Saint Elizabeth Church

The community around Saint Elizabeth Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 5 the children here are growing up below the poverty line. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and more than a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is 2,100 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: 98.5%
• Obesity: 49.6%
• Food Insecurity: 36.5%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 35.9%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 31.7%
• Housing Insecurity: 28.0%
• Diabetes: 22.5%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 21.1%
• Unemployment: 18.8% (5.7–32.1%)
• Social Isolation: 38.8%
• Poverty Rate: 25.9% (11.5–40.5%)
• Transportation Barriers: 17.7%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

East St. Louis city is served by 78 churches — about one congregation for every 249 residents.

Churches near Saint Elizabeth Church

• Full Gospel Tabernacle — 0.3 mi away
• Southern Mission Missionary Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away in East St Louis, IL
• State Street Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away
• St. Matthew Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away in East St Louis, IL
• Morning Star Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
• Bray Temple Christian Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.5 mi away
• New Life Community Church — 0.5 mi away in East St Louis, IL
• Greater New Hope Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away in East St Louis, IL
• Faith Holiness Apostolic Church — 0.6 mi away in East St Louis, IL
• Saint John Lutheran Church — 0.6 mi away