Georgies Chapel

The community around Georgies Chapel

It takes 5.3 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 3 in 10 describe their own health as fair or poor, and nearly a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about 1 in 5 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.

• Fair/Poor Health Status: 30.3%
• Food Insecurity: 26.3%
• Diabetes: 18.3%
• Obesity: 42.1%
• Social Isolation: 36.1%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.9%
• Child Poverty: 28.8% (16.0–41.6%)
• Poverty Rate: 21.4% (14.7–28.1%)
• Housing Insecurity: 18.5%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.6%
• Transportation Barriers: 13.6%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 12.6%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 11.5% (7.1–15.9%)

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

Churches near Georgies Chapel

• Church of Christ — 1.9 mi away in Houston, MS
• New Hope Church — 2.1 mi away in Houston, MS
• Thorn Church of God — 2.1 mi away in Houston, MS
• Thorn Church — 2.9 mi away in Houston, MS
• Mount Prospect Church — 2.9 mi away
• Friendship Missionary Baptist Church — 3 mi away in Houston, MS
• New Hope Church — 3.4 mi away in Vardaman, MS
• Poplar Springs Baptist Church — 3.9 mi away in Vardaman, MS
• Youngs Chapel — 4 mi away in Vardaman, MS
• Poplar Springs Church — 4.3 mi away in Pittsboro, MS