Israelite Church

The community around Israelite Church

It takes 4.8 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 6 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of adults live with obesity, and more than a third of the people here live below the poverty line. 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: 61.0% (44.9–77.1%)
• Obesity: 48.9%
• Poverty Rate: 37.8%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 37.7%
• Food Insecurity: 36.2%
• Diabetes: 23.6%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 19.9%
• Unemployment: 12.8% (5.5–20.1%)
• Social Isolation: 38.0%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.2%
• Depression: 28.6%
• Housing Insecurity: 23.6%
• Transportation Barriers: 17.6%

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

Churches near Israelite Church

• Hope Church — 2.2 mi away
• Ringgold Assembly of God — 2.2 mi away
• Saint Marys Church — 2.5 mi away
• Saint Lukes Church — 2.7 mi away
• Fizer Memorial Church of God In Christ — 2.8 mi away
• Hebrew Church — 3 mi away
• Grand Bayou Church — 3.1 mi away
• Ringgold Church of Christ — 3.2 mi away
• First United Methodist Church — 3.3 mi away
• Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church — 3.4 mi away