Pleasant Valley United Methodist Church

The community around Pleasant Valley United Methodist Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 5 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and about a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the households stretched past their means, and for this church to know their names.

• Child Poverty: 53.2% (37.6–68.9%)
• Obesity: 45.2%
• Food Insecurity: 35.1%
• Diabetes: 19.3%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 18.8%
• Social Isolation: 37.6%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.7%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.8%
• Housing Insecurity: 24.9%
• Poverty Rate: 22.4% (10.2–34.6%)
• Transportation Barriers: 17.5%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 17.0% (11.4–22.6%)
• Unemployment: 8.6% (2.8–14.5%)
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.3%

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

Mobile city is served by 297 churches — about one congregation for every 703 residents.

Churches near Pleasant Valley United Methodist Church

• Freedom Church of God — 0.2 mi away
• Manifest Presence International Church — 0.2 mi away
• New Beginnings SDA Church — 0.2 mi away
• Pleasant Valley Church of God — 0.2 mi away
• Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses — 0.3 mi away
• Christians United Church — 0.4 mi away
• Bel Air Assembly of God Church — 0.4 mi away
• Pleasant Valley Assembly of God Church — 0.4 mi away
• Arlington Street Missionary — 0.4 mi away
• First Southern Methodist Church — 0.5 mi away