Salem Church

The community around Salem Church

It takes 3.4 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 2 in 10 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and more than 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.

• Food Insecurity: 26.1%
• Social Isolation: 37.2%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 28.0%
• Poverty Rate: 22.8% (9.4–36.2%)
• Diabetes: 16.6%
• Obesity: 39.7%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.2%
• Housing Insecurity: 18.6%
• Transportation Barriers: 13.8%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 13.1%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 11.6% (6.1–17.1%)

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

Churches near Salem Church

• New Salem Church — 1.3 mi away
• Crockett Church — 3.2 mi away
• Hammond Hill Church — 3.7 mi away
• Longtown Church of God — 3.9 mi away in Sarah, MS
• Lambert Chapel — 3.9 mi away
• Ruffin Grove Church — 3.9 mi away
• Paradise Church — 4 mi away
• Bryant Lane Cowboy Church — 4.4 mi away in Como, MS
• Crenshaw Church of God — 4.5 mi away in Como, MS
• Spring Hill Church — 4.8 mi away