the Church of Grady County

The community around the Church of Grady County

In the few miles around this church, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than a third of the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. 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: 40.8% (25.1–56.5%)
• Social Isolation: 37.9%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 26.8%
• Food Insecurity: 24.3%
• Poverty Rate: 22.3% (12.7–31.9%)
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 19.3% (13.5–25.0%)
• Diabetes: 17.5%
• Obesity: 39.4%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.7%
• Housing Insecurity: 19.4%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 16.7%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 12.9%

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

Churches near the Church of Grady County

• Victory Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — 0.6 mi away
• Gordon Heights Church — 0.7 mi away
• Bethlehem African Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.8 mi away
• Cairo Presbyterian Church — 0.8 mi away
• First United Methodist Church — 0.9 mi away
• Mount Calvary Missionary Baptist Church — 0.9 mi away
• St. Thomas Primitive Baptist Church — 0.9 mi away
• First Born Church — 0.9 mi away
• Power of Praise — 1.1 mi away