Saint James AME Church

The community around Saint James AME Church

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. More than half of adults live with obesity, and more than half of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. 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: 56.3%
• Food Insecurity: 55.5%
• Child Poverty: 50.6% (32.7–68.4%)
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 45.2%
• Social Isolation: 43.2%
• Poverty Rate: 40.0% (28.4–51.6%)
• Housing Insecurity: 39.5%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 39.1%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 33.9%
• Transportation Barriers: 28.2%
• Diabetes: 28.1%
• Unemployment: 9.9% (1.6–18.4%)
• Depression: 25.1%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.1%

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

Churches near Saint James AME Church

• Progressive Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• First Presbyterian Church — 0.3 mi away
• Grace Episcopal Church — 0.3 mi away
• Pursuit — 0.3 mi away
• First Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
• First United Methodist Church — 0.4 mi away
• St John Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
• Central Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
• Saint Patrick Catholic Church — 0.5 mi away
• Mount Pleasant Missionary Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away