Sunnyside Church

The community around Sunnyside Church

It takes 6.5 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 6 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of adults live with obesity, and nearly half of the people here live below the poverty line. 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.

• Child Poverty: 67.6% (50.2–85.0%)
• Obesity: 52.8%
• Poverty Rate: 48.7%
• Food Insecurity: 46.0%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 40.6%
• Social Isolation: 40.2%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 35.2%
• Housing Insecurity: 32.5%
• Diabetes: 26.9%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 25.4%
• Transportation Barriers: 23.7%
• Unemployment: 16.8% (7.1–26.4%)
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 15.6% (11.1–20.2%)
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 16.2%

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

Churches near Sunnyside Church

• New Mount Zion Church — 1.3 mi away
• Union Hill Church — 1.8 mi away
• Turners Chapel — 2.3 mi away
• Macedonia Church — 2.7 mi away
• New Hope Church — 3 mi away
• Saint James Church — 3.5 mi away
• Bethlehem Church — 3.6 mi away
• Mount Moriah Church — 3.7 mi away
• New Prospect Church — 3.7 mi away
• Saint Mary Catholic Church — 3.7 mi away