East Walnut Baptist Church

East Walnut Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Gadsden, AL 35903. It is one of 185 churches in Gadsden, and one of 52 Baptist congregations in the city.

Gadsden, AL, 35903

East Walnut Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.

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The community around East Walnut Baptist 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. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and about a third of the people here live below the poverty line. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

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  • Obesity: 49.3%
  • Poverty Rate: 34.7% (22.4–47.1%)
  • Food Insecurity: 32.0%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 31.5%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 24.9% (14.1–35.6%)
  • Diabetes: 18.2%
  • Social Isolation: 38.5%
  • Housing Insecurity: 23.0%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 17.1%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.5%
  • Depression: 24.2%
  • Child Poverty: 22.2% (4.5–40.8%)
  • Transportation Barriers: 16.0%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.0%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.

Gadsden city is served by 121 churches — about one congregation for every 258 residents.

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