Hope and Elim
Hope and Elim is a church at 2500 University Ave in Des Moines, IA 50311-4504. It is one of 340 churches in Des Moines.
2500 University Ave, Des Moines, IA, 50311-4504Phone: +15152824481 · Website: https://hope-elim.lutheranchurchofhope.org/
Shares a ministry location with First Christian Church.
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The community around Hope and Elim
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. More than a third of the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. 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: 41.4% (22.1–60.7%)
- Social Isolation: 40.1%
- Poverty Rate: 33.5% (20.5–46.6%)
- Food Insecurity: 28.9%
- Unemployment: 12.2% (6.3–18.1%)
- Obesity: 42.7%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 25.9%
- Housing Insecurity: 21.0%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 15.3%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.9%
- Depression: 24.6%
- Transportation Barriers: 15.8%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
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