Piney Grove Church

The community around Piney Grove Church

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. Nearly half of the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of adults live with obesity. 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: 51.9% (32.8–71.1%)
• Obesity: 45.2%
• Social Isolation: 40.2%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 33.8%
• Food Insecurity: 32.4%
• Diabetes: 21.1%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 20.0% (12.8–27.3%)
• Poverty Rate: 28.2% (18.6–37.8%)
• Housing Insecurity: 23.6%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 17.5%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 17.2%
• Unemployment: 11.6% (2.6–20.7%)
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.3%
• Transportation Barriers: 16.4%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

Folkston city is served by 12 churches — about one congregation for every 350 residents.

Churches near Piney Grove Church

• Kingdom Hall Church — 0.1 mi away
• Mount New Home Church — 0.4 mi away
• First Assembly of God Church — 0.5 mi away
• Victory Baptist Church — 0.9 mi away
• Bethlehem Holiness Church — 1 mi away
• Folkston Methodist Church — 1 mi away
• First Baptist Church — 1.1 mi away
• Church of God — 1.1 mi away
• Pinckney United Methodist Church — 1.1 mi away
• Bethlehem Holiness Church — 1.1 mi away