Saint Mary's Byzantine Church

The community around Saint Mary's Byzantine Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About 1 in 10 the workforce is looking for work and not finding it, and more than a third 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.

• Unemployment: 12.4% (7.2–17.7%)
• Obesity: 41.0%
• Social Isolation: 32.5%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 27.2%
• Food Insecurity: 24.2%
• Diabetes: 15.2%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.4%
• Poverty Rate: 19.4% (9.3–29.6%)
• Housing Insecurity: 17.0%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 16.4%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.3% (6.4–20.2%)
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 12.2%

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

Whiting city is served by 8 churches — about one congregation for every 571 residents.

Churches near Saint Mary's Byzantine Church

• Whiting United Methodist Church — 0.1 mi away
• Hungarian Reformed Church — 0.2 mi away
• First Church of Christ — 0.2 mi away
• New Life Christian Church — 0.2 mi away
• Sacred Heart Church — 0.3 mi away
• Immaculate Conception Grotto — 0.3 mi away
• Faith Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
• Saint Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church — 0.3 mi away
• Whiting Church of the Nazarene — 0.3 mi away in Hammond, IN
• Saint John the Baptist Catholic Church — 0.4 mi away in Hammond, IN