St James A M E Church Leland

The community around St James A M E Church Leland

In the few miles around this church, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about 1 in 5 adults live with diabetes. That is two thousand 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.

• Food Insecurity: 30.5%
• Diabetes: 19.0%
• Obesity: 42.7%
• Social Isolation: 35.2%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.5%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 28.8%
• Poverty Rate: 26.7% (14.1–39.2%)
• Housing Insecurity: 22.6%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 16.4%
• Transportation Barriers: 15.9%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 11.3% (2.4–20.2%)
• Unemployment: 6.4% (1.4–11.3%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

Churches near St James A M E Church Leland

• Saint James African Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.1 mi away
• New Zion Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
• Leland Presbyterian Church — 0.2 mi away
• Saint Johns Episcopal Mission — 0.2 mi away
• First Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
• Iglesia Comunidad Hispana, Leland, MS — 0.3 mi away
• Leland United Methodist Church — 0.4 mi away
• Saint James Catholic Church — 0.5 mi away
• Saint Peters Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
• Ebenezer Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away