Elizabeth Church

The community around Elizabeth Church

It takes 3.5 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 a third of the people here live below the poverty line. 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: 33.1%
• Food Insecurity: 32.2%
• Poverty Rate: 31.8% (18.8–44.8%)
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 29.9% (19.8–40.0%)
• Diabetes: 18.3%
• Obesity: 43.4%
• Social Isolation: 39.2%
• Housing Insecurity: 22.8%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 21.3%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 16.2%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.3%
• Depression: 23.3%
• Transportation Barriers: 16.3%
• Unemployment: 6.5% (0.0–13.6%)

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

Churches near Elizabeth Church

• Oak Grove Baptist Church — 2.2 mi away
• Hazlehurst Church of Christ — 2.7 mi away
• Ignite Student Ministries — 3 mi away
• Elbethel Church — 3 mi away
• Restoration Church — 3.1 mi away
• Bethany Church — 3.5 mi away
• Hazlehurst Pentecostal Church — 3.5 mi away
• The Church of God - Hazlehurst, GA — 3.5 mi away
• Kirkland Grove Missionary Baptist Church — 3.6 mi away
• Hazlehurst Church of God of Prophecy — 3.6 mi away