Neelys Chapel

The community around Neelys Chapel

It takes 2.9 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and about a third describe their own health as fair or poor. 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.

• Obesity: 47.2%
• Social Isolation: 40.7%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 35.9%
• Food Insecurity: 34.5%
• Diabetes: 22.6%
• Housing Insecurity: 24.1%
• Poverty Rate: 23.6% (12.3–34.9%)
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 18.9%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 17.8%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.6%
• Transportation Barriers: 16.9%

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

Churches near Neelys Chapel

• Browns Memorial Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• Wrightsville First United Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away
• First Christian Church — 0.5 mi away
• Antioch Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
• First Assembly of God — 0.8 mi away
• Wrightsville Church of Nazarene — 0.8 mi away
• Trinity Assembly of God — 1.2 mi away
• St. Galilee Baptist Church — 1.5 mi away
• Community Missionary Baptist Church Annex — 1.6 mi away
• Community Missionary Baptist Church — 1.7 mi away