Poplar Heights Church

The community around Poplar Heights Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and about a third describe their own health as fair or poor. That is 2,100 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.

• Obesity: 48.3%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 31.1%
• Diabetes: 19.0%
• Poverty Rate: 24.5% (16.3–32.8%)
• Child Poverty: 27.9% (13.8–42.0%)
• Depression: 26.4%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.0%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.1% (6.9–19.2%)
• Unemployment: 6.3% (2.2–10.4%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.

Jackson city is served by 64 churches — about one congregation for every 1,000 residents.

Churches near Poplar Heights Church

• The Hope Center — 0.1 mi away
• Old Hickory Church of Christ — 0.5 mi away
• St. Mary's Catholic Church — 0.7 mi away
• First Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
• Church At The Village — 0.9 mi away
• First Cumberland Presbyterian Church — 0.9 mi away
• Woodland Baptist Church — 1 mi away
• Hub City Church — 1 mi away
• Greater Saint Lukes Baptist Church — 1.1 mi away
• Gracepoint Baptist Church — 1.1 mi away