First Church of Christ Scientist
First Church of Christ Scientist is a church in Charleston, IL 61920. It is one of 41 churches in Charleston.
Charleston, IL, 61920First Church of Christ Scientist is part of the Metaphysical, New Thought and Swedenborgian family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around First Church of Christ Scientist
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. About 2 in 3 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and more than a third of the people here live below the poverty line. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
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- Child Poverty: 70.2%
- Poverty Rate: 39.6%
- Social Isolation: 37.6%
- Food Insecurity: 22.8%
- Obesity: 39.8%
- Depression: 26.4%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 22.0%
- Housing Insecurity: 16.5%
- Transportation Barriers: 13.2%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 12.2%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Charleston city is served by 16 churches — about one congregation for every 675 residents.
Churches near First Church of Christ Scientist
- First Methodist Church — 0.1 mi away
- First Presbyterian Church — 0.2 mi away
- Saint Charles Borromeo Church — 0.2 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Crossroads Community Church — 0.2 mi away
- First Christian Church — 0.2 mi away
- First United Brethren Church — 0.2 mi away
- Pilgrim Holiness Christian Church — 0.3 mi away
- North Side Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- First Apostolic Church — 0.7 mi away