Saint Matthews Church

The community around Saint Matthews 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. More than half of adults live with obesity, and nearly half of the people here live below the poverty line. 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.

• Obesity: 56.0%
• Poverty Rate: 51.0% (36.6–65.3%)
• Food Insecurity: 49.6%
• Social Isolation: 44.3%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 42.0%
• Housing Insecurity: 35.5%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 29.1%
• Diabetes: 27.9%
• Transportation Barriers: 25.2%
• Unemployment: 18.1% (8.1–28.2%)
• Child Poverty: 39.8% (20.5–59.7%)
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 33.2%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 20.5%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 19.5% (12.9–26.2%)

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

Macon-Bibb County is served by 118 churches — about one congregation for every 1,326 residents.

Churches near Saint Matthews Church

• New Renaissance Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away in Macon, GA
• Mt Sinai Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away in Macon, GA
• Union Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away in Macon, GA
• St Luke Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away in Macon, GA
• St Peters Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away in Macon, GA
• Greater Lizzieboro Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away in Macon, GA
• Healing Temple Church Inc. — 0.6 mi away in Macon, GA
• New Pleasant Grove Missionary Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away in Macon, GA
• The Pentecostal Church of God - Macon — 0.7 mi away in Macon, GA
• Memorial Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away in Macon, GA