Bond Avenue Community Baptist Church

The community around Bond Avenue Community Baptist Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than 4 in 5 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of adults live with obesity. 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: 84.9%
• Obesity: 52.9%
• Food Insecurity: 45.4%
• Poverty Rate: 40.8% (23.6–58.0%)
• Social Isolation: 40.2%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 36.2%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 36.1%
• Housing Insecurity: 34.2%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 27.4%
• Diabetes: 23.5%
• Transportation Barriers: 22.8%
• Unemployment: 7.9% (1.5–15.4%)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.

Cahokia Heights city is served by 18 churches — about one congregation for every 780 residents.

Churches near Bond Avenue Community Baptist Church

• Pilgrim Rest Missionary Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away in Alorton, IL
• Rock Hill Missionary Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away in Alorton, IL
• Strait Gate Church of Lively — 0.3 mi away in East St Louis, IL
• Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses--Centreville — 0.4 mi away in East St Louis, IL
• Mt. Moriah COGIC — 0.4 mi away in Alorton, IL
• Original House of Prayer to All Nations — 0.4 mi away in Alorton, IL
• Ohoptanchurch — 0.4 mi away in East St Louis, IL
• Calvary Missionary Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away in East St Louis, IL
• Parks Chapel AME Church — 0.5 mi away in East St Louis, IL
• New Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away in Alorton, IL