Mercy Church

Mercy Church is a church in Baton Rouge, LA 70807. It is one of 572 churches in Baton Rouge.

Baton Rouge, LA, 70807

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The community around Mercy Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About 3 in 4 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of adults live with obesity. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

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  • Child Poverty: 79.7%
  • Obesity: 48.7%
  • Food Insecurity: 48.5%
  • Poverty Rate: 42.6% (31.8–53.4%)
  • Social Isolation: 40.7%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 39.0%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 36.7%
  • Housing Insecurity: 35.0%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 30.5%
  • Transportation Barriers: 25.4%
  • Diabetes: 24.3%
  • Unemployment: 12.5% (4.5–20.4%)
  • Depression: 24.7%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.4%

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

Baton Rouge city is served by 212 churches — about one congregation for every 1,006 residents.

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