Pleasant Grove Church

The community around Pleasant Grove Church

In the few miles around this church, more than 4 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line. About 1 in 5 the people here live without health insurance, and more than a third of adults live with obesity. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the households stretched past their means, and for this church to know their names.

• Child Poverty: 42.4% (27.0–57.9%)
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 21.0% (15.3–26.7%)
• Obesity: 41.4%
• Social Isolation: 37.5%
• Poverty Rate: 29.9% (21.3–38.6%)
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 27.2%
• Food Insecurity: 22.2%
• Diabetes: 16.9%
• Unemployment: 9.0% (2.6–15.4%)
• Housing Insecurity: 16.3%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.3%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 11.3%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Pleasant Grove Church

• Holy Calvary MRF — 0.5 mi away
• New Hope Church — 0.6 mi away in Canon, GA
• Lavonia Church of God — 1.1 mi away
• Victory Baptist Church — 1.3 mi away
• Lavonia First Baptist Church — 1.6 mi away
• Lavonia Presbyterian Church — 1.6 mi away
• Lavonia United Methodist Church — 1.7 mi away
• Fairview Missionary Baptist Church — 2 mi away
• Encounter Church-Lavonia — 2.6 mi away
• Calvary Baptist Church — 2.7 mi away in Bowersville, GA