First Christian Church
First Christian Church is a church at West Monroe Street in Carbondale, IL 62901. It is one of 48 churches in Carbondale.
West Monroe Street, Carbondale, IL, 62901Find 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 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than half of the people here live 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.
- Poverty Rate: 55.4%
- Social Isolation: 40.4%
- Food Insecurity: 35.3%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 19.2%
- Obesity: 44.4%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 27.3%
- Housing Insecurity: 23.8%
- Transportation Barriers: 20.2%
- Unemployment: 9.4% (1.0–17.7%)
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.3%
- Depression: 25.5%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Carbondale city is served by 9 churches — about one congregation for every 1,685 residents.
Churches near First Christian Church
- First United Methodist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Door the Christian Fellowship — 0.1 mi away
- Walnut Street Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- First Presbyterian Church — 0.1 mi away
- Calvary Campus Church — 0.2 mi away
- Saint Francis Xavier Catholic Church — 0.2 mi away
- Rock Hill Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Bethel AME Church — 0.4 mi away
- Our Savior Lutheran Church — 0.4 mi away
- Olivet Free Will Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away