Episcopal Church of the Ascension

Episcopal Church of the Ascension is a Episcopal church at 3600 Arlington Loop in Hattiesburg, MS 39402. It is one of 180 churches in Hattiesburg, and one of 2 Episcopal congregations in the city.

3600 Arlington Loop, Hattiesburg, MS, 39402

Phone: +1-601-264-6773 · Website: http://ascension.ms/

Shares a ministry location with Canterbury: The Episcopal Church at USM.

Episcopal Church of the Ascension is part of the Anglican and Episcopal family of churches in The American Church Story.

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The community around Episcopal Church of the Ascension

Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About a third of the people here live below the poverty line, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. That is 2,200 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

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  • Poverty Rate: 31.1% (21.3–40.9%)
  • Social Isolation: 37.3%
  • Food Insecurity: 23.6%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.1%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 20.9%
  • Housing Insecurity: 16.4%
  • Transportation Barriers: 14.1%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 12.2% (6.8–17.6%)
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 11.5%
  • Unemployment: 7.8% (3.5–12.3%)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

Hattiesburg city is served by 74 churches — about one congregation for every 689 residents.

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