Saint Charles Borromeo Church

The community around Saint Charles Borromeo Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 2 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 2,200 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: 63.3% (43.0–75.2%)
• Poverty Rate: 37.2% (27.9–46.5%)
• Social Isolation: 37.2%
• Food Insecurity: 22.3%
• Obesity: 39.9%
• Depression: 26.2%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 22.2%
• Housing Insecurity: 16.1%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 11.9%

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 Saint Charles Borromeo Church

• First Methodist Church — 0.1 mi away
• First Presbyterian Church — 0.1 mi away
• First Church of Christ Scientist — 0.2 mi away
• Crossroads Community Church — 0.3 mi away
• First Christian Church — 0.3 mi away
• Pilgrim Holiness Christian Church — 0.3 mi away
• First Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
• First United Brethren Church — 0.4 mi away
• North Side Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
• First Apostolic Church — 0.6 mi away