Poplar Springs Church

The community around Poplar Springs Church

In the few miles around this church, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than a third of adults live with obesity, 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 families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.

• Obesity: 39.1%
• Social Isolation: 30.6%
• Depression: 26.0%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 22.0%
• Poverty Rate: 18.3% (9.7–26.8%)
• Diabetes: 13.8%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.2% (6.0–20.4%)

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

Churches near Poplar Springs Church

• Horizon Church — 1.3 mi away
• Grassy Creek Methodist Church — 1.5 mi away
• Ebenezer United Methodist Church — 1.8 mi away in Elkin, NC
• Mulberry Primitive Baptist Church — 2 mi away in Elkin, NC
• Mount Pleasant Baptist Church — 2.2 mi away
• LifePoint Community Church — 2.3 mi away in Elkin, NC
• Valley Church — 2.4 mi away in Elkin, NC
• abstract church — 2.4 mi away in Elkin, NC
• Bessies Chapel Baptist Church — 2.5 mi away in Elkin, NC
• North Elkin Church of Christ — 2.5 mi away in Elkin, NC