Westside Baptist Church

Westside Baptist Church is a church at 503 J St N in Fort Smith, AR 72901-1250. It is one of 215 churches in Fort Smith.

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503 J St N, Fort Smith, AR, 72901-1250

Phone: +14797826334 · Website: http://westsidebaptistchurch.org

Westside Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.

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The community around Westside Baptist Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and more than a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is 2,200 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

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  • Social Isolation: 40.8%
  • Food Insecurity: 39.9%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 39.4%
  • Housing Insecurity: 28.5%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 26.0%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 21.4%
  • Unemployment: 14.6% (5.7–23.5%)
  • Obesity: 43.9%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 33.2%
  • Poverty Rate: 29.6% (16.2–43.1%)
  • Transportation Barriers: 19.7%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 19.5% (13.1–25.8%)
  • Diabetes: 17.7%
  • Child Poverty: 28.5% (12.6–44.6%)
  • Depression: 25.6%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

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