Mount Pleasant Church

The community around Mount Pleasant Church

In the few miles around this church, more than 3 in 10 the people here live below the poverty line. About 1 in 7 the workforce is looking for work and not finding it, and more than a third of adults live with obesity. 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.

• Poverty Rate: 33.1% (23.2–43.0%)
• Unemployment: 16.7% (10.3–23.1%)
• Obesity: 40.9%
• Social Isolation: 33.6%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 28.8%
• Depression: 27.9%
• Food Insecurity: 23.0%
• Diabetes: 16.9%
• Child Poverty: 29.3% (18.8–39.7%)
• Housing Insecurity: 15.5%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.8%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 12.2% (7.6–16.7%)
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 11.3%

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

Churches near Mount Pleasant Church

• Grace Place Community Church — 0 mi away
• Chesterfield Church of Christ — 0.2 mi away
• Missionary Church — 1.6 mi away
• Antioch Church — 2.4 mi away
• Catawba Valley Church — 2.5 mi away
• Mission Church — 2.8 mi away
• Celebration Family Worship Center — 2.9 mi away
• Hartland Church of God — 2.9 mi away
• Poarch Chapel Missionary Methodist Church — 2.9 mi away in Lenoir, NC
• Hartland Baptist Church — 2.9 mi away