St. James AME Church

The community around St. James AME Church

It takes 3.7 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 3 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor, and about 1 in 5 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. 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.

• Social Isolation: 36.2%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 25.1%
• Food Insecurity: 21.3%
• Diabetes: 16.8%
• Unemployment: 11.7% (5.0–18.5%)
• Obesity: 39.5%
• Poverty Rate: 18.5% (9.2–27.7%)
• Housing Insecurity: 16.2%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.3%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 11.4%

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

Churches near St. James AME Church

• Monticello Presbyterian Church — 0.2 mi away
• Monticello Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
• Springfield Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
• St. John's AME Church — 0.5 mi away
• First United Methodist Church — 0.7 mi away
• The Church at Monticello — 1.2 mi away
• Callie Fuller Baptist Tabernacle — 3.2 mi away
• Philadelphia Church — 3.4 mi away
• Sardis CME Church — 3.6 mi away
• Lighthouse Mennonite Church — 3.9 mi away