Saint Josephs Church

The community around Saint Josephs Church

It takes 5.7 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity, and about a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, 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.

• Obesity: 48.0%
• Food Insecurity: 34.7%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 33.8%
• Poverty Rate: 30.1% (18.1–42.0%)
• Diabetes: 21.6%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 19.0%
• Unemployment: 15.4% (2.4–28.5%)
• Social Isolation: 38.3%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 32.2%
• Housing Insecurity: 23.7%
• Depression: 26.3%
• Transportation Barriers: 16.7%

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

Churches near Saint Josephs Church

• Old Union Church — 2.2 mi away
• Beulah Church — 3 mi away
• Shady Grove United Methodist Church — 4.2 mi away
• Springhill Baptist Church — 4.4 mi away
• Mount Olive Baptist Church — 5.1 mi away
• Rising Star Church — 5.8 mi away
• Union Spring Church — 6 mi away
• Saint Peter Church of God in Christ — 6.3 mi away
• Morning Glory Church — 7 mi away
• Shiloh Baptist Church — 7.1 mi away