Almetta Church

The community around Almetta Church

It takes 3.6 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 more than a third of adults live with obesity, and about a third of adults say they are socially isolated. 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: 25.4%
• Obesity: 44.0%
• Social Isolation: 33.9%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 26.6%
• Diabetes: 17.0%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.5%
• Depression: 24.5%
• Housing Insecurity: 17.1%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.9%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.0% (8.0–18.1%)
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 11.8%
• Unemployment: 7.8% (2.9–12.6%)

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

Churches near Almetta Church

• Jefferson Church of God — 0.3 mi away
• Jefferson United Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away
• Jefferson First Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
• Jefferson Presbyterian Church — 0.6 mi away
• Hopewell Church — 0.6 mi away
• Mount Ariel Church — 0.8 mi away
• Mount Canaan Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away
• Fork Creek Church — 1.2 mi away
• Oak Grove Church — 1.8 mi away
• Bethel Church — 2 mi away