Matthews Chapel

The community around Matthews Chapel

It takes 4.1 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 3 in 10 describe their own health as fair or poor, and more than a third of adults live with obesity, and about a third of adults say they are socially isolated. A scattered parish is still a parish.

Pray for the families driving a long way to everything — to work, to a hospital, to this door on a Sunday morning.

• Fair/Poor Health Status: 30.6%
• Obesity: 41.7%
• Social Isolation: 34.7%
• Depression: 27.4%
• Poverty Rate: 24.8% (15.8–33.9%)
• Food Insecurity: 24.5%
• Diabetes: 18.0%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.1%
• Child Poverty: 23.5% (7.9–39.1%)
• Housing Insecurity: 15.6%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 14.7% (8.4–20.9%)
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 11.3%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Matthews Chapel

• Friendship Church — 0.7 mi away
• Wanville Church — 2.1 mi away in Hollywood, AL
• Roaches Cove Baptist Church — 2.2 mi away in Stevenson, AL
• Lakeview Church — 2.2 mi away in Hollywood, AL
• Oak Grove Church — 2.7 mi away in Stevenson, AL
• Wrights Chapel — 3 mi away in Hollywood, AL
• Cambell Chapel — 3.1 mi away in Stevenson, AL
• Campbell Chapel — 3.1 mi away in Stevenson, AL
• Cumberland Church — 3.1 mi away in Stevenson, AL
• Mud Creek Baptist Church — 3.2 mi away in Hollywood, AL