Mount Carmel Church

The community around Mount Carmel Church

It takes 4.1 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 about a third describe their own health as fair or poor, and about a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. 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: 45.6%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 33.0%
• Food Insecurity: 30.6%
• Unemployment: 22.9% (12.6–33.3%)
• Diabetes: 19.2%
• Social Isolation: 37.3%
• Child Poverty: 37.1% (19.0–55.1%)
• Poverty Rate: 24.1% (15.2–32.9%)
• Housing Insecurity: 20.1%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 18.1% (12.0–24.2%)
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 14.3%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.0%
• Transportation Barriers: 15.3%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.7%

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

Churches near Mount Carmel Church

• Church of God in Christ — 1.1 mi away
• Saint Paul Church — 1.6 mi away
• Sunflower Church — 2.2 mi away
• Hopewell United Methodist Church — 2.3 mi away
• Hurricane Creek Church — 2.9 mi away
• New Hope Church — 3.4 mi away
• Mount Bethel Church — 4.6 mi away
• Pearl River Church — 4.6 mi away
• Mt Bethel Baptist Church — 4.6 mi away in Sandy Hook, MS
• Mays Creek Church — 4.8 mi away