Oak Grove Church

The community around Oak Grove Church

It takes 3.5 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 3 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated, and about 1 in 15 the workforce is looking for work and not finding it, 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.

• Social Isolation: 35.1%
• Unemployment: 8.8% (2.0–15.6%)
• Obesity: 39.8%
• Child Poverty: 27.6% (14.9–40.4%)
• Depression: 25.3%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 22.9%
• Food Insecurity: 19.8%
• Poverty Rate: 19.1% (11.3–27.0%)
• Housing Insecurity: 15.3%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.6% (7.7–19.5%)
• Diabetes: 13.2%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 10.5%

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

Churches near Oak Grove Church

• Saint Peters Church — 1.8 mi away
• Chapman Church — 1.9 mi away
• West Vanceboro Church of God — 2.1 mi away
• Palmeto Church — 2.5 mi away
• Joseph Branch Church — 3.4 mi away
• Tabernacle Church — 3.7 mi away in Grimesland, NC
• Chapmans Church — 4.3 mi away
• Gorham Swamp Church — 4.4 mi away in Chocowinity, NC
• Tabernacle Church — 4.9 mi away
• Saint James Church — 4.9 mi away