Mount Vernon Church

The community around Mount Vernon Church

In the few miles around this church, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. About a third describe their own health as fair or poor, and about a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.

• Obesity: 47.7%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 33.2%
• Food Insecurity: 33.1%
• Diabetes: 21.9%
• Social Isolation: 38.5%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 32.3%
• Housing Insecurity: 23.6%
• Poverty Rate: 22.4% (12.7–32.1%)
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 16.6%
• Transportation Barriers: 16.9%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.6%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 14.2% (7.5–20.8%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Mount Vernon Church

• Sunny Hill Church — 1.7 mi away
• West McComb Baptist Church — 1.9 mi away
• Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses — 2 mi away
• New Home Church — 2 mi away
• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — 2 mi away
• Zion Hill Church — 2.6 mi away in Summit, MS
• East Union Baptist Church — 2.8 mi away in Magnolia, MS
• New Zion Church — 2.8 mi away in Summit, MS
• Fernwood Baptist Church — 2.8 mi away
• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — 3.2 mi away