Laurel Swamp Union Church

The community around Laurel Swamp Union Church

It takes 3.2 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 nearly a quarter of adults here carry depression, and about 1 in 5 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: 40.3%
• Depression: 24.3%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 21.2%
• Unemployment: 6.4% (1.4–11.6%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2022, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Laurel Swamp Union Church

• Kenwood Church of the Nazarene — 1 mi away
• Penns Manor Church — 1 mi away
• Maple Grove Church — 3 mi away
• Saint Patricks Church — 3.1 mi away in Penn Run, PA
• Mount Union Church — 3.6 mi away in Northern Cambria, PA
• Spruce Grove Church — 3.8 mi away in Penn Run, PA
• Salem Church — 3.9 mi away in Cherry Tree, PA
• First United Methodist Church — 4.6 mi away
• Church of the Resurrection - Clymer — 4.6 mi away
• St Michael's Orthodox Church — 4.7 mi away