Oak Valley Church

The community around Oak Valley 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 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, 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.

• Child Poverty: 40.4% (25.3–55.5%)
• Food Insecurity: 27.8%
• Diabetes: 18.8%
• Obesity: 42.3%
• Social Isolation: 39.5%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.1%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 28.4%
• Poverty Rate: 22.9% (13.6–32.1%)
• Housing Insecurity: 20.3%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 14.2%
• Transportation Barriers: 14.1%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 12.7% (6.7–18.8%)
• Unemployment: 6.6% (1.9–11.2%)

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

Churches near Oak Valley Church

• Blackland Church — 1 mi away
• Old Union Baptist Church — 1.2 mi away in Shannon, MS
• Palmetto Baptist Church — 1.6 mi away
• Palmetto Church — 2.7 mi away
• Verona Church — 2.9 mi away in Verona, MS
• Verona Church of Christ — 3 mi away in Verona, MS
• Good Hope Church — 3.1 mi away in Shannon, MS
• Palmetto Methodist Church — 3.2 mi away
• Pleasant Grove Baptist Church — 3.3 mi away in Shannon, MS
• Shammah Church of God In Christ — 3.4 mi away