Mesquakie United Church

The community around Mesquakie United Church

In the few miles around this church, more than 2 in 10 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. More than a third of adults live with obesity, and more than a third of the children here are growing up below the poverty line. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the tables that run short before the month does, and for this church's table to be long.

• Food Insecurity: 27.1%
• Obesity: 44.5%
• Child Poverty: 36.8% (22.9–50.6%)
• Social Isolation: 35.6%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.2%
• Poverty Rate: 24.6% (17.0–32.3%)
• Diabetes: 15.3%
• Unemployment: 8.7% (5.3–12.2%)
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.3%
• Housing Insecurity: 19.0%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 16.0%
• Transportation Barriers: 13.7%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 13.2%

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

Churches near Mesquakie United Church

• Grace Community Church — 1.9 mi away in Toledo, IA
• Fellowship Baptist Church — 2 mi away in Tama, IA
• New Life Evangelical Free Church — 2 mi away in Tama, IA
• Reformed Baptist Church — 2.1 mi away in Marshalltown, IA
• Assembly of God Church — 2.1 mi away in Tama, IA
• Community of Christ — 2.2 mi away in Toledo, IA
• Solid Rock Bible Church — 2.2 mi away in Toledo, IA
• Saint Paul Lutheran Church — 2.2 mi away in Tama, IA
• Living Faith United Methodist Church — 2.3 mi away in Tama, IA
• Saint Patrick's Catholic Church — 2.4 mi away in Tama, IA