Townsend Church

The community around Townsend 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 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: 48.4%
• Food Insecurity: 33.8%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 33.4%
• Diabetes: 19.5%
• Social Isolation: 33.7%
• Child Poverty: 31.6% (16.3–47.0%)
• Poverty Rate: 27.8% (18.9–36.8%)
• Housing Insecurity: 23.4%
• Transportation Barriers: 19.5%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 17.7%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 15.3% (10.5–20.2%)
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.8%
• Depression: 23.4%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 16.1%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Townsend Church

• Mount Zion Church — 0.5 mi away
• Victory Holiness Church — 0.7 mi away
• Mission Church — 1.2 mi away
• Greenpine Freewill Baptist Church — 1.4 mi away
• Green Pine Church — 1.4 mi away
• Union Chapel — 1.6 mi away
• New Beginnings Ministry — 1.6 mi away
• Sandy Plains Church — 1.6 mi away
• Pembroke worship Center — 1.7 mi away
• Oak Grove Church — 2 mi away in Lumberton, NC