Forkner Chapel

The community around Forkner Chapel

In the few miles around this church, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About a third describe their own health as fair or poor, and about a third of adults here carry depression. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.

• Fair/Poor Health Status: 32.4%
• Depression: 32.3%
• Obesity: 41.4%
• Diabetes: 17.7%
• Poverty Rate: 20.4% (12.8–28.1%)
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.7%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.9% (8.8–19.0%)
• Unemployment: 7.6% (2.8–12.5%)

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

Churches near Forkner Chapel

• Fairview Baptist Church — 1 mi away
• Open Door Baptist Church — 1.1 mi away
• Oakland Church — 1.1 mi away
• East Sweetwater Freewill Baptist Church — 1.2 mi away
• Alta Vista Presbyterian Church — 1.7 mi away
• Lees Chapel Baptist Church — 1.7 mi away
• Lee Chapel Church — 1.8 mi away
• Christ Presbyterian Church — 2.2 mi away
• Sweetwater Church of Christ — 2.7 mi away
• Sweetwater Church of Christ — 2.8 mi away