Mount Salem Church

The community around Mount Salem Church

It takes 6.7 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 3 in 10 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: 34.3%
• Food Insecurity: 32.8%
• Diabetes: 20.9%
• Unemployment: 12.2% (3.8–20.5%)
• Obesity: 43.8%
• Social Isolation: 38.1%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 32.2%
• Poverty Rate: 23.8% (15.6–32.1%)
• Housing Insecurity: 22.2%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 17.1%
• Depression: 26.8%
• Transportation Barriers: 15.7%

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

Churches near Mount Salem Church

• Mount Olive Church — 1.1 mi away in Simmesport, LA
• Grace Community Church — 1.4 mi away in Pointe Coupee Parish, LA
• Jacoby Church — 1.4 mi away
• Greater Zion Travel Church — 2.1 mi away
• Pleasant Greens Church — 2.2 mi away in Simmesport, LA
• Jacoby Chapel — 2.5 mi away
• New Zion Church — 2.7 mi away in Melville, LA
• Sunrise Church — 3.8 mi away in Simmesport, LA
• Little Zion Church — 4 mi away in Melville, LA
• Mount Moriah Church — 5 mi away