Saint Mark Church

The community around Saint Mark Church

It takes 4.9 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity, and about a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about a third describe their own health as fair or poor. 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.

• Obesity: 48.1%
• Food Insecurity: 34.7%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 32.3%
• Diabetes: 23.4%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 18.0%
• Social Isolation: 36.5%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.9%
• Poverty Rate: 27.2% (15.8–38.7%)
• Housing Insecurity: 24.6%
• Transportation Barriers: 15.2%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.8%
• Unemployment: 6.2% (0.7–11.7%)

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

Churches near Saint Mark Church

• Saint Marys Church — 1.8 mi away
• Saint Mary AME - Salters — 1.8 mi away
• Jehovah Church — 2.5 mi away
• Randy Grove Church — 2.5 mi away
• St Luke Fellowship Church — 2.5 mi away
• Saint Lukes Church — 2.5 mi away
• Union Church — 2.6 mi away
• Mortons Church — 2.9 mi away
• Marion Missionary Baptist Church — 3 mi away
• Saint Phillips Church — 3.3 mi away