East Chicago Church

The community around East Chicago Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 5 in 10 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 2,200 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: 50.6% (31.0–70.2%)
• Obesity: 45.7%
• Food Insecurity: 38.9%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 35.9%
• Housing Insecurity: 26.8%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 25.3%
• Diabetes: 19.7%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 19.0%
• Social Isolation: 35.7%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.7%
• Poverty Rate: 22.6% (11.9–33.4%)
• Unemployment: 11.0% (3.7–18.3%)
• Transportation Barriers: 16.8%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 14.1% (7.7–20.5%)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

Churches near East Chicago Church

• Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church — 0 mi away
• First Greek American Orthodox Church — 0.1 mi away
• Saint Mary's Roman Catholic Church — 0.1 mi away
• Evangelistic Temple Shalom — 0.2 mi away
• First Congregational Church — 0.2 mi away
• Iglesia De Dios Pentecostal, M.I Plenitud y Vida — 0.2 mi away
• Saint Basil's Roman Catholic Church — 0.2 mi away
• Saint Nicholas Greek Catholic Church — 0.2 mi away
• Good Shepherd Episcopal Church — 0.2 mi away
• Mision Cristiana Roca Eterna — 0.3 mi away