State Street Baptist Church

The community around State Street Baptist Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 8 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and nearly half of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is two thousand 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: 87.7%
• Obesity: 52.7%
• Food Insecurity: 45.3%
• Poverty Rate: 40.6% (25.7–55.5%)
• Social Isolation: 40.0%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 39.0%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 38.4%
• Housing Insecurity: 33.0%
• Diabetes: 26.6%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 25.4%
• Unemployment: 22.9% (14.5–31.3%)
• Transportation Barriers: 21.4%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.5%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

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

Churches near State Street Baptist Church

• Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away in East St Louis, IL
• Kingshighway Church of Christ — 0.1 mi away
• New Bethel Missionary Baptist — 0.2 mi away in East St Louis, IL
• Church Of God In Christ — 0.3 mi away
• Refuge Temple — 0.3 mi away in East St Louis, IL
• Bethlehem Temple Seventh — 0.4 mi away in East St Louis, IL
• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — 0.4 mi away in East St Louis, IL
• Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses — 0.7 mi away in East St Louis, IL
• The New McCasland Deliverance Temple Church — 0.8 mi away in East St Louis, IL
• Saint Constantine and Saint Helen Greek Orthodox Church — 0.8 mi away