Sweetwater Church

The community around Sweetwater Church

It takes 4.6 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 describe their own health as fair or poor, and about 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: 45.1%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 30.8%
• Food Insecurity: 30.4%
• Diabetes: 20.5%
• Social Isolation: 38.3%
• Child Poverty: 33.1% (17.5–48.7%)
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.2%
• Poverty Rate: 27.0% (15.4–38.6%)
• Housing Insecurity: 21.6%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 15.5%
• Transportation Barriers: 15.4%
• Unemployment: 7.9% (1.1–14.9%)

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

Churches near Sweetwater Church

• Santee Church — 1.6 mi away
• Santee Baptist Church — 1.7 mi away
• James Hill Church of God In Christ — 2.4 mi away
• Hollisday Creek Baptist Church — 2.9 mi away in Carson, MS
• Progress Church — 3.6 mi away in Bassfield, MS
• Bassfield Baptist Church — 3.7 mi away in Bassfield, MS
• L L Roberts Memorial Methodist Church — 3.8 mi away in Bassfield, MS
• Antioch Church — 3.8 mi away
• Saint Peter Catholic Church — 3.8 mi away in Bassfield, MS
• Saint Pauls Baptist Church — 4 mi away in Bassfield, MS