Pleasant Hill Baptist Church

The community around Pleasant Hill Baptist Church

In the few miles around this church, more than 4 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About 2 in 3 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of the people here live below the poverty line. 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.

• Child Poverty: 71.4%
• Poverty Rate: 53.1%
• Social Isolation: 41.2%
• Food Insecurity: 31.9%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 18.1%
• Obesity: 42.7%
• Depression: 31.3%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 26.1%
• Housing Insecurity: 21.9%
• Transportation Barriers: 19.0%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.2%
• Unemployment: 6.8% (0.2–15.5%)

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

Churches near Pleasant Hill Baptist Church

• Christ Temple Baptist Church — 2.2 mi away in Ruston, LA
• Wesley Chapel United Methodist Church — 2.6 mi away
• St Luke's Episcopal Chapel — 2.7 mi away in Grambling, LA
• Springhill Baptist Church — 2.8 mi away
• Saint Benedict Catholic Church — 2.9 mi away in Grambling, LA
• Grambling Church of Christ — 3.2 mi away in Grambling, LA
• Lewis Temple Christian Methodist Episcopal Church — 3.2 mi away in Grambling, LA
• Grambling Church of God & Christ — 3.2 mi away in Grambling, LA
• Saint Benedict Catholic Church — 3.3 mi away in Grambling, LA
• New Rocky Valley Baptist Church — 3.4 mi away in Grambling, LA