Ward Chapel AME Church

The community around Ward Chapel AME Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 2 in 10 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. More than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and about a third of the children here are growing up below the poverty line. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the tables that run short before the month does, and for this church's table to be long.

• Food Insecurity: 25.4%
• Social Isolation: 38.0%
• Child Poverty: 34.9% (19.2–50.6%)
• Poverty Rate: 23.4% (13.8–33.1%)
• Housing Insecurity: 21.3%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 15.8%
• Obesity: 36.6%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.4%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 22.7%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.1%
• Transportation Barriers: 13.6%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 11.4% (5.6–17.2%)
• Unemployment: 6.1% (2.0–10.2%)

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

Churches near Ward Chapel AME Church

• Church of Deliverance — 0.1 mi away
• New Testament Christian Church — 0.3 mi away
• Junction Full Gospel Church — 0.4 mi away
• Junction City Church of Christ — 0.4 mi away
• Church of God In Christ — 0.6 mi away
• Junction City Seventh-day Adventist Church — 0.6 mi away
• Junction City Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
• Junction City First Unided Methodist Church — 0.7 mi away
• First United Methodist Church — 0.7 mi away
• Calvary Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away