Essex Community Church

The community around Essex Community Church

It takes 4.6 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 5 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of adults live with obesity, and more than 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.

• Child Poverty: 51.1% (33.9–68.4%)
• Obesity: 46.7%
• Food Insecurity: 38.9%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 36.5%
• Poverty Rate: 32.7%
• Housing Insecurity: 26.5%
• Diabetes: 23.8%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 20.2%
• Social Isolation: 37.4%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.9%
• Transportation Barriers: 19.7%
• Unemployment: 8.0% (4.0–12.0%)
• Depression: 23.3%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.9%

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

Churches near Essex Community Church

• Pine Chapel Baptist Church — 1 mi away
• Family Harvest Center — 1.3 mi away
• Hollister Chapel Baptist Church — 1.4 mi away
• Mt. Bethel Baptist Church — 1.4 mi away in Warrenton, NC
• Walnut Grove Baptist Church — 1.8 mi away in Warrenton, NC
• St. Gideon Baptist Church — 2 mi away
• Harris Chapel — 2.1 mi away
• St. Paul Baptist Church — 2.4 mi away in Warrenton, NC
• White Rock Church — 2.4 mi away
• Walters Chapel — 2.7 mi away