Saint Matthew Church

The community around Saint Matthew Church

It takes 3.8 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity, and about a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about a third describe their own health as fair or poor. 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.

• Obesity: 46.2%
• Food Insecurity: 32.8%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 32.5%
• Poverty Rate: 30.7% (17.5–43.8%)
• Diabetes: 20.8%
• Social Isolation: 34.9%
• Housing Insecurity: 23.2%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 17.9%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.1%
• Depression: 23.4%
• Transportation Barriers: 16.5%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 16.1%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.7% (6.7–20.8%)
• Unemployment: 6.9% (1.4–12.5%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Saint Matthew Church

• St Matthews Baptist Church — 0 mi away
• Gloria Hope Church — 0.2 mi away
• New Hope Church — 0.4 mi away
• Pittman Grove Church — 2.1 mi away
• Speight Chapel — 2.7 mi away in Whitakers, NC
• Williams Church — 2.8 mi away in Whitakers, NC
• Mount Moriah Church — 3.3 mi away in Whitakers, NC
• Leggett Chapel Baptist Church — 3.8 mi away in Leggett, NC
• William and Mary Hart Presbyterian Church — 4.2 mi away in Leggett, NC
• Antioch Church — 4.2 mi away in Rocky Mount, NC