Elderberry Church

The community around Elderberry Church

It takes 4.9 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity, and about a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor. 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.

• Obesity: 41.5%
• Social Isolation: 32.7%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 27.3%
• Food Insecurity: 24.8%
• Diabetes: 17.0%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 16.5% (12.4–20.7%)
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.2%
• Depression: 25.0%
• Child Poverty: 24.5% (14.4–34.5%)
• Poverty Rate: 18.6% (13.5–23.8%)
• Housing Insecurity: 17.1%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 13.6%
• Unemployment: 6.3% (3.4–9.3%)

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

Churches near Elderberry Church

• United Methodist Church — 3.2 mi away in Verden, OK
• First Baptist Church — 3.2 mi away in Verden, OK
• Pentecostal Lighthouse Church of God — 3.2 mi away in Verden, OK
• Mennonite Church — 3.6 mi away in Chickasha, OK
• Laverty Church — 4.5 mi away
• New Hope Church — 4.6 mi away
• Gospel Lighthouse Church — 6.4 mi away
• Faith Baptist Church — 6.6 mi away in Chickasha, OK
• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — 6.6 mi away
• J J Methvin Memorial United Methodist — 6.9 mi away