Platform85

The community around Platform85

Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. 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. 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: 45.1%
• Food Insecurity: 33.2%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 32.0%
• Diabetes: 23.5%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 18.0%
• Social Isolation: 34.8%
• Poverty Rate: 28.3% (17.8–38.8%)
• Housing Insecurity: 22.2%
• Transportation Barriers: 17.2%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.1%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.2% (6.7–19.7%)

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

Churches near Platform85

• Port City Refuge Church — 0 mi away
• Saint Francis Street United Methodist Church — 0.1 mi away
• Franklin Street Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.1 mi away
• Downtown Fellowship Church — 0.1 mi away
• Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception — 0.2 mi away
• Waterfront Rescue Mission — 0.2 mi away
• Government Street Presbyterian Church — 0.2 mi away
• State Street African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church — 0.3 mi away
• Pentecostal Church of God Temple — 0.3 mi away
• Saint Louis Street Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away