Sweet Union Church

The community around Sweet Union Church

It takes 5.9 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 3 in 10 describe their own health as fair or poor, and about a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about 1 in 5 adults live with diabetes. 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.

• Fair/Poor Health Status: 33.2%
• Food Insecurity: 30.7%
• Diabetes: 20.2%
• Obesity: 40.2%
• Social Isolation: 36.3%
• Depression: 27.4%
• Poverty Rate: 24.9% (17.5–32.3%)
• Housing Insecurity: 20.8%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 16.8%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.7%
• Child Poverty: 26.2% (10.9–41.7%)
• Transportation Barriers: 14.9%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 12.4% (5.2–19.7%)
• Unemployment: 7.2% (2.1–12.3%)

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

Churches near Sweet Union Church

• Fellowship Baptist Church — 1.5 mi away
• Mount Union Church — 1.5 mi away
• Fellowship Church — 1.6 mi away
• Liberty Church — 1.9 mi away
• Antioch Church of Christ — 2.8 mi away
• Canaan Church — 2.9 mi away
• Mount Pisgah Church — 3.9 mi away
• Little Hope Church — 4.2 mi away
• Beulah Baptist Church — 4.4 mi away in Farmerville, LA
• Pleasant Hill Baptist Church — 4.8 mi away in Farmerville, LA