Union Church

The community around Union Church

It takes 9.6 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 3 in 10 the people here live below the poverty line, and about a third describe their own health as fair or poor, and about a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. 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.

• Poverty Rate: 34.1% (22.9–45.4%)
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 31.4%
• Food Insecurity: 30.8%
• Diabetes: 19.7%
• Obesity: 44.1%
• Social Isolation: 37.0%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.2%
• Housing Insecurity: 21.4%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 19.8% (9.5–30.1%)
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 16.0%
• Unemployment: 10.9% (4.3–19.0%)
• Transportation Barriers: 15.3%

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

Churches near Union Church

• Deer Park Church — 2.7 mi away
• Saint Thomas Church — 3 mi away in Vidalia, LA
• Cocodrie Church — 5.6 mi away in Vidalia, LA
• Bougere Church — 6 mi away in Vidalia, LA
• Rosehill Church — 6.1 mi away
• First Zion Church — 6.6 mi away
• Pleasant Valley Church — 7.6 mi away
• Saint Joseph Church — 8.3 mi away
• Macedonia Church — 8.4 mi away