Barnes Chapel

The community around Barnes Chapel

In the few miles around this church, more than 2 in 10 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. More than a third of the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and about a third of adults say they are socially isolated. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the tables that run short before the month does, and for this church's table to be long.

• Food Insecurity: 25.3%
• Child Poverty: 39.1% (22.5–55.6%)
• Social Isolation: 32.9%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 27.1%
• Diabetes: 17.0%
• Obesity: 38.8%
• Depression: 23.5%
• Poverty Rate: 21.5% (12.7–30.3%)
• Housing Insecurity: 19.0%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.0%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 13.6%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 11.5% (6.9–16.1%)
• Unemployment: 6.1% (2.4–9.7%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Barnes Chapel

• Evansdale United Methodist Church — 1.8 mi away in Wilson, NC
• New Bethel Church — 2.2 mi away in Wilson, NC
• Saint Lukes Church — 2.2 mi away
• Travelers Rest Church — 2.2 mi away
• First Baptist Church — 2.3 mi away
• Greater Zion Church — 2.4 mi away
• Saint James Church — 2.6 mi away
• Stantonsburg Pentecostal Church — 2.8 mi away
• Burning Bush Free Will Baptist — 3.4 mi away in Wilson, NC
• Bunches Church — 3.5 mi away in Wilson, NC