Saint Matthews Church

The community around Saint Matthews Church

It takes 3.6 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 2 in 10 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and more than a third of adults live with obesity, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. A scattered parish is still a parish.

Pray for the families driving a long way to everything — to work, to a hospital, to this door on a Sunday morning.

• Food Insecurity: 27.0%
• Obesity: 42.1%
• Social Isolation: 40.0%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.6%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.6%
• Depression: 28.2%
• Poverty Rate: 25.5% (12.3–38.7%)
• Diabetes: 17.1%
• Housing Insecurity: 18.9%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 14.0%
• Transportation Barriers: 13.3%
• Unemployment: 7.0% (1.3–13.0%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Saint Matthews Church

• Saint Nicholas Catholic Church — 0.5 mi away
• Mount Carmel Baptist Church — 1.5 mi away
• St James Baptist Church — 2.6 mi away in New Iberia, LA
• Saint Nicholas Catholic Church — 3 mi away in Lydia, LA
• First Baptist Church — 3.1 mi away
• Saint Marks Church — 3.2 mi away
• Jubilee Nation Ministries — 3.2 mi away
• Champions Life Family Church — 3.3 mi away
• Morning Pilgrim Baptist Church — 3.3 mi away
• Saint Mark Baptist Church — 3.3 mi away