Parks Chapel AME Church
Parks Chapel AME Church is a church at 4301 Baker Ave in East St Louis, IL 62207-1349. It is one of 83 churches in East St Louis.
4301 Baker Ave, East St Louis, IL, 62207-1349Phone: +16182718521 · Website: https://www.parkschapelamec.com/
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The community around Parks Chapel AME Church
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. More than 4 in 5 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of adults live with obesity. 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.
- Child Poverty: 89.4%
- Obesity: 52.0%
- Food Insecurity: 42.6%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 35.7%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 34.5%
- Poverty Rate: 32.6% (16.8–48.4%)
- Housing Insecurity: 32.3%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 25.7%
- Diabetes: 22.8%
- Social Isolation: 39.6%
- Transportation Barriers: 21.2%
- Unemployment: 7.1% (0.5–15.0%)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.
Churches near Parks Chapel AME Church
- Strait Gate Church of Lively — 0.2 mi away
- Mitchell Tabernacle CME Church — 0.3 mi away
- Mt. Moriah COGIC — 0.3 mi away in Alorton, IL
- Full Gospel Church of God & Christ — 0.3 mi away
- Shiloh MB Church — 0.3 mi away
- New Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away in Alorton, IL
- Rock Hill Missionary Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away in Alorton, IL
- World-Wide Fellowship Ministries COG — 0.5 mi away
- Fireworks Station Church of God — 0.5 mi away in Alorton, IL
- Bond Avenue Community Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away in Cahokia Heights, IL