Union Grove Church

The community around Union Grove Church

It takes 5.3 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 6 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of adults live with obesity, 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.

• Child Poverty: 68.4% (51.1–85.8%)
• Obesity: 52.2%
• Poverty Rate: 44.2%
• Food Insecurity: 43.8%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 38.6%
• Housing Insecurity: 31.2%
• Diabetes: 26.1%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 24.1%
• Transportation Barriers: 22.3%
• Social Isolation: 39.9%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 34.9%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 15.4% (11.2–19.6%)
• Unemployment: 8.5% (3.3–13.7%)
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.1%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Union Grove Church

• Mount Olive Church — 2.2 mi away in Mound Bayou, MS
• Old Mount Olive Church — 2.2 mi away in Mound Bayou, MS
• Morning Star Church — 2.8 mi away
• New Prospect Church — 3.3 mi away
• Mount Zion Church — 3.6 mi away
• Saint James Church — 3.7 mi away in Shelby, MS
• Rising Star Church — 3.9 mi away in Merigold, MS
• Turners Chapel — 4 mi away in Shelby, MS
• Bellamy Chapel — 4.2 mi away in Mound Bayou, MS
• East Star Church — 4.2 mi away in Rosedale, MS