Saint Joseph Church

The community around Saint Joseph Church

It takes 4.4 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity, and more than 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. 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.

• Obesity: 48.1%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 36.0%
• Food Insecurity: 35.5%
• Poverty Rate: 34.3% (23.3–45.3%)
• Diabetes: 22.6%
• Social Isolation: 39.1%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 33.1%
• Housing Insecurity: 24.2%
• Transportation Barriers: 17.6%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 17.0%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 16.0%

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

Churches near Saint Joseph Church

• Progress Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
• Bluff Springs Church — 2.4 mi away
• Shady Grove Church — 2.5 mi away in Osyka, MS
• Kelly Missionary Baptist Church — 3.1 mi away in Magnolia, MS
• Silver Springs Church — 3.5 mi away in Osyka, MS
• Pleasant Valley Church — 3.6 mi away
• State Line Church — 3.6 mi away in Osyka, MS
• Bluff Springs Church — 3.7 mi away in Magnolia, MS
• Bala Chitto Church — 4 mi away in Magnolia, MS
• Rose Hill Church — 4.2 mi away in Magnolia, MS