Riverside Baptist Church

Riverside Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Kankakee, IL 60901. It is one of 73 churches in Kankakee, and one of 7 Baptist congregations in the city.

Kankakee, IL, 60901

Shares a ministry location with Life Compass Church.

Riverside Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.

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The community around Riverside Baptist Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than half of the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is 2,200 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

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  • Child Poverty: 57.9% (40.1–75.8%)
  • Food Insecurity: 29.1%
  • Obesity: 45.0%
  • Social Isolation: 37.1%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.1%
  • Poverty Rate: 28.6% (20.2–36.9%)
  • Housing Insecurity: 21.7%
  • Diabetes: 16.4%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 15.1%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.5%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.6%
  • Transportation Barriers: 14.2%
  • Unemployment: 6.0% (1.2–12.0%)

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

Kankakee city is served by 38 churches — about one congregation for every 577 residents.

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