New Salem C.M.E. Church

The community around New Salem C.M.E. Church

It takes 8.6 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 2 in 10 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about 1 in 5 adults live with diabetes, and more than a third of adults live with obesity. 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.

• Food Insecurity: 27.1%
• Diabetes: 20.4%
• Obesity: 42.9%
• Social Isolation: 37.7%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.8%
• Poverty Rate: 25.5% (13.9–37.2%)
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 16.5% (7.1–25.9%)
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 14.6%
• Unemployment: 8.6% (1.1–16.7%)
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.9%
• Housing Insecurity: 20.0%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.6%
• Transportation Barriers: 13.6%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.

Churches near New Salem C.M.E. Church

• Mount Enon Baptist Church — 1.2 mi away
• Elmodel Church — 1.4 mi away in Newton, GA
• Second Belmont Church — 1.6 mi away in Newton, GA
• New Evergreen Church — 3 mi away in Newton, GA
• Milford Baptist Church — 3.7 mi away
• Lakeside Baptist Church — 4 mi away in Newton, GA
• Macedonia Baptist Church — 4 mi away
• Travelers Rest Free Will Baptist Church — 4 mi away in Newton, GA
• Patmos Free Will Baptist Church — 4.5 mi away
• Macedonia Church — 4.7 mi away