Salem Church

The community around Salem 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 2 in 10 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about 1 in 10 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.

• Food Insecurity: 27.0%
• Unemployment: 12.0% (3.7–20.3%)
• Obesity: 41.6%
• Social Isolation: 35.9%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 26.2%
• Poverty Rate: 22.8% (11.8–33.9%)
• Diabetes: 17.3%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 15.2% (10.0–20.4%)
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.9%
• Housing Insecurity: 19.1%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.4%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 13.2%

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

Churches near Salem Church

• Honey Ford Baptist Church — 2.4 mi away
• Hutto Chapel Baptist Church — 2.4 mi away in Hilda, SC
• Sweet Branch Baptist Church — 2.6 mi away in Olar, SC
• Georges Creek Baptist Church — 2.7 mi away in Olar, SC
• Springfield Church — 2.7 mi away
• Govan First Baptist Church — 3.1 mi away in Govan, SC
• Greater Sweet Branch Baptist Church — 3.3 mi away in Govan, SC
• Double Pond Baptist Church — 3.6 mi away in Blackville, SC
• St. Phillips Church of God in Christ — 3.7 mi away in Govan, SC
• Ghents Branch Baptist Church — 4.1 mi away in Blackville, SC