Freedonia Church

The community around Freedonia Church

In the few miles around this church, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About 3 in 4 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of adults live with obesity. 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.

• Child Poverty: 73.9%
• Obesity: 53.2%
• Food Insecurity: 44.2%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 41.2%
• Poverty Rate: 40.5% (28.3–52.6%)
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 35.8%
• Housing Insecurity: 31.7%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 27.7%
• Diabetes: 24.6%
• Transportation Barriers: 22.1%
• Unemployment: 20.9% (5.2–36.7%)
• Social Isolation: 39.6%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.0%

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

Churches near Freedonia Church

• King Solomon M.B. Church — 0.3 mi away in Helena, AR
• St Peter Missionary Baptist Ch — 0.3 mi away in Helena, AR
• Saint Matthews Church — 1.5 mi away
• Long Lake Church — 1.6 mi away
• West Helena Church of the Nazarene — 1.8 mi away
• First Baptist Church of Midland Heights — 1.8 mi away in Helena, AR
• Helena-West Helena 2nd Baptist Church — 1.9 mi away
• Hope Church — 2 mi away in West Helena, AR
• Greater Power House Cogic — 2 mi away in West Helena, AR
• West Helena United Methodist Church — 2.1 mi away