Zion Grove M.B. Church

The community around Zion Grove M.B. Church

It takes 5.8 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 more than a third 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: 63.8% (45.9–81.7%)
• Obesity: 51.7%
• Poverty Rate: 43.3%
• Food Insecurity: 42.2%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 37.6%
• Housing Insecurity: 30.2%
• Diabetes: 25.7%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 23.3%
• Social Isolation: 39.6%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 34.5%
• Transportation Barriers: 21.7%
• Unemployment: 11.3% (4.6–17.9%)
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.8%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 14.0% (9.8–18.1%)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Zion Grove M.B. Church

• Saint Mary Catholic Church — 0.3 mi away
• Community Chapel Church — 0.4 mi away
• Community Chapel Assembly of God — 0.4 mi away
• St. Andrew M.B. Church — 0.5 mi away
• Shiloh M.B. Church — 0.6 mi away
• Pleasant Grove Church — 1.3 mi away
• Macedonia Church — 1.4 mi away
• Morning Star Church — 2.2 mi away
• Union Hill Church — 2.4 mi away
• New Mount Zion Church — 2.8 mi away