Simroe Church

The community around Simroe Church

In the few miles around this church, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. About a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.

• Obesity: 41.8%
• Social Isolation: 33.9%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 27.9%
• Food Insecurity: 24.9%
• Diabetes: 17.1%
• Child Poverty: 29.4% (13.9–45.5%)
• Depression: 24.3%
• Housing Insecurity: 18.2%
• Poverty Rate: 16.2% (9.2–23.3%)
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.9%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 12.9%
• Unemployment: 7.1% (1.9–12.4%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Simroe Church

• Rouse Chapel — 1.3 mi away
• Saint Marks Church — 2.4 mi away
• St Luke Fwb Church — 2.4 mi away
• Trinity Free Will Baptist — 2.5 mi away
• Mount Zion Seventh Day Adventist — 2.6 mi away
• First Missionary Baptist Church — 2.6 mi away
• La Grange Christian Church — 2.8 mi away
• Saint Delight Church — 2.8 mi away
• LifeWay Church — 2.9 mi away
• La Grange Presbyterian Church — 2.9 mi away