Fourth Avenue United Methodist Church

The community around Fourth Avenue United Methodist Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 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 live with obesity. 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: 49.3% (30.8–67.8%)
• Obesity: 47.8%
• Depression: 35.5%
• Poverty Rate: 31.7% (20.9–42.4%)
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 30.7%
• Food Insecurity: 25.3%
• Social Isolation: 39.3%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 17.7%
• Diabetes: 15.7%
• Unemployment: 12.0% (5.8–18.2%)
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.0%
• Housing Insecurity: 18.2%
• Transportation Barriers: 14.7%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 11.0% (4.7–17.3%)

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

Huntington city is served by 108 churches — about one congregation for every 382 residents.

Churches near Fourth Avenue United Methodist Church

• First Church of the Nazarene — 0.1 mi away
• Guyandotte Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away
• Ceredo Christian Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
• Shiloah Seventh Day Adventist Church — 0.3 mi away
• First Guyandotte Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
• Fifth Avenue Freewill Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
• Highlawn Presbyterian Church — 0.4 mi away
• Community-Grace United Methodist — 0.5 mi away
• New Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
• Highlawn United Methodist Church — 0.5 mi away