Alta Woods Presbyterian Church
Alta Woods Presbyterian Church is a Presbyterian church in Jackson, MS 39204. It is one of 479 churches in Jackson, and one of 9 Presbyterian congregations in the city.
Jackson, MS, 39204Alta Woods Presbyterian Church is part of the Presbyterian family of churches in The American Church Story. 190 congregations of the Presbyterian family gather across Mississippi — 11,342 across the United States on The Church Map.
Presbyterians gave American Christianity much of its backbone: seminaries, catechisms, and shared government by elders rather than by one man, a habit that shaped the country's civic life as much as its churches. They have been among the most persistent builders of colleges, hospitals, and mission agencies this nation has.
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The community around Alta Woods Presbyterian Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About 3 in 4 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of adults live with obesity. That is 2,100 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.
- Child Poverty: 73.1% (53.2–93.0%)
- Obesity: 51.0%
- Food Insecurity: 44.8%
- Poverty Rate: 43.5% (27.5–59.5%)
- Social Isolation: 42.3%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 38.2%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 35.1%
- Housing Insecurity: 33.6%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 25.3%
- Transportation Barriers: 23.3%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 22.1% (14.2–30.0%)
- Diabetes: 19.9%
- Unemployment: 12.7% (4.6–20.8%)
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 16.5%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Jackson city is served by 237 churches — about one congregation for every 627 residents.
Churches near Alta Woods Presbyterian Church
- New Dimensions International Church — 0.1 mi away
- Alta Woods United Methodist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Alta Woods Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- New Jerusalem Church — 0.2 mi away
- We Care Church — 0.2 mi away
- Tabernacle of Alpha and Omega Church — 0.5 mi away
- True Gospel International Church — 0.5 mi away
- Foursquare Church — 0.5 mi away
- Crossroads M.B. Church — 0.5 mi away
- Southside Assembly of God Church — 0.7 mi away
More Presbyterian churches nearby
- First Cumberland Presbyterian Church — 1.1 mi away
- Central Presbyterian Church — 2.3 mi away
- First Presbyterian Church — 3.7 mi away
- Westminster Presbyterian Church — 4.7 mi away
- Fondren Presbyterian Church — 4.8 mi away
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