First Friends Church

The community around First Friends 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. Nearly half of the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of adults say they are socially isolated. 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: 51.9% (34.4–69.4%)
• Social Isolation: 45.4%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 36.3%
• Food Insecurity: 34.0%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 31.5%
• Housing Insecurity: 26.7%
• Poverty Rate: 27.0% (17.5–36.5%)
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 17.2%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 15.4% (10.8–20.1%)
• Transportation Barriers: 16.5%
• Diabetes: 13.4%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 12.7%
• Unemployment: 6.2% (2.7–9.6%)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

Long Beach city is served by 143 churches — about one congregation for every 3,245 residents.

Churches near First Friends Church

• First Lutheran Church — 0.1 mi away
• First Lutheran Church, LB/The Gathering memorial page — 0.1 mi away
• Citylights Church — 0.1 mi away
• Shoreline Community Church — 0.1 mi away
• Lime Avenue Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
• Friendship Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
• First Assembly of God Church — 0.1 mi away
• St Lukes Episcopal Church — 0.1 mi away
• Trinity Lutheran Church — 0.1 mi away
• St Johns Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away