace Baptist Church — 1.6 mi away
• Smith Chapel — 1.8 mi away
• Union Church — 1.8 mi away
• Station Creek Church — 2.1 mi away
• Pond View Church — 2.2 mi away in Jonesville, VA
• York Church — 2.2 mi away in Jonesville, VA
• Willis Chapel — 2.3 mi away
• Beech Hill Church — 2.8 mi away