Saint Matthew Catholic Church

Saint Matthew Catholic Church is a Roman_catholic church at 121 Jackson Street in Monroe, LA 71201. It is one of 195 churches in Monroe, and one of 5 Roman_catholic congregations in the city.

121 Jackson Street, Monroe, LA, 71201

Phone: +1 318-323-8878 · Website: https://www.stmatthewmonroe.org/

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The community around Saint Matthew Catholic Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 2 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 nearly half of the children here are growing up below the poverty line. That is 2,100 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

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  • Obesity: 53.0%
  • Child Poverty: 50.6% (33.2–67.9%)
  • Food Insecurity: 44.8%
  • Social Isolation: 41.3%
  • Poverty Rate: 40.0% (28.3–51.6%)
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 36.2%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 36.0%
  • Housing Insecurity: 32.4%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 27.3%
  • Diabetes: 22.5%
  • Transportation Barriers: 22.3%
  • Unemployment: 10.9% (2.6–19.9%)
  • Depression: 24.6%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 11.4% (4.4–18.5%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 9 census tracts near this church.

Monroe city is served by 86 churches — about one congregation for every 472 residents.

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