Saint Marys Church

The community around Saint Marys Church

It takes 5.1 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 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: 60.6% (44.5–76.7%)
• Obesity: 47.7%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 35.9%
• Poverty Rate: 35.2% (25.6–44.8%)
• Food Insecurity: 33.6%
• Diabetes: 22.4%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 18.4%
• Social Isolation: 37.6%
• Depression: 28.7%
• Housing Insecurity: 22.0%
• Unemployment: 11.2% (4.6–17.8%)
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.5%
• Transportation Barriers: 16.3%

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

Churches near Saint Marys Church

• Fizer Memorial Church of God In Christ — 1.3 mi away
• Grand Bayou Church — 1.8 mi away
• Victory Life Center — 2 mi away
• Ringgold Church of Christ — 2 mi away
• First United Methodist Church — 2.2 mi away
• Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church — 2.3 mi away
• Faith Baptist Church — 2.4 mi away
• Israelite Church — 2.5 mi away
• Providence Church — 2.6 mi away
• Pleasant Grove Church — 2.6 mi away