Mount Carmel Church

The community around Mount Carmel Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than half of the people here live below the poverty line, and nearly half of adults live with obesity. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.

• Poverty Rate: 55.1% (40.6–69.6%)
• Obesity: 51.8%
• Food Insecurity: 49.8%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 41.7%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 35.8%
• Housing Insecurity: 34.9%
• Diabetes: 28.5%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 28.2%
• Transportation Barriers: 26.5%
• Unemployment: 13.4% (7.5–19.3%)
• Social Isolation: 39.6%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 16.0% (10.6–21.4%)
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 16.9% (12.4–21.9%)

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

Clarksdale city is served by 38 churches — about one congregation for every 346 residents.

Churches near Mount Carmel Church

• Faith Temple COGIC — 1 mi away
• Union Grove Baptist Church — 1.1 mi away
• Christ The King Ministries — 1.1 mi away
• Chapel Hill Baptist Church — 1.2 mi away
• Immaculate Conception Catholic Church — 1.3 mi away
• Jerusalem Baptist Church — 1.3 mi away
• Mt Carmel Mb Church — 1.3 mi away
• Church of Christ — 1.3 mi away
• Calvary Baptist Church — 1.3 mi away
• Union Grove Baptist Church — 1.3 mi away