Saint Mary Church

The community around Saint Mary Church

It takes 5.3 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 nearly a quarter 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: 30.4%
• Food Insecurity: 29.3%
• Diabetes: 21.6%
• Obesity: 43.6%
• Child Poverty: 37.8% (22.7–51.2%)
• Social Isolation: 37.0%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.2%
• Poverty Rate: 24.4% (14.6–34.2%)
• Housing Insecurity: 21.0%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 15.7%
• Unemployment: 9.8% (2.9–17.0%)
• Transportation Barriers: 14.5%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Saint Mary Church

• Jerusalem Church — 2.1 mi away
• Saint Matthew Church — 2.3 mi away
• Lakeshore Baptist Church — 2.5 mi away
• Cool Coosa Church — 2.9 mi away
• Gilfield Church — 4.1 mi away
• Saint John Church — 4.5 mi away
• Rising Sun Church — 4.8 mi away
• Zion Hill Baptist Church — 5.7 mi away
• Rising Sun Church — 5.8 mi away
• First United MBC — 5.9 mi away in Waterproof, LA