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 4 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 adults say they are socially isolated. 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: 48.3% (31.0–65.6%)
• Obesity: 48.2%
• Social Isolation: 41.4%
• Food Insecurity: 40.0%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 33.4%
• Housing Insecurity: 28.1%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 21.1%
• Diabetes: 19.5%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 33.8%
• Poverty Rate: 29.5% (18.3–40.6%)
• Transportation Barriers: 21.5%
• Unemployment: 11.7% (5.3–18.1%)
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.2%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 14.9% (9.6–20.2%)

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

Churches near Union Grove Church

• Moorhead Baptist Church — 1.6 mi away
• Moorhead Baptist Church — 1.8 mi away
• Saint Luke Church of God in Christ — 2 mi away
• Swan Lake Church — 2.9 mi away in Indianola, MS
• Markham Church — 3 mi away in Inverness, MS
• Hervey Chapel — 3.2 mi away
• Green Grove Church — 3.4 mi away
• Sunrise Church — 3.7 mi away in Indianola, MS
• McGinnis Chapel — 4.5 mi away in Inverness, MS
• Travelers Rest Church — 4.6 mi away in Sunflower, MS