Saint Marks Church

The community around Saint Marks 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 3 in 10 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about 1 in 5 adults live with diabetes, and more than a third of adults live with obesity. 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.

• Food Insecurity: 31.1%
• Diabetes: 18.9%
• Obesity: 44.7%
• Child Poverty: 39.3% (23.4–55.3%)
• Social Isolation: 37.5%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 32.5%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.5%
• Poverty Rate: 24.9% (15.5–34.3%)
• Housing Insecurity: 23.0%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 16.1%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 15.8% (8.2–23.4%)
• Transportation Barriers: 16.0%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.2%
• Unemployment: 6.1% (1.9–10.2%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 7 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Saint Marks Church

• Mount Olive Church — 1.1 mi away
• Pleasant Valley Church — 1.5 mi away
• Mount Elm Church — 2.6 mi away
• Saints Rest Church — 3 mi away in Indianola, MS
• Mount Pleasant Church — 3.1 mi away
• Holly Grove Church — 3.3 mi away
• Calvary Church — 3.5 mi away
• Old Whitestone Church — 3.6 mi away
• Bogue Church — 4.1 mi away
• Mount Moriah Church — 4.1 mi away in Indianola, MS