Mount Carmel Church

The community around Mount Carmel Church

It takes 6.5 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 3 in 10 describe their own health as fair or poor, 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.

• Fair/Poor Health Status: 30.1%
• Food Insecurity: 26.6%
• Diabetes: 18.9%
• Obesity: 44.9%
• Social Isolation: 35.9%
• Poverty Rate: 23.7% (15.5–31.8%)
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 17.4% (11.1–23.7%)
• Unemployment: 9.9% (2.6–17.4%)
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.9%
• Child Poverty: 27.9% (11.5–44.3%)
• Housing Insecurity: 18.2%
• Transportation Barriers: 13.3%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.2%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 12.7%

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

Churches near Mount Carmel Church

• Union Grove Church — 1.6 mi away
• Lorena Church — 3 mi away
• Goodwater Church — 3.4 mi away
• Christian Chapel — 3.7 mi away in Raleigh, MS
• Carr Church — 3.7 mi away in Lake, MS
• Pineville Church — 3.8 mi away
• Gasque Chapel — 4.2 mi away
• Leaf River Church — 4.7 mi away in Louin, MS
• Homewood Baptist Church — 5.3 mi away
• Mount Nebo Church — 5.4 mi away in Raleigh, MS