Bethel AME Church

The community around Bethel AME Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 the people here live below the poverty line. Nearly a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, 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 households stretched past their means, and for this church to know their names.

• Poverty Rate: 33.7% (24.2–43.2%)
• Food Insecurity: 28.0%
• Obesity: 42.4%
• Social Isolation: 37.1%
• Child Poverty: 34.2% (19.7–48.6%)
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 27.3%
• Housing Insecurity: 20.1%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 19.4% (13.4–25.4%)
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 16.6%
• Unemployment: 8.9% (5.0–12.9%)
• Depression: 23.1%
• Transportation Barriers: 15.4%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.3%
• Diabetes: 14.0%

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

Churches near Bethel AME Church

• Salvation Army — 0.1 mi away
• First United Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
• New Vision World Ministries — 0.2 mi away
• First Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• First Presbyterian Church — 0.3 mi away
• St. Paul's Lutheran Church — 0.4 mi away
• St. Paul's Episcopal Church — 0.4 mi away
• Holy Name Catholic Church — 0.5 mi away
• Lifepoint Church — 0.6 mi away
• St James United Methodist Church — 0.7 mi away