Sixteenth Street Baptist Church

The community around Sixteenth Street Baptist Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. More than a third of the people here live below the poverty line, and about 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: 48.9%
• Poverty Rate: 41.3% (26.7–56.0%)
• Food Insecurity: 34.9%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 33.4%
• Housing Insecurity: 26.7%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 22.5%
• Unemployment: 12.7% (2.1–24.4%)
• Social Isolation: 38.0%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 33.1%
• Transportation Barriers: 18.5%
• Diabetes: 17.9%
• Depression: 24.1%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.8%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 12.4% (6.2–18.6%)

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 Sixteenth Street Baptist Church

• Grace Inter-City Spiritual House of Prayer Baptist Church — 0 mi away
• Fuller Chapel Primitive Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• New Jerusalem Apostolic Faith Church — 0.2 mi away
• Souls Harbor Church — 0.3 mi away
• Central Rock Church of Christ — 0.3 mi away
• The Salvation Army — 0.3 mi away
• Saint Mary Catholic Church — 0.3 mi away
• Eighteenth Street Freewill Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
• Baring Cross Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
• Acts Church — 0.4 mi away