Elk Church

The community around Elk Church

It takes 3.8 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity, and about a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter of adults here carry depression. 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.

• Obesity: 40.8%
• Social Isolation: 33.4%
• Depression: 29.0%
• Child Poverty: 24.2% (13.8–34.6%)
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 23.1%
• Food Insecurity: 17.5%
• Diabetes: 13.3%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 11.7% (7.0–16.3%)
• Unemployment: 7.3% (4.6–10.0%)

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

Churches near Elk Church

• Laurel Church — 2.3 mi away in Sandusky, MI
• Omard Church — 3.2 mi away
• Fellowship Bible Church — 4.2 mi away
• Hope Lutheran Church — 4.3 mi away in Marlette, MI
• CrossCulture Ministries — 4.6 mi away in Peck, MI
• Ball Free Church — 4.8 mi away
• Flynn Church — 5.1 mi away in Marlette, MI
• Sandusky Church of God — 6.4 mi away in Sandusky, MI
• The Potter's House — 7.9 mi away in Croswell, MI
• Melvin Baptist Church — 7.9 mi away in Melvin, MI