Saint John Church

The community around Saint John Church

It takes 7.0 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 3 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor, and nearly a quarter of the people here live 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.

• Child Poverty: 31.5% (18.4–44.6%)
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 28.8%
• Poverty Rate: 24.0% (16.4–31.7%)
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 18.1% (13.0–23.1%)
• Diabetes: 17.2%
• Unemployment: 9.1% (4.2–14.3%)
• Obesity: 37.4%
• Depression: 25.2%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.4%

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

Churches near Saint John Church

• Brewers Chapel — 2.4 mi away
• Attoyac Church — 2.7 mi away
• Rocky Mount Church — 4 mi away
• Saint Peter Church — 5.5 mi away
• Antioch Church — 5.9 mi away
• Chireno Baptist Church — 7.8 mi away in Chireno, TX
• Ratcliff Church — 8.1 mi away
• Mylan Church — 8.2 mi away
• Little's Chapel Baptist Church — 8.8 mi away in Chireno, TX