First United Methodist
First United Methodist is a Methodist church at 215 East University Drive in Tempe, AZ 85281. It is one of 122 churches in Tempe.
215 East University Drive, Tempe, AZ, 85281First United Methodist is part of the Methodist family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around First United Methodist
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 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 about a third of the people here live below the poverty line. That is two thousand 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: 43.3%
- Poverty Rate: 34.6% (24.3–44.8%)
- Unemployment: 9.0% (3.3–14.7%)
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.1%
- Depression: 24.4%
- Food Insecurity: 19.1%
- Transportation Barriers: 13.7%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.1% (8.5–17.8%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Tempe city is served by 41 churches — about one congregation for every 4,386 residents.
Churches near First United Methodist
- All Saints Catholic Newman Center — 0.1 mi away
- Christian Science Reading Room — 0.1 mi away
- The Salvation Army Worship Center — 0.1 mi away
- First Congregational Church of Tempe, United Church of Christ — 0.2 mi away
- Danforth Chapel — 0.2 mi away
- Campus Christian Center — 0.3 mi away
- Tempe Full Gospel Church — 0.5 mi away
- Tempe Seventh Day Adventist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Tree of Life Community Church of AZ — 0.5 mi away
- Church on Mill — 0.5 mi away