Gilfield Church

The community around Gilfield Church

It takes 2.7 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 2 in 10 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and more than a third of adults live with obesity, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. 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.

• Food Insecurity: 27.0%
• Obesity: 43.7%
• Social Isolation: 38.4%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 33.2%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 26.0%
• Housing Insecurity: 20.8%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 14.9%
• Depression: 25.2%
• Child Poverty: 22.7% (10.4–35.0%)
• Poverty Rate: 18.3% (8.3–28.4%)
• Diabetes: 15.0%
• Transportation Barriers: 13.3%

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

Churches near Gilfield Church

• Gifield Baptist Church — 0 mi away
• First Baptist Church of Port Allen — 0.5 mi away
• Brown Church — 0.7 mi away
• Second Baptist Church of West Baton Rouge — 1 mi away
• Mount Bethel Church — 1.9 mi away
• Charismatic Fellowship Church — 2 mi away
• Saint Catherine Church — 2 mi away
• Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses — 2.1 mi away
• Fishers Of Men Tabernacle — 2.3 mi away
• New Poplar Grove Baptist Church — 2.5 mi away