Pilgrim Rest Church

The community around Pilgrim Rest Church

In the few miles around this church, about 1 in 7 the workforce is looking for work and not finding it. More than a third of adults live with obesity, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the households stretched past their means, and for this church to know their names.

• Unemployment: 15.9% (6.3–25.5%)
• Obesity: 41.5%
• Social Isolation: 36.4%
• Food Insecurity: 21.1%
• Diabetes: 15.0%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.7%
• Child Poverty: 25.8% (9.2–42.3%)
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 22.7%
• Poverty Rate: 19.5% (11.1–27.9%)
• Housing Insecurity: 16.7%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 11.1%

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

Churches near Pilgrim Rest Church

• Pleasant Green Church — 1.1 mi away
• Delta Revival Center — 1.4 mi away
• Immaculate Conception Catholic Church — 1.5 mi away
• Union Grove Missionary Baptist — 1.6 mi away
• Church of Christ — 1.9 mi away
• Eastwood Baptist Church — 2 mi away
• Union Grove Church — 2.1 mi away
• Saint Stephens Episcopal Church — 2.3 mi away
• First Presbyterian Church — 2.3 mi away
• Indianola PCA — 2.3 mi away