Atkinson Church

The community around Atkinson Church

It takes 3.2 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 here carry depression, and more than a third of adults live with obesity, and about a third of adults say they are socially isolated. 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.

• Depression: 32.0%
• Obesity: 42.5%
• Social Isolation: 34.5%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 28.6%
• Diabetes: 17.9%
• Child Poverty: 22.0% (5.7–38.3%)
• Food Insecurity: 19.8%
• Poverty Rate: 17.6% (9.6–25.5%)
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 12.9%

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

Churches near Atkinson Church

• Sandy Valley Church — 2 mi away
• Jordan Light Church — 2.2 mi away
• Pauley Church — 2.9 mi away
• Bethel Church — 3.3 mi away
• Sand Run Church — 4.1 mi away
• Falling Rock Gospel Tabernacle — 4.2 mi away
• Word and Faith Babtist Chapel — 4.2 mi away
• Leatherwood Missionary Baptist Church — 4.3 mi away
• Fairview Church — 4.3 mi away in Clendenin, WV
• Blue Creek Chapel — 4.4 mi away