Independence Church

The community around Independence Church

It takes 4.0 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 nearly a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, 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.

• Social Isolation: 36.7%
• Food Insecurity: 22.0%
• Obesity: 39.1%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.8%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 24.7%
• Poverty Rate: 18.7% (9.3–28.1%)
• Housing Insecurity: 16.6%
• Diabetes: 14.8%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.6%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 11.6% (4.9–18.3%)
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 10.5%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Independence Church

• Springfield Church — 0.9 mi away
• Mount Olive Church — 2.1 mi away
• First Baptist Church of Polkville — 2.4 mi away
• Parkway Baptist Church — 2.6 mi away
• Pulaski Baptist Church — 3.1 mi away
• Pleasant Hill Church — 3.2 mi away
• Church of God — 3.4 mi away
• Pilgrim Rest MBC — 3.7 mi away
• Line Creek Church — 3.8 mi away
• Cooperville Baptist Church — 4.3 mi away