Saint Marks Church

The community around Saint Marks Church

It takes 5.6 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 5 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of adults live with obesity, 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.

• Child Poverty: 50.6% (35.0–66.3%)
• Obesity: 45.0%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 32.5%
• Poverty Rate: 30.2% (20.6–39.7%)
• Food Insecurity: 29.5%
• Diabetes: 20.2%
• Social Isolation: 36.8%
• Depression: 28.2%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 16.0%
• Unemployment: 8.1% (3.2–13.1%)
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.9%
• Housing Insecurity: 19.8%
• Transportation Barriers: 14.4%

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

Churches near Saint Marks Church

• Spring Hill Church — 0.7 mi away
• Springhill Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
• Liberty Hill Church — 2.2 mi away
• True Vine Church — 3.3 mi away
• New Light Church — 4.1 mi away in Hall Summit, LA
• Hebrew Church — 5 mi away
• Israelite Church — 5 mi away
• Social Springs Church — 5.2 mi away
• New Jerusalem Church — 5.2 mi away in Coushatta, LA
• New Era Church — 5.3 mi away in Shreveport, LA