Lake Buffum Church

The community around Lake Buffum Church

It takes 3.9 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, nearly a quarter of the people here live without health insurance, and more than a third of adults live with obesity, and nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor. 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.

• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 24.6% (14.8–34.4%)
• Obesity: 40.7%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 25.9%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 19.9%
• Diabetes: 14.0%

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

Churches near Lake Buffum Church

• Mount Zion Church — 4.6 mi away in Frostproof, FL
• Catholic Church — 5.7 mi away
• St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Mission — 5.7 mi away
• Oak Park Baptist Church — 5.8 mi away
• First Church of God — 6.3 mi away
• My Fort Meade First — 6.3 mi away
• Christ Church Episcopal — 6.4 mi away
• Christ Church — 6.4 mi away
• First Baptist Church — 6.4 mi away
• Living Faith Christian Center — 6.5 mi away