Universal

The community around Universal

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 4 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About a third describe their own health as fair or poor, and nearly a quarter of working-age adults live without health insurance. That is 2,500 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.

• Fair/Poor Health Status: 32.0%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 23.3%
• Unemployment: 19.0% (5.8–32.2%)
• Obesity: 41.9%
• Diabetes: 15.1%
• Child Poverty: 26.0% (11.4–40.6%)
• Depression: 23.2%
• Poverty Rate: 21.4% (13.2–29.6%)
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 12.2% (7.2–17.3%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2022, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

Allentown city is served by 86 churches — about one congregation for every 1,456 residents.

Churches near Universal

• St. Luke's Lutheran Church — 0.2 mi away
• Rivers of Life Seibert Church — 0.2 mi away
• Iglesia Jesuscristo Pentecostal — 0.3 mi away
• Protection of the Blessed Virgin Mary Orthodox Church — 0.3 mi away
• Iglesia Pentecostal la Shekina de Jehova — 0.3 mi away
• Union Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
• Iglesia Pentecostal Rios de Agua Viva — 0.3 mi away
• St. John's Church of Faith — 0.3 mi away
• Dubbs Memorial United Church of Christ — 0.3 mi away
• Allentown Fellowship Church — 0.4 mi away