Saint John Church

The community around Saint John Church

It takes 3.3 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 2 in 10 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and more than a third 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.

• Food Insecurity: 29.1%
• Obesity: 44.6%
• Social Isolation: 37.9%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 33.5%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 28.8%
• Poverty Rate: 22.1% (11.1–33.1%)
• Housing Insecurity: 21.8%
• Diabetes: 17.8%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 15.8%
• Depression: 24.6%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 14.4% (4.2–24.6%)
• Transportation Barriers: 14.1%

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

Churches near Saint John Church

• Greater Progressive Baptist — 0.9 mi away
• Mount Calvary Church — 0.9 mi away in Saint Gabriel, LA
• Our Lady of Prompt Succor Catholic Church — 1 mi away
• Mount Zion Church — 1 mi away
• City of Refuge Church — 1.1 mi away
• Progressive Baptist Church — 1.3 mi away
• Saint Paul Church — 1.3 mi away
• First Baptist Church — 2 mi away
• Asbery African Methodist Episcopal Church — 2.1 mi away
• Saint Luke Church — 2.3 mi away