First Southern Church

The community around First Southern Church

It takes 2.6 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 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about 1 in 5 adults live with diabetes. 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: 46.5%
• Food Insecurity: 29.4%
• Diabetes: 19.6%
• Child Poverty: 39.8% (22.5–57.0%)
• Social Isolation: 34.2%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 28.8%
• Poverty Rate: 22.0% (9.6–34.4%)
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 14.5%
• Unemployment: 11.2% (3.4–19.0%)
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 27.5%
• Depression: 23.1%
• Housing Insecurity: 19.9%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.7%
• Transportation Barriers: 13.1%

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

Churches near First Southern Church

• Mount Olivet Church — 0.5 mi away
• Lower Macedonia Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away in Chesterfield, SC
• Teal Chapel Baptist Church — 1.6 mi away in Chesterfield, SC
• Drucilla Church — 2.6 mi away in Chesterfield, SC
• Pleasant Hill Baptist Church — 2.7 mi away
• Peniel Church — 2.8 mi away in Chesterfield, SC
• Pine View Baptist Church — 2.8 mi away in Chesterfield, SC
• Mount Mary Baptist Church — 2.9 mi away in Chesterfield, SC
• Faith Church — 2.9 mi away
• Smithville Church — 3 mi away