Pleasant Star Church

The community around Pleasant Star Church

It takes 3.9 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 about a third 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: 35.8%
• Food Insecurity: 35.2%
• Diabetes: 19.9%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 19.0%
• Obesity: 44.5%
• Social Isolation: 37.5%
• Child Poverty: 36.9% (19.4–54.3%)
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.2%
• Depression: 28.1%
• Poverty Rate: 26.9% (16.2–37.6%)
• Housing Insecurity: 23.3%
• Transportation Barriers: 17.4%
• Unemployment: 6.3% (1.9–10.8%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Pleasant Star Church

• Morning Pilgrim Church — 1 mi away
• New Zion Baptist Church — 1.2 mi away
• Shady Grove Baptist Church — 1.3 mi away
• Oak Grove Baptist Church — 1.8 mi away
• Pine Prairie Church — 2.8 mi away
• Sardis Church — 3.3 mi away
• Apostolic Tabernacle — 3.7 mi away
• Boeuf River Baptist Church — 3.9 mi away
• Union Grove Church — 4 mi away
• Boeuf Prairie Methodist Church — 4 mi away