Davis Street Christian Church

The community around Davis Street Christian Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 4 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line. More than a third of adults live with obesity, 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 households stretched past their means, and for this church to know their names.

• Child Poverty: 40.4% (24.2–56.6%)
• Obesity: 43.9%
• Social Isolation: 36.2%
• Poverty Rate: 27.7% (18.5–36.9%)
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 25.5%
• Food Insecurity: 21.9%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 27.3%
• Housing Insecurity: 15.9%
• Diabetes: 13.9%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.2%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 10.8%
• Unemployment: 7.6% (1.9–13.4%)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

Ottumwa city is served by 48 churches — about one congregation for every 285 residents.

Churches near Davis Street Christian Church

• Evangelistic Foursquare Church — 0.1 mi away
• Plymouth Congergational United Church — 0.2 mi away
• First Church of the Nazarene — 0.3 mi away
• Ottumwa Church of Christ — 0.3 mi away
• Willard Street United Methodist Church — 0.4 mi away
• Ottumwa Baptist Temple — 0.4 mi away
• Saint Patricks Catholic Church — 0.4 mi away
• Life Church — 0.4 mi away
• Church of God Prophecy — 0.4 mi away
• FPAG — 0.5 mi away