Saint Thomas Church

The community around Saint Thomas Church

It takes 13.8 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 4 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and more than a third of the people here live below the poverty line, and about a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. 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.

• Child Poverty: 48.0%
• Poverty Rate: 37.9%
• Food Insecurity: 34.9%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 31.4%
• Unemployment: 22.1% (16.1–28.2%)
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 20.4%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 19.3%
• Diabetes: 19.1%
• Obesity: 43.7%
• Social Isolation: 32.3%
• Housing Insecurity: 23.9%
• Transportation Barriers: 19.9%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 27.1%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.0%

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

Churches near Saint Thomas Church

• Saint Benedict Church — 2.3 mi away
• Pollock Memorial Presbyterian Church — 9.9 mi away in Pollock, SD