Poplar Street AME Zion Church
Poplar Street AME Zion Church is a African_methodist_episcopal_zion church in Philadelphia, PA 19144. It is one of 1,763 churches in Philadelphia, and one of 2 African_methodist_episcopal_zion congregations in the city.
Philadelphia, PA, 19144Poplar Street AME Zion Church is part of the Methodist family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around Poplar Street AME Zion 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 describe their own health as fair or poor, and about a third of the people here live below the poverty line. That is 2,400 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.
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 31.0%
- Poverty Rate: 30.7% (19.4–42.0%)
- Diabetes: 19.5%
- Unemployment: 12.4% (4.5–20.4%)
- Obesity: 42.3%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2022, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Philadelphia city is served by 1,051 churches — about one congregation for every 1,515 residents.
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- Saint James Community Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Compelling People to Christ Ministries Worldwide — 0.1 mi away
- Basilica Shrine of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal — 0.2 mi away
- Mount Vernon Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Bible Ministries Fellowship Church — 0.2 mi away
- Harambe Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Deliverance Mission — 0.3 mi away