Saint Matthews Church

The community around Saint Matthews Church

It takes 5.0 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor. A scattered parish is still a parish.

Pray for the families driving a long way to everything — to work, to a hospital, to this door on a Sunday morning.

• Obesity: 40.2%
• Social Isolation: 37.5%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 26.3%
• Poverty Rate: 23.3% (14.1–32.5%)
• Food Insecurity: 21.4%
• Diabetes: 17.5%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 15.1% (9.7–20.5%)
• Housing Insecurity: 16.4%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.5%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 11.1%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 7 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Saint Matthews Church

• Oakview Church of God — 1.7 mi away
• Saint John AME Church — 2.1 mi away
• Riverturn Church — 2.3 mi away
• Newberry A.M.E. Church — 2.6 mi away
• Donalsonville Church of Christ — 4.2 mi away
• Incarnation Catholic Church — 4.3 mi away
• Hammock Springs Free Will Baptist Church — 4.6 mi away
• Trinity United Methodist Church — 4.6 mi away
• First Baptist Church — 4.8 mi away in Jakin, GA
• Saint Johns Church — 4.9 mi away