New Salem Church

The community around New Salem Church

It takes 3.0 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 of the people here live below the poverty line, 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: 45.7%
• Poverty Rate: 34.7% (25.9–43.5%)
• Food Insecurity: 33.0%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 30.9%
• Diabetes: 20.5%
• Social Isolation: 38.6%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 33.3%
• Housing Insecurity: 25.0%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 17.9%
• Transportation Barriers: 17.1%
• Unemployment: 10.3% (1.8–18.7%)
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.9% (7.7–20.0%)
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.6%

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

Churches near New Salem Church

• Westside Baptist Church — 2.1 mi away
• Damascus Baptist Church — 2.9 mi away
• First Presbyterian Church — 2.9 mi away
• Church of Christ — 2.9 mi away
• Damascus Church of Christ Holiness — 2.9 mi away
• Hazlehurst United Methodist Church — 3 mi away
• First Baptist Church — 3 mi away
• Walk of Faith Ministry — 3 mi away
• Saint Martin of Tours Catholic Church — 3.2 mi away
• Antioch Missionary Baptist Church — 3.3 mi away