Poplar Springs Church

The community around Poplar Springs Church

It takes 5.9 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: 40.1%
• Social Isolation: 35.2%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 28.1%
• Food Insecurity: 22.6%
• Diabetes: 17.2%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 27.2%
• Poverty Rate: 16.4% (10.4–22.4%)
• Housing Insecurity: 16.1%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.6%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 11.3% (7.0–15.7%)
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 10.7%

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

Churches near Poplar Springs Church

• Mays Chapel — 1.6 mi away
• Rocky Mount Church — 3.1 mi away
• Pilgrims Rest Church — 4.2 mi away in New Houlka, MS
• Georgies Chapel — 4.3 mi away in New Houlka, MS
• New Hope Church — 4.4 mi away in Vardaman, MS
• Mount Prospect Church — 4.5 mi away in New Houlka, MS
• Clarks Chapel — 4.6 mi away
• Splinterback Church — 4.8 mi away
• Poplar Springs Baptist Church — 5.1 mi away in Vardaman, MS
• Victory Baptist Church — 5.2 mi away in New Houlka, MS