The Village Church of Portsmouth

The community around The Village Church of Portsmouth

Within a few blocks of these doors, 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 adults say they are socially isolated. That is two thousand 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: 47.8%
• Social Isolation: 42.0%
• Food Insecurity: 38.8%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 33.8%
• Housing Insecurity: 29.2%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 22.3%
• Diabetes: 22.0%
• Unemployment: 14.8% (3.2–26.4%)
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.8%
• Poverty Rate: 23.2% (11.3–35.2%)
• Transportation Barriers: 20.0%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.7%

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

Churches near The Village Church of Portsmouth

• The Mount Portsmouth — 0 mi away
• New Hope Church — 0.1 mi away
• Saint Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.1 mi away
• Wesley Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.1 mi away
• New Restoration Kingdom Church — 0.1 mi away
• TFOGM — 0.2 mi away
• Antioch Church of God in Christ — 0.2 mi away
• Saint Johns Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• St John Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• Church of God & True Holiness — 0.2 mi away