Mount Zion Church

The community around Mount Zion Church

In the few miles around this church, more than 5 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and about a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the households stretched past their means, and for this church to know their names.

• Child Poverty: 58.6%
• Obesity: 45.4%
• Food Insecurity: 34.6%
• Poverty Rate: 33.1% (24.5–41.6%)
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 31.4%
• Housing Insecurity: 25.5%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 20.3% (14.0–26.6%)
• Social Isolation: 38.6%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 32.4%
• Transportation Barriers: 18.2%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 17.7%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 17.6%
• Diabetes: 17.3%
• Unemployment: 8.8% (3.3–14.3%)

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

Carthage city is served by 6 churches — about one congregation for every 946 residents.

Churches near Mount Zion Church

• Zion Hill Church — 0.5 mi away
• MtZion CI Baptist Church — 1 mi away
• Saint Anne Catholic Church — 1.8 mi away
• Carthage Presbyterian Church — 2.4 mi away
• First Baptist Carthage — 2.4 mi away
• First Baptist Church — 2.5 mi away
• Carthage United Methodist Church — 2.5 mi away
• First Baptist Church of Carthage,MS — 2.6 mi away
• Trinity Baptist Church — 2.6 mi away
• Kingdom Hall Of Jehovah's — 2.6 mi away