Athens Church

The community around Athens Church

It takes 3.2 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 3 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated, and about 1 in 5 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about 1 in 7 adults live with diabetes. 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.

• Social Isolation: 36.5%
• Food Insecurity: 21.8%
• Diabetes: 15.3%
• Obesity: 39.9%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.7%
• Child Poverty: 27.5% (11.2–43.8%)
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 24.5%
• Poverty Rate: 20.2% (9.3–31.1%)
• Housing Insecurity: 16.3%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 11.2% (5.3–17.1%)
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 10.7%

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

Churches near Athens Church

• New Galilee Church — 1.9 mi away
• Goodwater Church — 2.9 mi away in Magee, MS
• Macedonia Church — 3 mi away
• Zion Hill Church — 3.1 mi away
• Mt Moriah Church — 3.2 mi away in Magee, MS
• Corinth Church — 3.2 mi away in Magee, MS
• Mary Grove Baptist Church — 3.8 mi away
• Magee First Baptist Church — 4.1 mi away in Magee, MS
• Saint Stephen Catholic Church — 4.1 mi away in Magee, MS
• Saint Peter Church — 4.3 mi away in Magee, MS