Straight & Narrow Ministries

The community around Straight & Narrow Ministries

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. Nearly half of the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. 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.

• Child Poverty: 51.9% (34.4–69.4%)
• Social Isolation: 43.2%
• Food Insecurity: 31.3%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 30.5%
• Poverty Rate: 30.5% (22.0–39.1%)
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 33.9%
• Housing Insecurity: 24.9%
• Transportation Barriers: 15.5%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.8%
• Diabetes: 14.2%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 12.7%
• Unemployment: 7.4% (3.6–11.2%)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Straight & Narrow Ministries

• Trinity Lutheran Church — 0.1 mi away
• First Assembly of God Church — 0.2 mi away
• First Lutheran Church, LB/The Gathering memorial page — 0.2 mi away
• First Lutheran Church — 0.2 mi away
• St Lukes Episcopal Church — 0.2 mi away
• First Friends Church — 0.2 mi away
• First Baptist Church of Long Beach — 0.3 mi away
• First Christian Church — 0.3 mi away
• Citylights Church — 0.3 mi away
• Shoreline Community Church — 0.3 mi away