Rio Grande Church

The community around Rio Grande Church

It takes 3.2 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor. 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.

• Obesity: 42.0%
• Social Isolation: 36.2%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 26.3%
• Food Insecurity: 24.0%
• Diabetes: 15.3%
• Depression: 25.8%
• Poverty Rate: 19.0% (10.7–27.3%)
• Housing Insecurity: 17.5%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.1%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 12.8%

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

Churches near Rio Grande Church

• Spring Garden Church — 0.8 mi away
• Saint Marks Church — 2.1 mi away
• St Mark Ame Zion Church — 2.1 mi away
• Bethany Church — 2.4 mi away
• Beech Grove Methodist Church — 3.6 mi away
• Beach Grove Church — 3.6 mi away
• Saint Jones Church — 3.7 mi away in Cove City, NC
• Pleasant Hill AME Zion Church — 4.2 mi away
• Gethsemane Church — 5.3 mi away
• Macedonia Church — 5.3 mi away in Vanceboro, NC