Mount Vernon Springs Church

The community around Mount Vernon Springs 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 2 in 10 describe their own health as fair or poor, and nearly a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about 1 in 5 working-age adults live without health insurance. 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.

• Fair/Poor Health Status: 28.2%
• Food Insecurity: 24.5%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 17.2%
• Diabetes: 17.0%
• Obesity: 36.7%
• Social Isolation: 31.7%
• Depression: 24.8%
• Housing Insecurity: 17.3%
• Poverty Rate: 16.8% (8.2–25.4%)
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 14.8% (7.2–22.4%)
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 11.9%

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

Churches near Mount Vernon Springs Church

• Bonlee Baptist Church — 1.6 mi away in Bear Creek, NC
• Palmers Chapel — 1.8 mi away
• Oakley Church — 2.1 mi away
• Gees Grove Church — 2.2 mi away
• Lighthouse Freewill Baptist Church — 2.4 mi away
• Providence Church — 2.8 mi away
• Centennial A.M.E. Zion Church — 3.8 mi away in Bear Creek, NC
• Faith Baptist Church — 3.9 mi away
• Church Of Christ — 4 mi away
• First United Methodist Church — 4.1 mi away