Saint Marks Church

The community around Saint Marks Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, 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 people here live below the poverty line, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. That is 2,200 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.

• Poverty Rate: 50.3%
• Social Isolation: 43.5%
• Food Insecurity: 41.7%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 34.8%
• Housing Insecurity: 29.4%
• Transportation Barriers: 23.9%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 23.7%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 20.7%
• Diabetes: 17.5%
• Obesity: 39.7%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.7%
• Depression: 24.6%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.4% (6.2–20.6%)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 1 census tracts near this church.

Athens-Clarke County unified government (balance) is served by 88 churches — about one congregation for every 1,398 residents.

Churches near Saint Marks Church

• Ebenezer Baptist Church East — 0.2 mi away in Athens, GA
• The Church of Christ — 0.3 mi away
• Macedonia Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away in Athens, GA
• Friendship Church — 0.4 mi away in Athens, GA
• Athens Mt Olive Seventh-day Adventist Church — 0.4 mi away in Athens, GA
• New Faith Tabernacle Church — 0.4 mi away
• Full Gospel Tabernacle — 0.4 mi away in Athens, GA
• Living Water Christian Fellowship Church — 0.5 mi away in Athens, GA
• New Dorsey Tabernacle Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
• Oconee Street Methodist Church — 0.6 mi away