Sixth Ward Church

The community around Sixth Ward Church

It takes 3.7 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 2 in 10 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about 1 in 5 adults live with diabetes, and about 1 in 10 the workforce is looking for work and not finding it. 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.

• Food Insecurity: 28.1%
• Diabetes: 18.7%
• Unemployment: 12.0% (3.8–20.4%)
• Obesity: 43.5%
• Social Isolation: 38.4%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 32.9%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 27.4%
• Housing Insecurity: 21.1%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 15.6%
• Depression: 24.0%
• Poverty Rate: 18.9% (10.0–27.7%)
• Transportation Barriers: 13.6%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.2% (6.4–20.1%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Sixth Ward Church

• Morning Star Church — 1.4 mi away
• Saint Francis Chapel — 1.9 mi away
• Saint Francis of Assissi Catholic Church — 2.3 mi away
• Fairlane Church — 3 mi away
• Mount Airy Church — 3.7 mi away in Morganza, LA
• Mount Era Baptist Church — 3.7 mi away in Morganza, LA
• Saint Ann Catholic Church — 4.1 mi away in Morganza", LA
• The Living Word of Faith Ministries — 4.5 mi away in Morganza, LA
• Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses — 5.4 mi away
• Holy Church of God — 5.4 mi away