Saint James Church Number 2

The community around Saint James Church Number 2

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 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, 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.

• Child Poverty: 40.0% (22.4–57.8%)
• Food Insecurity: 26.5%
• Diabetes: 18.9%
• Obesity: 42.1%
• Social Isolation: 35.9%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.7%
• Poverty Rate: 24.5% (16.4–32.7%)
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.7%
• Housing Insecurity: 18.4%
• Transportation Barriers: 13.8%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 13.2%
• Unemployment: 7.4% (2.1–12.8%)

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

Churches near Saint James Church Number 2

• Union Grove Church — 1.7 mi away
• Church of Christ — 1.8 mi away
• Samuels Chapel — 3 mi away
• Woods Chapel — 3.1 mi away
• Leflore Baptist Church — 3.3 mi away in Holcomb, MS
• Shiloh Church — 3.7 mi away
• Mount Pisgah Church — 3.8 mi away
• Oak Grove Church — 4.2 mi away
• Sparta Church — 4.8 mi away
• Mitchell Springs Church — 5.2 mi away in Greenwood, MS