Our Lady of Perpetual Help

The community around Our Lady of Perpetual Help

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 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about a third describe their own health as fair or poor. That is 2,300 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.

• Food Insecurity: 40.8%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 35.1%
• Housing Insecurity: 32.5%
• Poverty Rate: 31.6% (22.1–41.0%)
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 21.3%
• Unemployment: 12.5% (2.0–23.1%)
• Obesity: 40.3%
• Social Isolation: 39.9%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 32.0%
• Transportation Barriers: 21.4%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 19.3%
• Child Poverty: 28.5% (15.4–41.5%)
• Depression: 25.4%
• Diabetes: 13.1%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 12.3% (5.3–19.3%)

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

Churches near Our Lady of Perpetual Help

• Iglesia Pentecostal Monte Sinai — 0.1 mi away
• Assembleia Pentecostal — 0.1 mi away
• St Anthony Of Padua Parish — 0.3 mi away
• Sons of God Apostolic Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
• Iglesia De Cristo Misionera New Bedford — 0.5 mi away
• Igreja Universal — 0.6 mi away
• Holy Name of the Sacred Heart of Jesus — 0.7 mi away
• Emanuel New Bedford — 0.7 mi away
• Iglesia Adventista de New Bedford — 0.7 mi away
• North Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away