Riverside Church

The community around Riverside Church

It takes 6.7 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 5 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of adults live with obesity, and about 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.

• Child Poverty: 53.9% (38.2–69.9%)
• Obesity: 49.4%
• Food Insecurity: 35.1%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 34.0%
• Poverty Rate: 33.9% (24.8–43.0%)
• Housing Insecurity: 25.0%
• Diabetes: 22.4%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 18.6%
• Social Isolation: 37.5%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 32.7%
• Transportation Barriers: 18.0%
• Unemployment: 11.5% (4.9–18.1%)
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.5%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 11.6% (7.5–15.6%)

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

Churches near Riverside Church

• Blue Lake Chapel — 1 mi away
• Whites Chapel — 1.8 mi away
• Beautiful Zion Church — 1.9 mi away
• Walkers Chapel — 2.6 mi away
• Blue Lake Baptist Church — 3 mi away
• Morning Star Church — 3.1 mi away
• Sykes Church — 3.5 mi away
• Faith Baptist Church — 4.3 mi away
• New Macedonia Church — 4.4 mi away
• Oak Grove Church — 4.4 mi away in Crowder, MS