Pickstown Community Church

The community around Pickstown Community Church

It takes 9.6 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, nearly a quarter of the people here live without health insurance, and more than a third of adults live with obesity, and more than a third of the children here are growing up below the poverty line. 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.

• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 23.4%
• Obesity: 42.1%
• Child Poverty: 36.8% (26.9–46.8%)
• Poverty Rate: 26.9%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 25.3%
• Diabetes: 16.1%
• Unemployment: 9.6% (5.7–13.6%)
• Social Isolation: 27.6%

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

Churches near Pickstown Community Church

• Saint Francis Church — 2 mi away
• Cedar Church — 2.9 mi away
• Saint Catherine Church — 5 mi away in Wagner, SD
• Saint Phillips Church — 5.5 mi away
• Lake Andes Baptist Church — 6.1 mi away in Lake Andes, SD
• First Presbyterian Church — 6.5 mi away in Lake Andes, SD
• St Paul's Catholic Church — 7.3 mi away in Marty, SD