Wells Chapel Church

The community around Wells Chapel Church

In the few miles around this church, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About 3 in 4 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of adults live with obesity. That is two thousand 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.

• Child Poverty: 79.0%
• Obesity: 46.9%
• Poverty Rate: 42.7% (28.1–57.3%)
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 37.0%
• Food Insecurity: 31.0%
• Diabetes: 21.0%
• Social Isolation: 35.0%
• Depression: 27.7%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 15.9%
• Housing Insecurity: 20.0%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 16.2%
• Transportation Barriers: 15.8%
• Unemployment: 7.6% (1.9–13.3%)

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

Churches near Wells Chapel Church

• First United Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
• First Baptist Church of Pennington Gap — 0.2 mi away
• Grace Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
• Pennington Gap Church of God — 0.5 mi away
• Beech Hill Church — 0.6 mi away
• First Christian Church — 0.6 mi away
• Belcher Chapel — 1.1 mi away
• Smith Chapel — 1.3 mi away
• Calvary Baptist Church — 1.6 mi away
• Ely Memorial Church — 1.7 mi away in Dryden, VA