Lazzard Church

The community around Lazzard Church

It takes 4.8 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 the workforce is looking for work and not finding it. 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: 32.8%
• Food Insecurity: 32.5%
• Unemployment: 21.3% (9.8–32.8%)
• Diabetes: 20.3%
• Obesity: 43.4%
• Social Isolation: 38.3%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 33.1%
• Poverty Rate: 29.5% (18.6–40.4%)
• Housing Insecurity: 22.8%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 17.8%
• Depression: 25.6%
• Transportation Barriers: 15.5%

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

Churches near Lazzard Church

• First Baptist Church — 1.1 mi away
• Greensburg United Methodist Church — 1.1 mi away
• Crossroads Church — 2.1 mi away
• Turner Chapel AME Church — 2.1 mi away
• Saint Mary Church — 2.7 mi away
• Sheridian Chapel A M E Church — 2.8 mi away in Kentwood, LA
• Sheridan Church — 2.8 mi away in Kentwood, LA
• Pine Hill Church — 3.1 mi away in Amite, LA
• Bethel Tabernacle — 3.3 mi away in Saint Helena Parish, LA
• Womack Chapel — 4.1 mi away