New Salem Church

The community around New Salem Church

It takes 4.3 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 5 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of adults live with obesity, 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.

• Child Poverty: 51.4% (34.2–68.5%)
• Obesity: 48.9%
• Food Insecurity: 35.0%
• Poverty Rate: 32.5% (23.2–41.8%)
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 32.4%
• Housing Insecurity: 25.6%
• Diabetes: 22.7%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 18.9%
• Social Isolation: 38.4%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 32.7%
• Transportation Barriers: 17.8%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 11.6% (7.9–15.2%)

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

Churches near New Salem Church

• Bright Star Church — 1.7 mi away in Merigold, MS
• Pleasant Green Church — 2.2 mi away
• Bellamy Chapel — 2.3 mi away
• New Hope Church — 3 mi away in Merigold, MS
• Rising Star Church — 3.1 mi away in Merigold, MS
• Macedonia Church — 3.3 mi away in Merigold, MS
• Pleasant Grove Church — 3.4 mi away in Merigold, MS
• Lampton Chapel — 3.6 mi away in Merigold, MS
• Pace Church — 3.7 mi away in Cleveland, MS
• Pilgrim Rest Church — 3.8 mi away in Merigold, MS