St. John & St. James Church
St. John & St. James Church is a church at 149 Roxbury St in Boston, MA 02119-1525. It is one of 366 churches in Boston.
149 Roxbury St, Boston, MA, 02119-1525Phone: +16174458843 · Website: https://saintjohnschurch.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/Leaflet-1-11-26.pdf
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The community around St. John & St. James Church
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 4 in 5 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half 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.
- Child Poverty: 94.0%
- Poverty Rate: 48.8%
- Social Isolation: 46.7%
- Food Insecurity: 30.8%
- Unemployment: 16.4% (10.1–22.6%)
- Depression: 27.6%
- Housing Insecurity: 21.5%
- Transportation Barriers: 20.3%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 15.4%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.7%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 21.6%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
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