First Christian Church
First Christian Church is a church in Iowa City, IA 52240. It is one of 72 churches in Iowa City.
Iowa City, IA, 52240Find First Christian Church on The Church Map, explore nearby congregations, and pray for its community.
The community around First Christian Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 5 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About 2 in 3 the people here live below the poverty line, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. That is 2,300 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: 70.3%
- Social Isolation: 42.7%
- Food Insecurity: 32.4%
- Depression: 30.0%
- Transportation Barriers: 21.2%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 15.2%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.1%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 23.3%
- Housing Insecurity: 18.5%
- Unemployment: 6.2% (2.8–9.7%)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Iowa City city is served by 43 churches — about one congregation for every 1,698 residents.
Churches near First Christian Church
- Saint Marys Church — 0.1 mi away
- First United Methodist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Geneva Campus Ministry — 0.1 mi away
- Congregational United Church of Christ — 0.1 mi away
- Wesley Student Center — 0.1 mi away
- Trinity Episcopal Church — 0.1 mi away
- Newman Catholic Student Center — 0.2 mi away
- JustChurch — 0.2 mi away
- St. Paul's Lutheran Chapel — 0.2 mi away
- Gloria Dei Lutheran Church — 0.2 mi away