First Presbyterian Church

The community around First Presbyterian Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, 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 the people here live below the poverty line, and about a third of the children here are growing up 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.

• Poverty Rate: 31.4% (23.5–39.3%)
• Child Poverty: 34.5% (19.0–50.2%)
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 19.3% (13.5–25.1%)
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 24.4%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 16.3%
• Diabetes: 14.1%
• Unemployment: 7.0% (4.4–9.5%)

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

Fort Walton Beach city is served by 7 churches — about one congregation for every 3,856 residents.

Churches near First Presbyterian Church

• First Church of the Nazarene — 0.2 mi away
• First Baptist Church of Fort Walton Beach — 0.2 mi away
• Greater Peace Missionary Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• Striving For Perfection Ministries — 0.2 mi away
• Saint Simon's on the Sound Episcopal Church — 0.3 mi away
• Fort Walton Beach First United Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away
• Eternal Hope UCC — 0.3 mi away
• Fort Walton Beach Seventh-day Adventist Church — 0.3 mi away
• Saint Mary's Catholic Church — 0.3 mi away
• First Christian Church — 0.3 mi away