The Emmaus Community
The Emmaus Community is a church at 20820 Western Ave in Olympia Fields, IL 60461-1927. It is one of 10 churches in Olympia Fields.
20820 Western Ave, Olympia Fields, IL, 60461-1927Phone: +17084817025 · Website: https://theemmauscommunity.org/
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The community around The Emmaus Community
Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about 1 in 10 the workforce is looking for work and not finding it. That is 2,200 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.
- Food Insecurity: 31.5%
- Unemployment: 12.2% (6.8–17.6%)
- Social Isolation: 37.1%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.4%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 26.3%
- Poverty Rate: 25.1% (12.6–37.7%)
- Housing Insecurity: 25.0%
- Diabetes: 16.9%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 16.5%
- Obesity: 38.9%
- Transportation Barriers: 14.9%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.2%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Churches near The Emmaus Community
- Church of the Nazarene — 0.4 mi away in Chicago Heights, IL
- House of Purpose — 0.5 mi away
- Assumption Greek Orthodox Church — 0.5 mi away
- Coj Family Life Center Church — 0.5 mi away
- Freedom of Grace Full Gospel Church — 0.5 mi away in Chicago Heights, IL
- Prince of Peace Lutheran Church — 0.5 mi away in Chicago Heights, IL
- First Presbyterian Church of Chicago Heights — 0.5 mi away in Chicago Heights, IL
- Life Church — 0.6 mi away in Chicago Heights, IL
- God's Healing Place Ministries Intl. — 0.6 mi away
- Olympia Fields United Methodist Church — 0.6 mi away