St. John AME Church, Union Springs, Al

The community around St. John AME Church, Union Springs, Al

It takes 5.1 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them, and more than half of adults live with obesity, and nearly half of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. 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: 55.5%
• Food Insecurity: 51.7%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 44.9%
• Housing Insecurity: 35.6%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 35.5%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 29.7%
• Diabetes: 27.5%
• Transportation Barriers: 25.9%
• Social Isolation: 39.7%
• Poverty Rate: 23.3% (11.1–35.6%)
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 19.9%
• Unemployment: 8.7% (0.0–19.6%)
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.2% (6.3–20.2%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.

Churches near St. John AME Church, Union Springs, Al

• Hardaway African Methodist Episcopal Church — 1 mi away
• Mount Zion Church — 1.9 mi away
• Old Pine Grove Church — 2 mi away
• Mount Asia Church — 3.4 mi away
• Hayes Hill Church — 3.7 mi away
• Saint John African Methodist Episcopal Church — 4 mi away
• Mount Sinai Church — 4 mi away
• Mount Azure Baptist Church — 4.4 mi away
• Enon Church — 4.6 mi away
• Kingdom Hall Church — 4.9 mi away