Amite-Arcola Church

The community around Amite-Arcola Church

In the few miles around this church, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. More than a third of the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.

• Obesity: 48.9%
• Child Poverty: 43.9% (29.0–61.5%)
• Social Isolation: 40.4%
• Food Insecurity: 34.9%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 32.5%
• Housing Insecurity: 25.2%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 20.3%
• Diabetes: 20.0%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 32.6%
• Poverty Rate: 25.7% (14.7–36.8%)
• Transportation Barriers: 17.6%
• Depression: 24.5%

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

Churches near Amite-Arcola Church

• Mount Gillion Church — 0.5 mi away
• Big Zion A.M.E. Zion Church — 1.2 mi away
• First Baptist Church of Arcola — 1.8 mi away
• Big Creek Church — 2.3 mi away
• Fluker Community Baptist Church — 2.3 mi away in Fluker, LA
• Fluker Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church — 2.4 mi away
• Nazarene Church — 2.6 mi away in Amite City, LA
• Saint Thomas Church — 2.6 mi away in Amite City, LA
• Greater Refuge Temple Ministries — 2.7 mi away in Amite, LA
• First United Methodist Church — 3 mi away in Amite City, LA