First United Presbyterian Church
First United Presbyterian Church is a Presbyterian church in Wheeling, WV 26003. It is one of 96 churches in Wheeling, and one of 6 Presbyterian congregations in the city.
Wheeling, WV, 26003First United Presbyterian Church is part of the Presbyterian family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around First United Presbyterian 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 more than a third of the people here live below the poverty line. That is 2,200 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.
- Obesity: 49.3%
- Poverty Rate: 41.6% (27.9–55.4%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 37.1%
- Depression: 32.7%
- Food Insecurity: 31.6%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 22.2%
- Diabetes: 21.7%
- Unemployment: 12.3% (2.6–22.4%)
- Social Isolation: 35.8%
- Housing Insecurity: 21.8%
- Transportation Barriers: 16.8%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 8 census tracts near this church.
Wheeling city is served by 71 churches — about one congregation for every 339 residents.
Churches near First United Presbyterian Church
- Second United Presbyterian Church — 0.1 mi away
- Saint James Evangelical Lutheran Church — 0.1 mi away
- Cathedral of Saint Joseph — 0.1 mi away
- St. Matthew's Episcopal Church — 0.1 mi away
- Grace Harvester Church — 0.1 mi away
- Wayman African Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.1 mi away
- The Blue Church — 0.1 mi away
- Church God and Saints Christ — 0.1 mi away
- First English Lutheran Church — 0.2 mi away
- Macedonia Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away