St. Benedict the Moor
St. Benedict the Moor is a Catholic church at 320 21st Street Northeast in Washington, DC 20002. It is one of 867 churches in Washington, and one of 32 Catholic congregations in the city.
320 21st Street Northeast, Washington, DC, 20002Website: https://stbenmoordc.org/
St. Benedict the Moor is part of the Catholic family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around St. Benedict the Moor
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. About 1 in 5 the workforce is looking for work and not finding it, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. That is 2,500 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.
- Unemployment: 18.0% (9.9–26.0%)
- Social Isolation: 37.9%
- Poverty Rate: 19.6% (11.3–27.8%)
- Food Insecurity: 19.4%
- Housing Insecurity: 16.2%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 11.4%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Washington city is served by 535 churches — about one congregation for every 1,253 residents.
Churches near St. Benedict the Moor
- Greater Mount Pisgah Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Peace Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Open Door Temple Church of God in Christ — 0.3 mi away
- Pilgrim African Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.3 mi away
- The Universal Church — 0.4 mi away in Washington D.C., DC
- Mount Moriah Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Highway Deliverance Church — 0.4 mi away
- New Commandment Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Christ City Church — 0.5 mi away
- Trinidad Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away