Mount Carmel Church

The community around Mount Carmel Church

In the few miles around this church, more than 6 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and about a third describe their own health as fair or poor. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the households stretched past their means, and for this church to know their names.

• Child Poverty: 64.9%
• Obesity: 49.8%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 33.5%
• Food Insecurity: 30.3%
• Diabetes: 22.1%
• Social Isolation: 32.5%
• Poverty Rate: 29.5%
• Housing Insecurity: 21.1%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 16.6%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 15.1% (11.0–19.2%)
• Transportation Barriers: 16.3%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.2%
• Unemployment: 7.9% (4.4–11.4%)

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

Churches near Mount Carmel Church

• Oak Grove Church — 0.4 mi away
• Greater Hwy Church of Christ — 0.9 mi away
• Northside Church — 1.1 mi away
• House of Joy — 1.4 mi away
• Fairpoint Free Will Baptist Church — 1.4 mi away
• Star of Bethlehem Missionary Baptist Church — 1.5 mi away
• Fairmont First Baptist Church — 1.5 mi away
• Trinity Methodist Church — 1.5 mi away
• First Presbyterian Church — 1.7 mi away
• Cromartie Temple Assembly Building — 1.9 mi away