Mount Carmel Church

The community around Mount Carmel 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 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: 47.6%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 33.6%
• Food Insecurity: 32.0%
• Poverty Rate: 30.2% (21.8–38.6%)
• Diabetes: 22.7%
• Child Poverty: 37.5% (21.5–53.5%)
• Social Isolation: 35.9%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.0%
• Housing Insecurity: 22.0%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 16.2%
• Transportation Barriers: 16.1%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.4%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 11.9% (6.7–17.0%)
• Unemployment: 6.3% (0.5–12.4%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Mount Carmel Church

• Mount Olive Church — 0.7 mi away
• Hux Church — 3.2 mi away in Centreville, MS
• Macedonia Church — 3.2 mi away in Centreville, MS
• Macedonia Church — 3.3 mi away in Centreville, MS
• Sharron Chapel Christian Methodist Episcopal Church — 4.6 mi away
• Hopewell Church — 4.6 mi away in Crosby, MS
• St Johns Church of God — 4.7 mi away in Crosby, MS
• Gloster First Baptist Church — 4.8 mi away
• Union Church — 4.9 mi away in Crosby, MS
• Hux Church — 4.9 mi away in Crosby, MS