Mount Prospect Church

The community around Mount Prospect Church

It takes 5.5 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: 31.7%
• Food Insecurity: 27.8%
• Diabetes: 19.0%
• Obesity: 43.0%
• Social Isolation: 36.2%
• Child Poverty: 32.3% (20.4–44.3%)
• Poverty Rate: 24.0% (17.2–30.8%)
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.0%
• Housing Insecurity: 19.3%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.7%
• Transportation Barriers: 14.3%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 13.4%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 11.5% (7.2–15.8%)
• Unemployment: 6.0% (2.0–10.1%)

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

Churches near Mount Prospect Church

• Georgies Chapel — 2.9 mi away
• West Grove Church — 3.8 mi away
• Schooner Valley Baptist Church — 4 mi away
• Victory Baptist Church — 4.2 mi away
• Mount Zion Church — 4.3 mi away
• Church of Christ — 4.3 mi away in Houston, MS
• Thorn Church of God — 4.4 mi away in Houston, MS
• Poplar Springs Church — 4.5 mi away in Pittsboro, MS
• New Hope Church — 4.5 mi away in Houston, MS
• Pearson Chapel — 4.8 mi away in Houston, MS