St. James AME Zion Church
St. James AME Zion Church is a African_methodist_episcopal_zion church at 410 West Union Street in Allentown, PA 18102. It is one of 181 churches in Allentown.
410 West Union Street, Allentown, PA, 18102Phone: +16104350480 · Website: https://stjamesamezionchurch.org/
St. James AME Zion Church is part of the Methodist family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around St. James AME Zion Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. Nearly a quarter of the people here live below the poverty line, and nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor. That is 2,100 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.
- Obesity: 40.1%
- Poverty Rate: 28.3% (15.8–40.7%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 27.1%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 20.0%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 15.4% (8.2–22.5%)
- Depression: 23.1%
- Unemployment: 7.6% (2.8–12.5%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2022, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Allentown city is served by 86 churches — about one congregation for every 1,456 residents.
Churches near St. James AME Zion Church
- Saint Stephen of Hungary — 0.1 mi away
- St John's Evangelical Lutheran Church — 0.2 mi away
- St John's UCC Allentown — 0.3 mi away
- New Life In Christ Aftercare Ministries — 0.3 mi away
- Zion's "Liberty Bell" UCC Church — 0.3 mi away
- Zion's Reformed United Church of Christ 1 review — 0.3 mi away
- LifeChurch City Campus — 0.3 mi away
- Grace Episcopal Church — 0.4 mi away
- Lehigh Valley Hispanic Seventh-day Adventist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Glory Carriers Assembly — 0.5 mi away