Pike Avenue Baptist Church

The community around Pike Avenue Baptist Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 5 in 10 adults live with obesity. More than a third of the people here live below the poverty line, and more than 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 healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.

• Obesity: 51.6%
• Poverty Rate: 42.8% (28.3–57.2%)
• Food Insecurity: 40.0%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 38.5%
• Housing Insecurity: 29.2%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 25.7%
• Diabetes: 22.0%
• Unemployment: 14.9% (4.9–25.1%)
• Social Isolation: 37.6%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 33.4%
• Transportation Barriers: 20.9%
• Depression: 24.1%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.9%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.8% (6.9–20.7%)

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

North Little Rock city is served by 116 churches — about one congregation for every 501 residents.

Churches near Pike Avenue Baptist Church

• Metropolitan Community Church of the Rock — 0.1 mi away
• Silver City Church — 0.2 mi away
• Gardner United Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
• New Bibleway Church of God in Christ — 0.2 mi away
• Eighteenth Street Freewill Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
• New Creation Bible Church — 0.3 mi away
• First Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
• Lee Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.3 mi away
• The Salvation Army — 0.4 mi away
• Central Rock Church of Christ — 0.4 mi away