Union Grove Church

The community around Union Grove Church

It takes 6.4 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 2 in 10 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about 1 in 5 adults live with diabetes, and more than a third of adults live with obesity. 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.

• Food Insecurity: 26.6%
• Diabetes: 18.8%
• Obesity: 44.7%
• Social Isolation: 36.1%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.7%
• Poverty Rate: 22.1% (14.2–30.0%)
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 15.8% (9.8–21.7%)
• Unemployment: 9.4% (2.2–16.8%)
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.1%
• Child Poverty: 25.7% (10.2–41.3%)
• Housing Insecurity: 18.3%
• Transportation Barriers: 13.4%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.1%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 12.8%

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

Churches near Union Grove Church

• Lorena Church — 1.6 mi away
• Mount Carmel Church — 1.6 mi away
• Gasque Chapel — 3 mi away
• Goodwater Church — 3.4 mi away
• Homewood Baptist Church — 3.8 mi away
• Luther Chapel — 4.3 mi away
• Carr Church — 4.4 mi away in Lake, MS
• Bethel Church — 4.5 mi away
• Christian Chapel — 4.5 mi away in Raleigh, MS
• Good Hope Church — 4.7 mi away