Poplar Lawn Church

The community around Poplar Lawn Church

It takes 4.0 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity, and nearly a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about 1 in 5 adults live with diabetes. 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.

• Obesity: 45.5%
• Food Insecurity: 25.3%
• Diabetes: 19.8%
• Social Isolation: 35.8%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.7%
• Child Poverty: 28.3% (11.7–46.0%)
• Depression: 23.2%
• Poverty Rate: 19.4% (11.4–27.4%)
• Housing Insecurity: 18.7%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 13.6%
• Transportation Barriers: 13.1%
• Unemployment: 8.0% (3.2–12.7%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Poplar Lawn Church

• Belle Fonte Church — 1.7 mi away
• Jerusalem Church — 2.6 mi away
• Grace United Methodist Church — 2.7 mi away in Wilsons, VA
• Grace Church — 2.7 mi away
• Cedar Hill Church — 3.9 mi away
• Rocky Hill Church — 4.4 mi away
• Spring Hill Church — 4.9 mi away
• Cellar Creek Church — 4.9 mi away
• Bethel Church — 4.9 mi away
• Butterwood Church — 5.6 mi away