Mount Olive Church

The community around Mount Olive Church

It takes 2.6 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 3 in 10 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and nearly a quarter of adults are worried about keeping the housing they have, and about 1 in 5 households fear the power or water being shut off. 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: 31.6%
• Housing Insecurity: 25.0%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 18.0%
• Obesity: 41.3%
• Social Isolation: 38.8%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.5%
• Poverty Rate: 27.0% (18.1–36.0%)
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 26.0%
• Transportation Barriers: 16.8%
• Diabetes: 14.1%
• Unemployment: 7.1% (1.8–12.4%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Mount Olive Church

• Saint Marks Church — 1.8 mi away
• Perryhawkin Church — 2.5 mi away
• Perryhawkin Church — 2.6 mi away in Pocomoke City, MD
• Wesley Church — 3.8 mi away in Westover, MD
• Green Hill Church of the Brethren — 3.8 mi away in Westover, MD
• Cokesbury United Methodist Church — 3.9 mi away in Pocomoke City, MD
• Mt Hope A.M.E. Zion Church — 3.9 mi away
• Mount Hope Church — 3.9 mi away
• Christian Stronghold Community Church — 4 mi away
• Saint Marys Church — 4.1 mi away