Blackland Church

The community around Blackland Church

In the few miles around this church, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.

• Social Isolation: 40.5%
• Food Insecurity: 29.0%
• Diabetes: 18.3%
• Obesity: 42.2%
• Child Poverty: 36.0% (20.8–51.1%)
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 32.1%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 28.5%
• Poverty Rate: 22.7% (14.1–31.3%)
• Housing Insecurity: 21.4%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 14.8%
• Transportation Barriers: 14.8%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.2% (7.2–19.3%)

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

Churches near Blackland Church

• Palmetto Baptist Church — 1 mi away
• Oak Valley Church — 1 mi away
• Old Union Baptist Church — 1.7 mi away in Shannon, MS
• Verona Church — 2.1 mi away in Verona, MS
• Verona Church of Christ — 2.2 mi away in Verona, MS
• Palmetto Church — 2.2 mi away
• Shammah Church of God In Christ — 2.4 mi away
• Mt. Sinai Baptist Church Tupelo, MS — 2.5 mi away
• Kingdom Hall of Jehovahs Witnesses — 2.9 mi away in Verona, MS
• Galilean Baptist Church — 3 mi away