Villa Clara Church

The community around Villa Clara Church

It takes 7.1 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 7 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 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. 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: 72.9%
• Obesity: 51.9%
• Food Insecurity: 42.1%
• Poverty Rate: 41.5% (29.8–53.3%)
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 37.2%
• Housing Insecurity: 29.3%
• Diabetes: 24.8%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 23.5%
• Social Isolation: 39.8%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 35.0%
• Transportation Barriers: 21.0%
• Unemployment: 9.4% (2.2–18.3%)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 7 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Villa Clara Church

• China Grove Church — 1.5 mi away
• Saint Lena Church — 2.7 mi away
• Mound Hedren Church — 3.1 mi away
• Saint Joseph United Methodist Church — 3.2 mi away in Saint Joseph, LA
• Christ Episcopal Church — 3.3 mi away
• Saint Joseph Church of God — 3.3 mi away in Saint Joseph, LA
• Church of Christ — 3.3 mi away
• First United Methodist Church — 3.4 mi away
• Saint Joseph Catholic Church — 3.5 mi away in Saint Joseph, LA
• St Joseph United Pentecostal Church — 3.5 mi away