Persimmon Hill Church

The community around Persimmon Hill Church

It takes 5.1 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity, and about a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor. 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.

• Obesity: 41.0%
• Social Isolation: 35.0%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 26.0%
• Food Insecurity: 21.9%
• Diabetes: 16.9%
• Unemployment: 8.6% (1.4–16.1%)
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.1%
• Housing Insecurity: 16.2%
• Poverty Rate: 16.2% (8.4–24.0%)
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 12.2% (6.4–17.9%)
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 10.8%

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

Churches near Persimmon Hill Church

• Miracle Temple — 1.6 mi away
• Saint Paul Church — 2.2 mi away
• Saint Andrews Church — 3.1 mi away
• Roberson Chapel — 3.2 mi away
• Paris Grove Church — 3.3 mi away
• Hope Church of God — 3.3 mi away
• Union Church — 3.5 mi away
• Sandy Church — 3.7 mi away
• Mount Pisgah Church — 4.2 mi away
• Sweet Home Church — 4.5 mi away