Refuge Temple Church
Refuge Temple Church is a church in Ville Platte, LA 70586. It is one of 30 churches in Ville Platte.
Ville Platte, LA, 70586Find Refuge Temple Church on The Church Map, explore nearby congregations, and pray for its community.
The community around Refuge Temple Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than half of the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of adults live with obesity. 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.
- Child Poverty: 57.1% (38.7–75.6%)
- Obesity: 52.8%
- Food Insecurity: 46.3%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 41.6%
- Poverty Rate: 37.2% (25.1–49.3%)
- Housing Insecurity: 31.6%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 26.6%
- Diabetes: 25.1%
- Transportation Barriers: 22.9%
- Unemployment: 17.6% (9.5–25.7%)
- Social Isolation: 38.8%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 34.4%
- Depression: 26.9%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.9%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.3% (7.0–19.6%)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
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