First Lutheran Church

First Lutheran Church is a Lutheran church in Chariton, IA 50049. It is one of 25 churches in Chariton, and one of 2 Lutheran congregations in the city.

Part of Southeastern Iowa Synod

Chariton, IA, 50049

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The community around First Lutheran Church

In the few miles around this church, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than a third of adults live with obesity, and about a third of adults say they are socially isolated. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

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  • Obesity: 40.5%
  • Social Isolation: 32.0%
  • Child Poverty: 26.6% (10.3–43.0%)
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 23.4%
  • Poverty Rate: 20.4% (11.0–29.8%)
  • Food Insecurity: 15.7%
  • Diabetes: 14.1%

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

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