Pleasant Ridge Church

The community around Pleasant Ridge Church

It takes 3.6 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 describe their own health as fair or poor. 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: 48.9%
• Food Insecurity: 43.2%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 39.3%
• Housing Insecurity: 28.9%
• Diabetes: 22.8%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 22.8%
• Transportation Barriers: 22.5%
• Child Poverty: 39.2% (20.6–57.8%)
• Social Isolation: 39.1%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 32.6%
• Poverty Rate: 26.7% (15.6–37.9%)
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 18.5%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Pleasant Ridge Church

• Mount Calvary Church — 2.4 mi away
• Hebron Church — 2.7 mi away
• Pine Bluff Church — 2.9 mi away
• Union Grove Church — 3.4 mi away
• Antioch Church — 3.6 mi away
• Salem Church — 3.6 mi away in Lake, MS
• Sulphur Springs Church — 3.7 mi away
• Steele Baptist Church — 3.7 mi away
• Miracle Temple Church of God in Christ — 3.8 mi away
• Mt Olive M B Church — 4.1 mi away