Saint Marks Church

The community around Saint Marks Church

It takes 4.3 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 more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and more than a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. 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: 49.1%
• Social Isolation: 40.5%
• Food Insecurity: 36.8%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 31.6%
• Housing Insecurity: 27.0%
• Diabetes: 21.1%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 20.1%
• Unemployment: 13.6% (0.9–26.7%)
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 34.2%
• Poverty Rate: 28.5% (16.8–40.1%)
• Transportation Barriers: 19.6%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 16.5% (10.3–22.6%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Saint Marks Church

• Saint Peter African Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.5 mi away
• Port Gibson Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
• Christian Chapel Church — 0.6 mi away
• First Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
• Second Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
• First Presbyterian Church — 0.7 mi away
• Rising Sun Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
• First Baptist Church of Port Gibson — 0.7 mi away
• Saint James Episcopal Church — 0.8 mi away
• Port Gibson Methodist Church — 0.8 mi away