New Salem Church

The community around New Salem Church

It takes 4.9 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 3 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter of the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly a quarter of adults here carry depression. 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.

• Social Isolation: 30.7%
• Child Poverty: 23.7% (7.9–40.1%)
• Depression: 23.4%
• Diabetes: 14.9%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 12.2% (7.0–17.4%)
• Unemployment: 8.0% (3.5–12.4%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.

Churches near New Salem Church

• Mount Salem Baptist Meetinghouse — 1.2 mi away
• Massanova Church — 2.6 mi away
• St. Peter Catholic Church — 2.6 mi away
• Five Forks Regular Baptist Church — 2.6 mi away
• Washington Baptist Church — 3.1 mi away
• Trinity Episcopal Church — 3.2 mi away
• Hope Hill Baptist Church — 3.3 mi away
• First Baptist Church of Washington — 3.4 mi away
• Fellowship Assembly of God — 4.2 mi away in Sperryville, VA
• Forest Grove Church — 4.5 mi away in Amissville, VA