Smith Grove Church

The community around Smith Grove Church

It takes 3.6 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 1 in 5 adults live with diabetes. 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: 34.0%
• Food Insecurity: 32.4%
• Diabetes: 19.8%
• Unemployment: 16.0% (3.6–28.7%)
• Obesity: 45.0%
• Social Isolation: 38.3%
• Poverty Rate: 28.8% (17.0–40.5%)
• Housing Insecurity: 23.0%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 19.2%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 17.4%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 16.0% (7.9–24.1%)
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.5%
• Transportation Barriers: 16.6%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 7 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Smith Grove Church

• Trinity Assembly of God — 1.9 mi away
• Calvary Methodist Church — 2.1 mi away
• Eastwood Church of God — 2.3 mi away
• Southside Independent Baptist Church — 2.3 mi away
• Spring Hill Baptist Church — 2.5 mi away
• First Methodist Church — 2.7 mi away
• Bethel Church — 2.7 mi away
• Pages of Life Christian Worship Centre — 2.7 mi away
• United Primitive Baptist Church — 2.8 mi away
• First Baptist Church — 2.8 mi away