Richardson Chapel

The community around Richardson Chapel

In the few miles around this church, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and about a third of the people here live below the poverty line. 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.

• Obesity: 45.1%
• Poverty Rate: 32.4% (21.6–43.2%)
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 31.1%
• Child Poverty: 31.3% (13.2–49.4%)
• Depression: 29.4%
• Diabetes: 17.3%
• Unemployment: 9.1% (0.9–17.7%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2022, 2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Richardson Chapel

• Garmeada Missionary Church — 1.5 mi away
• Bennetts Fork Church — 2.1 mi away
• Middlesboro Church of God Mountain Assembly — 2.5 mi away
• Lifechurch Middlesboro — 2.7 mi away
• First Apostolic Middlesboro — 2.7 mi away
• West Cumberland Baptist Church — 2.7 mi away
• Hensley Chapel Baptist Church — 3.1 mi away
• Red Oak Baptist Church — 3.2 mi away
• Winchester Avenue Church of God - Middlesboro — 3.4 mi away
• First Apostolic Church — 3.5 mi away