Upper Room Church

The community around Upper Room Church

In the few miles around this church, more than 6 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line. More than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter of adults here carry depression. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the households stretched past their means, and for this church to know their names.

• Child Poverty: 60.4% (40.9–79.8%)
• Social Isolation: 36.5%
• Depression: 28.9%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 25.4%
• Food Insecurity: 20.4%
• Obesity: 38.9%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.9%
• Poverty Rate: 20.2% (11.0–29.3%)
• Housing Insecurity: 15.1%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 14.7% (7.7–21.6%)
• Diabetes: 14.5%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 10.7%

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

Churches near Upper Room Church

• Hessmer Baptist Church — 0 mi away
• Saint Alphonsus Catholic Church — 0.8 mi away
• Saint Daniel Church — 2.1 mi away
• Saint Martin of Tours Catholic Church — 3.7 mi away in Belledeau, LA
• Jerusalem Church — 3.8 mi away
• LifePoint Community Church — 4.4 mi away in Mansura, LA
• Saint Paul the Apostle Catholic Church — 4.4 mi away in Mansura, LA
• Our Lady of Prompt Succor Catholic Church — 4.6 mi away in Mansura, LA
• Jerusalem Church — 4.7 mi away
• New Life Assembly of God — 4.7 mi away in Mansura, LA