Mitchell Church

The community around Mitchell Church

It takes 5.5 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 the people here live below the poverty line, and about 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.

• Fair/Poor Health Status: 34.2%
• Poverty Rate: 32.9% (21.2–44.7%)
• Food Insecurity: 32.5%
• Unemployment: 25.1% (12.2–37.9%)
• Diabetes: 21.2%
• Obesity: 43.4%
• Social Isolation: 37.7%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 32.3%
• Housing Insecurity: 22.0%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 17.3%
• Depression: 25.8%
• Transportation Barriers: 15.4%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Mitchell Church

• Darlington United Methodist Church — 1.8 mi away
• Saint Helena Church — 2.5 mi away
• Center Church — 2.8 mi away
• Black Creek Church — 3.4 mi away
• Wesley Chapel — 4.3 mi away
• Darlington Church — 4.6 mi away
• Matthews Chapel — 4.8 mi away
• Venable Church — 5.2 mi away
• Day Church — 5.5 mi away
• Mount Pilgrim Church — 5.8 mi away in Liberty, MS