La Santa Cruz Lutheran Church

The community around La Santa Cruz Lutheran Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 4 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated. More than a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and more than a third describe their own health as fair or poor. That is 2,500 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the lonely within reach of this door, and for a congregation that notices.

• Social Isolation: 43.7%
• Food Insecurity: 37.4%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 36.6%
• Housing Insecurity: 29.5%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 25.6%
• Child Poverty: 40.0% (22.2–57.8%)
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 34.9%
• Poverty Rate: 23.0% (14.5–31.4%)
• Transportation Barriers: 17.0%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 16.3% (9.9–22.8%)
• Diabetes: 15.8%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 12.7%
• Unemployment: 7.1% (2.8–11.5%)

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

Los Angeles city is served by 867 churches — about one congregation for every 4,457 residents.

Churches near La Santa Cruz Lutheran Church

• Eleventh Church of Christ Scientist — 0.2 mi away
• Iglesia Adventista del Séptimo Día - Panamericana — 0.2 mi away
• La Voz Del Pueblo — 0.2 mi away
• Santa Isabel Roman Catholic Church — 0.3 mi away
• Christ Embassy Los Angeles — 0.4 mi away
• Central Japanese-American Seventh Day Adventist Church — 0.4 mi away
• Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses — 0.5 mi away
• Our Lady of Talpa Roman Catholic Church — 0.5 mi away
• La Purisima Roman Catholic Church — 0.5 mi away
• Bethany Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away