Boles Chapel

The community around Boles Chapel

It takes 5.1 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 3 in 10 describe their own health as fair or poor, and nearly a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about 1 in 5 adults live with diabetes. 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.

• Fair/Poor Health Status: 31.2%
• Food Insecurity: 27.5%
• Diabetes: 18.1%
• Obesity: 41.5%
• Social Isolation: 35.9%
• Child Poverty: 32.1% (18.1–46.1%)
• Depression: 28.0%
• Poverty Rate: 22.5% (13.0–32.0%)
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 14.5%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.9%
• Housing Insecurity: 18.3%
• Transportation Barriers: 13.6%
• Unemployment: 6.3% (2.0–10.7%)

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

Churches near Boles Chapel

• Jigger Apostolic Church — 0.4 mi away
• Jigger Church — 1.1 mi away
• Turkey Creek Baptist Church — 1.4 mi away in Gilbert, LA
• Shady Grove Baptist Church — 3.1 mi away
• Union Grove Church — 3.8 mi away
• Saint Patricks Church — 4.1 mi away
• Chase Church — 4.3 mi away
• Fort Necessity Baptist Church — 4.3 mi away
• Saint Paul Church — 4.4 mi away
• Chase Baptist Church — 4.6 mi away in Gilbert, LA