Shady Grove Church

The community around Shady Grove Church

It takes 5.2 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 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: 48.5%
• Social Isolation: 40.7%
• Food Insecurity: 38.1%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 32.5%
• Housing Insecurity: 27.1%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 20.2%
• Diabetes: 19.8%
• Child Poverty: 34.6% (16.8–52.4%)
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 33.8%
• Poverty Rate: 28.3% (17.7–38.9%)
• Transportation Barriers: 20.3%
• Unemployment: 9.4% (4.2–14.7%)
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.5%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.1% (8.3–18.0%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Shady Grove Church

• McGinnis Chapel — 1.6 mi away
• First United Methodist Church — 1.6 mi away
• Inverness United Methodist Church — 1.6 mi away
• Inverness Baptist Church — 1.7 mi away
• Markham Church — 2 mi away
• Saint James Church — 3.1 mi away in Indianola, MS
• Holly Grove Church — 3.2 mi away
• Mount Center Church — 3.4 mi away
• Sunrise Church — 3.4 mi away in Indianola, MS
• Beulah Church — 4.2 mi away