Love United Church - Ville Platte

The community around Love United Church - Ville Platte

In the few miles around this church, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and more than a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.

• Obesity: 49.6%
• Food Insecurity: 38.2%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 36.4%
• Housing Insecurity: 26.2%
• Diabetes: 22.2%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 21.7%
• Unemployment: 12.5% (5.5–19.5%)
• Social Isolation: 37.2%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.8%
• Poverty Rate: 29.3% (18.8–39.7%)
• Depression: 27.4%
• Transportation Barriers: 18.8%
• Child Poverty: 23.8% (12.7–36.0%)

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

Churches near Love United Church - Ville Platte

• Cornerstone International Ministries — 1.1 mi away
• Mount Pilgrim Baptist Church — 1.3 mi away
• Lilly of the Valley Church of God — 1.7 mi away
• St John Baptist Church — 1.7 mi away
• Disciples Baptist Church — 1.7 mi away
• Greater Mount Pleasant Baptist Church — 1.8 mi away
• Saint Joseph Catholic Church — 1.8 mi away
• Refuge Temple Church — 1.8 mi away
• Saint Paul Baptist Church — 1.9 mi away
• Living Word Catherdal PBGA — 1.9 mi away