New Zion Church

The community around New Zion Church

It takes 5.1 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 5 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of adults live with obesity, and about a third describe their own health as fair or poor. 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: 54.7% (36.4–73.0%)
• Obesity: 45.1%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 35.0%
• Food Insecurity: 34.4%
• Poverty Rate: 33.8% (22.1–45.6%)
• Unemployment: 22.6% (11.0–34.2%)
• Diabetes: 21.8%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 18.7%
• Social Isolation: 38.5%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 32.7%
• Housing Insecurity: 23.6%
• Depression: 25.6%
• Transportation Barriers: 16.5%

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

Churches near New Zion Church

• Spring Creek Church — 1.7 mi away
• Pine Ridge Church — 2.6 mi away
• Bethel Church — 2.9 mi away
• Day Church — 3.2 mi away in Greensburg, LA
• Venable Church — 3.5 mi away in Greensburg, LA
• Taylor Creek Baptist Church — 3.6 mi away
• Tangipahoa Baptist Church — 4.9 mi away
• Red Bluff Church — 5.5 mi away in Greensburg, LA
• Sheridan Church — 5.7 mi away
• Sheridian Chapel A M E Church — 5.7 mi away