Willis Chapel

The community around Willis Chapel

In the few miles around this church, more than 5 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and about a third of the people here live below the poverty line. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the households stretched past their means, and for this church to know their names.

• Child Poverty: 52.0%
• Obesity: 45.4%
• Poverty Rate: 33.4% (20.4–46.3%)
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 32.5%
• Food Insecurity: 27.1%
• Diabetes: 18.5%
• Social Isolation: 34.7%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 14.3%
• Depression: 26.3%
• Housing Insecurity: 18.6%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.2%
• Transportation Barriers: 14.0%
• Unemployment: 6.8% (1.6–12.0%)

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

Churches near Willis Chapel

• Ely Memorial Church — 1.2 mi away in Dryden, VA
• Mount Carmel Baptist Church — 1.3 mi away
• Smith Chapel — 1.5 mi away
• Woodway Church of God — 1.5 mi away
• Wells Chapel Church — 1.9 mi away
• Valley View Church — 2 mi away in Dryden, VA
• First United Methodist Church — 2 mi away
• First Baptist Church of Pennington Gap — 2 mi away
• Beech Hill Church — 2 mi away
• Grace Baptist Church — 2.1 mi away