Oakey Swamp Church

The community around Oakey Swamp Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 2 in 10 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. About a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and about a third of the children here are growing up below the poverty line. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the tables that run short before the month does, and for this church's table to be long.

• Food Insecurity: 25.8%
• Social Isolation: 32.6%
• Child Poverty: 31.9% (15.7–49.1%)
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 27.3%
• Poverty Rate: 22.2% (14.4–29.9%)
• Diabetes: 17.3%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 16.9% (10.7–23.0%)
• Obesity: 37.8%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.3%
• Housing Insecurity: 18.3%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 16.3%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 12.6%

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

Churches near Oakey Swamp Church

• Beulah Worship Center — 0.3 mi away
• Iglesia Cristiana Roca de Salvacion — 0.6 mi away
• Conway Church of Christ — 1 mi away
• Damascus Orginial Freewill Baptist Church — 1.3 mi away
• Coastal Community Church — 1.9 mi away
• Free Worship — 1.9 mi away
• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — 2 mi away
• Bethlehem Church — 2.2 mi away
• The Refuge — 2.4 mi away
• New El Bethel United Methodist Church — 2.7 mi away