Oak Grove Church

The community around Oak Grove 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: 41.5%
• Social Isolation: 35.4%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 26.3%
• Food Insecurity: 21.4%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 16.8% (10.5–23.2%)
• Diabetes: 16.5%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 27.7%
• Poverty Rate: 19.2% (12.1–26.2%)
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 10.0%
• Unemployment: 6.9% (1.9–12.2%)

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

Churches near Oak Grove Church

• Polkville First Baptist Church — 2 mi away
• Polkville Church — 2.5 mi away
• Zion Church — 2.6 mi away in Morton, MS
• Piney Grove Church — 2.9 mi away in Morton, MS
• Sardis Church — 3.8 mi away in Morton, MS
• Bethel Church — 4.2 mi away in Brandon, MS
• Homestead Church — 4.4 mi away in Morton, MS
• Rock Bluff Church — 4.5 mi away in Morton, MS
• Waters Grove Church — 4.7 mi away in Brandon, MS
• Cooperville Baptist Church — 5.3 mi away in Morton, MS