Travelers Rest Church

The community around Travelers Rest Church

It takes 5.3 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 nearly a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about 1 in 5 adults live with diabetes. 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: 30.4%
• Food Insecurity: 27.7%
• Diabetes: 18.5%
• Obesity: 42.0%
• Child Poverty: 38.9% (24.5–53.7%)
• Social Isolation: 38.0%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.3%
• Poverty Rate: 25.9% (17.4–34.4%)
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 14.7%
• Unemployment: 11.8% (2.8–20.8%)
• Depression: 26.5%
• Housing Insecurity: 19.1%
• Transportation Barriers: 13.5%

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

Churches near Travelers Rest Church

• Battle Chapel — 0.8 mi away
• Cedar Grove Church — 2.8 mi away
• New Bethany Baptist Church — 3.7 mi away
• Alexandria #1 Baptist Church — 3.9 mi away
• Aimwell Church — 3.9 mi away
• Salem Church Number 3 — 3.9 mi away
• Oak Ridge Baptist Church — 4 mi away
• Alexandria Church Number 2 — 4.3 mi away
• New Mount Olive Church — 4.3 mi away
• Saint Luke Church — 4.5 mi away in Rayville, LA