Bland Church

The community around Bland Church

It takes 3.9 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 3 in 10 describe their own health as fair or poor, and about a third 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.

• Fair/Poor Health Status: 31.4%
• Food Insecurity: 31.4%
• Diabetes: 21.3%
• Obesity: 44.1%
• Social Isolation: 35.0%
• Child Poverty: 34.6% (18.4–50.8%)
• Housing Insecurity: 21.1%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 18.7% (11.1–26.3%)
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 17.9%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 15.2%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 27.6%
• Poverty Rate: 21.7% (13.6–29.8%)
• Transportation Barriers: 14.2%
• Unemployment: 6.6% (1.5–11.9%)

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

Churches near Bland Church

• Harmony Church — 1.9 mi away
• Harmony United Methodist Church — 2.1 mi away
• Bethlehem Church — 2.6 mi away in Edgefield, SC
• Simmon Ridge Church — 2.7 mi away in Edgefield, SC
• Rosa Spring Church — 2.7 mi away
• Fbh Church On The Rock — 2.8 mi away
• Johnston Church of God — 3 mi away
• Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses — 3 mi away in Edgefield, SC
• Piney Grove Church — 3 mi away
• Johnston Presbyterian Church — 3.2 mi away