Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church

Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church is a church at 1635 Duson Ave in Opelousas, LA 70570-2521. It is one of 53 churches in Opelousas.

1635 Duson Ave, Opelousas, LA, 70570-2521

Phone: +13379481972 · Website: http://msbcnc.com/

Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.

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The community around Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than half of the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of adults live with obesity. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

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  • Child Poverty: 56.1% (37.6–74.5%)
  • Obesity: 46.2%
  • Social Isolation: 41.4%
  • Food Insecurity: 41.2%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 36.6%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 36.0%
  • Poverty Rate: 34.1% (20.3–47.9%)
  • Housing Insecurity: 30.5%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 25.0%
  • Diabetes: 21.5%
  • Unemployment: 13.2% (2.8–23.7%)
  • Transportation Barriers: 20.8%
  • Depression: 24.2%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

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