Newport PCG

The community around Newport PCG

In the few miles around this church, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. More than a third of the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and about a third describe their own health as fair or poor. That is two thousand 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: 45.4%
• Child Poverty: 43.5% (29.5–57.7%)
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 33.1%
• Poverty Rate: 30.8% (22.8–38.8%)
• Food Insecurity: 28.4%
• Diabetes: 18.3%
• Social Isolation: 36.8%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 15.7%
• Unemployment: 11.7% (4.6–18.8%)
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.8%
• Depression: 26.5%
• Housing Insecurity: 19.7%
• Transportation Barriers: 13.9%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.1%

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

Churches near Newport PCG

• First United Pentecostal Church — 0.1 mi away
• Immanuel Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• First Church of the Nazarene — 0.4 mi away
• Saint Cecilia Catholic Church — 0.4 mi away
• Umsted Memorial Methodist Church — 0.5 mi away
• Holden Avenue Church of Christ — 0.5 mi away
• East Newport Church of Christ — 0.6 mi away
• Project New Start — 0.6 mi away
• Cherokee Street Church of Christ — 0.7 mi away
• Faith Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away