Lakewood Church

The community around Lakewood Church

It takes 6.9 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 adults say they are socially isolated. 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: 62.1% (46.2–78.1%)
• Obesity: 48.8%
• Social Isolation: 40.6%
• Food Insecurity: 37.8%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 33.7%
• Poverty Rate: 32.2% (21.5–43.0%)
• Housing Insecurity: 26.6%
• Diabetes: 21.7%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 20.5%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 34.3%
• Transportation Barriers: 19.5%
• Unemployment: 8.4% (2.4–14.7%)
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 12.2% (7.3–17.0%)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Lakewood Church

• Mount Nebo Church — 1.5 mi away
• Saint John Church — 1.5 mi away
• St Joseph United Pentecostal Church — 2.5 mi away
• Saint Joseph Catholic Church — 2.5 mi away in Saint Joseph, LA
• Flowery Mount Church — 2.8 mi away
• Church of Christ — 2.8 mi away
• First United Methodist Church — 2.8 mi away
• Saint Joseph Church of God — 2.8 mi away in Saint Joseph, LA
• Christ Episcopal Church — 2.9 mi away
• Saint Joseph United Methodist Church — 3 mi away in Saint Joseph, LA