Saint Joseph Baptist Church
Saint Joseph Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Baton Rouge, LA 70802. It is one of 547 churches in Baton Rouge, and one of 117 Baptist congregations in the city.
Baton Rouge, LA, 70802Saint Joseph Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around Saint Joseph Baptist Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than a third of the people here live below the poverty line, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. That is 2,200 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.
- Poverty Rate: 43.7% (31.9–55.4%)
- Social Isolation: 41.2%
- Food Insecurity: 32.5%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 19.0%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.2%
- Depression: 29.3%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 26.4%
- Housing Insecurity: 23.8%
- Transportation Barriers: 18.3%
- Unemployment: 8.1% (1.7–14.4%)
- Obesity: 38.4%
- Diabetes: 13.9%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Baton Rouge city is served by 212 churches — about one congregation for every 1,006 residents.
Churches near Saint Joseph Baptist Church
- Faith African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church — 0.1 mi away
- Mount Gillion Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Magnolia Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Beulah Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Sweethome Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Greater Antioch Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- New Canaan Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Mount Calvary Third Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Saint James Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- University Presbyterian Churxh — 0.5 mi away