Salem Church

The community around Salem Church

It takes 4.1 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 4 in 5 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of the people here live below the poverty line, and more than a third of 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.

• Child Poverty: 96.6%
• Poverty Rate: 46.5%
• Food Insecurity: 38.2%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 36.9%
• Housing Insecurity: 25.7%
• Diabetes: 22.5%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 21.7%
• Obesity: 42.2%
• Social Isolation: 37.9%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.9%
• Transportation Barriers: 19.0%
• Unemployment: 9.3% (3.4–15.3%)
• Depression: 26.5%

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

Churches near Salem Church

• Halls Church — 1.1 mi away
• Salem Baptist Church — 1.2 mi away
• Liberty Church — 2.1 mi away
• Fellowship Church — 2.3 mi away
• Sweet Lily Church — 2.5 mi away in Marion, LA
• Zion Watch Church — 2.7 mi away in Marion, LA
• Wards Chapel — 3.5 mi away
• Center Branch Church — 3.9 mi away in Marion, LA
• Zion Hill Church — 4.3 mi away
• Zion Hill Missionary Baptist Church — 4.3 mi away in Union Parish, LA