Saint Thomas AME Zion Church
Saint Thomas AME Zion Church is a church at 1700 Melon Street in Norfolk, VA 23523. It is one of 341 churches in Norfolk.
1700 Melon Street, Norfolk, VA, 23523Find Saint Thomas AME Zion Church on The Church Map, explore nearby congregations, and pray for its community.
The community around Saint Thomas AME Zion Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 5 in 10 adults live with obesity. More than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and about a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.
- Obesity: 50.8%
- Social Isolation: 41.6%
- Food Insecurity: 35.7%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 30.6%
- Housing Insecurity: 27.9%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 21.2%
- Diabetes: 19.2%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.5%
- Poverty Rate: 26.9% (15.7–38.2%)
- Transportation Barriers: 18.7%
- Unemployment: 9.0% (2.6–15.4%)
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.4%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Norfolk city is served by 176 churches — about one congregation for every 1,346 residents.
Churches near Saint Thomas AME Zion Church
- Saint Paul Church of God in Christ — 0.1 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- New Rising Sun United Holy Church — 0.2 mi away
- Smyrna Community Church — 0.2 mi away
- First Pentecostal Church — 0.2 mi away
- Mt Lebenon Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Bethel Apostolic Church — 0.3 mi away in Chesapeake, VA
- Rehoboth Church — 0.4 mi away in Chesapeake, VA
- Holy Temple Church of the Lord — 0.5 mi away
- Campostella Seventh Day Adventist Church — 0.5 mi away