Mount Olive Church

The community around Mount Olive Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly half of the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and about a third describe their own health as fair or poor. 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: 50.0% (35.0–65.0%)
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 31.3%
• Poverty Rate: 30.6% (21.5–39.7%)
• Food Insecurity: 29.8%
• Diabetes: 21.3%
• Obesity: 44.9%
• Social Isolation: 36.2%
• Housing Insecurity: 21.0%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 16.6%
• Depression: 23.1%
• Transportation Barriers: 15.3%
• Unemployment: 7.3% (1.9–12.6%)

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

South Boston town is served by 23 churches — about one congregation for every 314 residents.

Churches near Mount Olive Church

• Ebenezer Church — 0.4 mi away
• Bell Chapel — 0.4 mi away
• Hope Church Halifax — 0.6 mi away
• Church of God — 0.6 mi away
• First Presbyterian Church — 0.7 mi away
• First Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
• The Harbor — 0.8 mi away
• Main Street Church — 0.8 mi away
• McCanless Memorial Church — 0.8 mi away
• Second Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away