Poplar Springs Church

The community around Poplar Springs Church

It takes 3.4 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, about 1 in 10 the workforce is looking for work and not finding it, and about a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and more than a third of adults live with obesity. 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.

• Unemployment: 12.0% (0.1–25.0%)
• Social Isolation: 32.1%
• Obesity: 36.7%
• Depression: 26.4%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 21.0%
• Diabetes: 13.1%

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

Churches near Poplar Springs Church

• Lebanon Church — 2.4 mi away
• Three Forks Church — 2.6 mi away
• Mountain Ridge Church — 2.8 mi away
• Little River Church — 3.4 mi away
• Dover Church — 3.6 mi away
• Russell Gap Church — 3.8 mi away in Moravian Falls, NC
• Saint Johns Church — 4 mi away
• Little Rock Baptist Church — 4.1 mi away in Boomer, NC
• Crosspoint Church — 4.1 mi away
• Thankful Baptist Church — 4.4 mi away in Boomer, NC