Mount Olive Church

The community around Mount Olive 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 4 in 5 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of adults live with obesity. 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: 82.5%
• Obesity: 51.3%
• Food Insecurity: 36.6%
• Poverty Rate: 32.6% (19.8–45.5%)
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 32.3%
• Housing Insecurity: 27.3%
• Diabetes: 20.7%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 20.7%
• Unemployment: 12.1% (3.1–22.4%)
• Social Isolation: 39.4%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 34.2%
• Transportation Barriers: 19.5%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 16.7% (6.2–27.1%)
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.2%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Mount Olive Church

• Saint Johns Church — 0.2 mi away
• Hillcrest Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
• Center Ridge Church — 0.9 mi away
• Inspired Heights Ministries — 1.1 mi away
• St. Stephens UMC Yazoo City — 1.3 mi away
• Chapel Hill Baptist Church — 1.3 mi away
• Word of Faith Christian Center — 1.4 mi away
• First Baptist Church — 1.4 mi away
• First Methodist of Yazoo City — 1.5 mi away
• First United Methodist Church — 1.5 mi away