Davis Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church

The community around Davis Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. About a third of the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and about a third of adults say they are socially isolated. That is 2,100 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.

• Obesity: 40.3%
• Child Poverty: 35.7% (18.8–52.6%)
• Social Isolation: 33.9%
• Depression: 24.4%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 22.2%
• Poverty Rate: 21.5% (12.9–30.1%)
• Food Insecurity: 17.0%
• Unemployment: 6.3% (2.4–10.2%)

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

Mattoon city is served by 25 churches — about one congregation for every 147 residents.

Churches near Davis Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church

• Immaculate Conception Church — 0.2 mi away
• Wayside Chapel Seventh Day Adventist Church — 0.2 mi away
• First Church of the Nazarene — 0.2 mi away
• Mattoon Christian Church — 0.2 mi away
• First Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• Church of Christ — 0.3 mi away
• Trinity Episcopal Church — 0.3 mi away
• Unity Church (Mattoon, Illinois) — 0.3 mi away
• Faith Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
• Grace Fellowship Church — 0.4 mi away