New Prospect Church

The community around New Prospect Church

It takes 5.7 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 more than a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, 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.

• Obesity: 47.1%
• Food Insecurity: 43.6%
• Social Isolation: 41.0%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 35.6%
• Poverty Rate: 31.4% (20.6–42.2%)
• Housing Insecurity: 30.8%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 23.9%
• Transportation Barriers: 23.5%
• Diabetes: 21.4%
• Unemployment: 19.0% (9.4–28.6%)
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 34.8%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 16.1%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 14.5% (9.2–19.7%)

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

Churches near New Prospect Church

• Swiftown Church of God in Christ — 1.7 mi away
• White Rock Church — 2 mi away
• Bethlehem Church — 2.3 mi away in Moorhead, MS
• Mount Pleasant Church — 2.8 mi away
• Church of God — 3 mi away
• Elizabeth Church — 3.4 mi away
• Cypress Grove Church — 3.9 mi away
• Pleasant Green Church — 4.1 mi away
• Mount Maria Church — 4.6 mi away in Moorhead, MS
• Midway Church — 5.5 mi away in Morgan City, MS