Back Swamp Church

The community around Back Swamp Church

In the few miles around this church, more than 5 in 10 adults live with obesity. Nearly half of the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and more than a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. 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: 51.7%
• Child Poverty: 51.2% (37.6–64.9%)
• Food Insecurity: 38.5%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 37.2%
• Poverty Rate: 34.8% (25.9–43.7%)
• Housing Insecurity: 26.6%
• Diabetes: 22.0%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 21.4%
• Social Isolation: 34.0%
• Transportation Barriers: 21.6%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 18.0%
• Unemployment: 11.5% (4.4–18.6%)
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.1%

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

Churches near Back Swamp Church

• Hilly Branch Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away
• Thompson Chapel — 1.5 mi away
• New Vision Church of God — 2 mi away
• Mount Haven Church — 2.6 mi away
• Eastside Free Will Baptist Church — 2.7 mi away
• Deep Branch Church — 3.1 mi away
• Grace Church — 3.2 mi away
• Riverside Independent Baptist — 3.2 mi away
• Inner Circle Holiness Church of Deliverance — 3.3 mi away in Rowland, NC
• Tabernacle Church — 3.4 mi away