Pleasant Grove Church

The community around Pleasant Grove Church

In the few miles around this church, more than 5 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and about a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the households stretched past their means, and for this church to know their names.

• Child Poverty: 56.6%
• Obesity: 47.2%
• Food Insecurity: 35.9%
• Poverty Rate: 31.6% (21.0–42.3%)
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 30.9%
• Housing Insecurity: 25.9%
• Diabetes: 20.3%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 19.6%
• Social Isolation: 37.6%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.1%
• Transportation Barriers: 17.0%
• Unemployment: 10.7% (1.2–20.3%)
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 16.0%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.0% (6.4–19.7%)

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

Churches near Pleasant Grove Church

• St Mark Baptist Church — 1.1 mi away
• St Peters Church of Christ — 1.6 mi away
• New Bethel Apostolic Church — 1.6 mi away
• New Jerusalem United Church of God — 1.7 mi away
• Greater Highway Church of Christ — 1.7 mi away
• Church of Christ At Dillon — 1.8 mi away
• Faith Tabernacle — 1.8 mi away
• Lighthouse Full Gospel Church — 1.8 mi away
• New Hope Seventh-day Adventist Church — 1.9 mi away
• East Dillon Baptist Church — 1.9 mi away