Allen Chapel

The community around Allen Chapel

It takes 4.8 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 about 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: 42.5%
• Social Isolation: 35.4%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 25.7%
• Food Insecurity: 22.6%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 17.2% (7.9–26.6%)
• Diabetes: 16.7%
• Unemployment: 11.8% (0.1–25.1%)
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.3%
• Depression: 23.1%
• Housing Insecurity: 17.2%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.6%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 11.6%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Allen Chapel

• Saint James Church — 1.9 mi away
• Wards Chapel Missionary Baptist Church — 2.5 mi away
• Evergreen Baptist Church — 2.8 mi away
• Salem Church — 2.8 mi away
• Center Baptist Church — 3.2 mi away in Garland, NC
• Center Church — 3.2 mi away in Garland, NC
• Keathern Missionary Baptist Church — 3.3 mi away in Harrells, NC
• Siloam Baptist Church — 3.4 mi away in Harrells, NC
• Centenary United Methodist Church — 3.7 mi away in Harrells, NC
• Mount Zion AME Zion Church — 3.8 mi away in Magnolia, NC