First United Methodist Church
First United Methodist Church is a church in Tuscaloosa, AL 35401. It is one of 213 churches in Tuscaloosa.
Tuscaloosa, AL, 35401Website: http://www.fumct.org/
First United Methodist Church is part of the Methodist family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around First United Methodist Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About a third of the people here live below the poverty line, and nearly a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is 2,100 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.
- Poverty Rate: 30.2% (20.5–39.8%)
- Food Insecurity: 27.8%
- Obesity: 42.4%
- Social Isolation: 38.5%
- Depression: 26.9%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.6%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 23.5%
- Housing Insecurity: 18.8%
- Transportation Barriers: 15.2%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 13.8%
- Unemployment: 6.6% (1.2–12.0%)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Tuscaloosa city is served by 142 churches — about one congregation for every 688 residents.
Churches near First United Methodist Church
- First Presbyterian Church — 0.1 mi away
- First Baptist Church of Tuscaloosa — 0.1 mi away
- Saint John the Baptist Catholic Church — 0.1 mi away
- Christ Episcopal Church — 0.1 mi away
- Safe Haven Church — 0.2 mi away
- First African Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Saint Paul Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Bailey Tabernacle CME Church — 0.3 mi away
- West Highland Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Hunters African Methodist Episcopal Zion Chapel — 0.3 mi away