Poplar Springs Church

The community around Poplar Springs Church

It takes 5.4 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: 27.3%
• Diabetes: 18.1%
• Obesity: 42.0%
• Social Isolation: 36.6%
• Child Poverty: 36.5% (22.4–50.7%)
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.9%
• Poverty Rate: 24.6% (11.9–37.3%)
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 15.8% (8.2–23.5%)
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.8%
• Housing Insecurity: 19.0%
• Transportation Barriers: 14.4%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 13.7%

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

Churches near Poplar Springs Church

• Bethel Church — 1.8 mi away
• Sardis Baptist Church — 3.5 mi away in Wesson, MS
• Stronghope Baptist Church — 3.6 mi away in Wesson, MS
• Providence Church — 3.8 mi away
• Galilee Church — 4.2 mi away
• Sardis Baptist Church — 4.5 mi away
• Bethel Church — 4.6 mi away
• Eastern Star Church — 5.1 mi away in Wesson, MS
• Pearl Valley Baptist Church — 5.5 mi away in Wesson, MS
• Zion Hill Church — 5.8 mi away in Wesson, MS