First Baptist Church

The community around First Baptist Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than half of the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of the people here live below the poverty line. That is 2,100 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: 55.1% (38.6–70.7%)
• Poverty Rate: 46.5% (33.6–59.5%)
• Food Insecurity: 45.0%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 41.2%
• Housing Insecurity: 33.1%
• Transportation Barriers: 23.5%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 22.7%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 22.3%
• Diabetes: 20.0%
• Unemployment: 14.2% (5.2–23.1%)
• Obesity: 44.1%
• Social Isolation: 38.2%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.9%
• Depression: 24.7%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

Bakersfield city is served by 97 churches — about one congregation for every 3,983 residents.

Churches near First Baptist Church

• The River — 0.2 mi away
• Wholeness Ministries — 0.3 mi away
• First Presbyterian Church — 0.3 mi away
• Confucius Church — 0.4 mi away
• Resurrection Church — 0.4 mi away
• California Avenue Church of Christ — 0.4 mi away
• First Christian Church — 0.4 mi away
• Iglesia Casa De Dios — 0.4 mi away
• Mill Creek Christian Chuch — 0.4 mi away
• The Garden — 0.4 mi away