Southwest Church

The community around Southwest 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. About a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and about 1 in 10 the workforce is looking for work and not finding it. That is 2,300 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.

• Social Isolation: 33.4%
• Unemployment: 9.2% (3.4–15.1%)
• Obesity: 39.3%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.4%
• Depression: 25.8%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 24.0%
• Child Poverty: 23.0% (8.5–37.5%)
• Poverty Rate: 18.6% (12.1–25.1%)
• Food Insecurity: 18.3%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 11.5%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

Jonesboro city is served by 68 churches — about one congregation for every 815 residents.

Churches near Southwest Church

• Central Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
• Gospel Assembly Church — 0.4 mi away
• Fellowship Jonesboro Church — 0.6 mi away
• Highland Drive Christian Church — 0.6 mi away
• Saint Pauls United Methodist Church — 0.6 mi away
• St. Timothy's Anglican Church — 0.7 mi away
• Community of Christ — 0.7 mi away
• Saint Marks Episcopal Church — 0.7 mi away
• Walnut Street Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
• Walnut Street Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away