New Jerusalem Church

The community around New Jerusalem Church

It takes 3.5 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 2 in 10 describe their own health as fair or poor, and about 1 in 7 adults live with diabetes, and more than a third of adults live with obesity. 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: 25.1%
• Diabetes: 16.0%
• Obesity: 39.0%
• Depression: 23.3%
• Poverty Rate: 16.3% (10.3–22.2%)
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.6%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 11.6% (7.5–15.7%)
• Unemployment: 6.2% (0.9–11.4%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

Churches near New Jerusalem Church

• South Union Baptist Church — 2 mi away
• Veal Switch Baptist Church — 2.4 mi away in Hughes Springs, TX
• Veal Switch Baptist Church — 2.5 mi away in Hughes Springs, TX
• First Pentecostal Church — 2.6 mi away
• Lone Star Baptist Church — 2.7 mi away in Lone Star, TX
• Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church — 2.8 mi away
• Shiloh Temple of Faith — 2.8 mi away in Lone Star, TX
• Livity Church — 2.8 mi away in Hughes Springs, TX
• Bible Baptist Church — 3.2 mi away in Hughes Springs, TX
• Lone Star Baptist Church — 3.1 mi away in Lone Star, TX