Sandy Plains Church

The community around Sandy Plains Church

In the few miles around this church, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. About a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about a third of the people here live below the poverty line. 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: 46.7%
• Food Insecurity: 32.1%
• Poverty Rate: 31.2%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 31.1%
• Child Poverty: 39.2% (24.5–53.9%)
• Social Isolation: 34.4%
• Housing Insecurity: 22.1%
• Transportation Barriers: 19.2%
• Diabetes: 17.8%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 16.9%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.3%
• Depression: 24.0%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.3%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 12.6% (8.8–16.5%)

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

Churches near Sandy Plains Church

• New Beginnings Ministry — 0.3 mi away
• Pembroke worship Center — 0.3 mi away
• Mission Church — 0.8 mi away
• Mount Zion Church — 1.3 mi away
• Greenpine Freewill Baptist Church — 1.4 mi away
• Green Pine Church — 1.4 mi away
• Bear Swamp Church — 1.5 mi away
• Mount Airy Church — 1.5 mi away
• Townsend Church — 1.6 mi away
• Union Chapel — 1.7 mi away