Saint Francis Xavier Church

The community around Saint Francis Xavier Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about a third describe their own health as fair or poor. That is 2,200 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.

• Food Insecurity: 37.6%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 31.0%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 30.3%
• Housing Insecurity: 29.7%
• Social Isolation: 36.8%
• Child Poverty: 31.3% (11.5–51.1%)
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.1%
• Poverty Rate: 25.9% (14.1–37.8%)
• Transportation Barriers: 17.5%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 17.3%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 16.8% (9.7–23.9%)
• Diabetes: 15.8%
• Unemployment: 8.7% (1.5–15.8%)

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

Newark city is served by 139 churches — about one congregation for every 2,211 residents.

Churches near Saint Francis Xavier Church

• Royalhouse Chapel International - Covenant Center — 0.1 mi away
• Church of Our Saviour — 0.2 mi away
• Mars Hill Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• Brick City Church — 0.2 mi away
• Centro Internacional Jesucristo es Rey — 0.2 mi away
• Shiloh Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
• Bethlehem Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
• The Pentecostals of Newark — 0.3 mi away
• Profeta Alexander Lopez — 0.3 mi away
• Fountain of Life Church — 0.5 mi away