Browns Chapel

The community around Browns Chapel

It takes 5.6 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 3 in 10 describe their own health as fair or poor, and about a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about 1 in 5 adults live with diabetes. 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.

• Fair/Poor Health Status: 31.8%
• Food Insecurity: 31.0%
• Diabetes: 21.3%
• Obesity: 43.2%
• Social Isolation: 39.3%
• Child Poverty: 32.0% (16.4–47.5%)
• Poverty Rate: 24.9% (16.7–33.1%)
• Housing Insecurity: 23.3%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 18.4%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 18.1% (12.5–23.7%)
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 16.1%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.0%
• Transportation Barriers: 15.2%

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

Churches near Browns Chapel

• Nazarene Church of Jesus Christ — 1.1 mi away
• New Prospect Primitive Baptist Church — 3.1 mi away
• Bethel Church — 3.6 mi away
• St. Mark Baptist Church — 4 mi away
• Union United Methodist Church — 4.2 mi away
• Hall Chapel — 4.5 mi away
• Ramah Primitive Baptist Church — 4.6 mi away
• Cornerstone Church — 4.6 mi away
• First Baptist Church — 4.7 mi away
• Buena Vista United Methodist Church — 4.7 mi away