Markham Church

The community around Markham Church

It takes 4.7 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 more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and more than a third of the children here are growing up below the poverty line. 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: 49.1%
• Social Isolation: 40.9%
• Child Poverty: 40.8% (23.3–58.4%)
• Food Insecurity: 39.5%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 33.2%
• Poverty Rate: 30.3% (19.5–41.0%)
• Housing Insecurity: 28.1%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 21.0%
• Diabetes: 20.2%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 34.3%
• Transportation Barriers: 21.0%
• Unemployment: 10.7% (4.9–16.5%)
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.8%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 12.2% (7.5–17.0%)

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

Churches near Markham Church

• Sunrise Church — 2 mi away in Indianola, MS
• Shady Grove Church — 2 mi away
• McGinnis Chapel — 2.4 mi away
• Oak Grove Baptist Church — 2.9 mi away
• Union Grove Church — 3 mi away in Moorhead, MS
• Saint James Church — 3.3 mi away in Indianola, MS
• First United Methodist Church — 3.6 mi away
• Inverness United Methodist Church — 3.6 mi away
• Inverness Baptist Church — 3.7 mi away
• Swan Lake Church — 3.7 mi away in Indianola, MS