Sacred Heart Church

The community around Sacred Heart 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. About a third describe their own health as fair or poor, and about a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is 2,100 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.

• Fair/Poor Health Status: 32.9%
• Food Insecurity: 32.3%
• Housing Insecurity: 25.3%
• Social Isolation: 38.0%
• Child Poverty: 36.8% (17.5–56.1%)
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.3%
• Poverty Rate: 26.1% (17.4–34.9%)
• Transportation Barriers: 17.1%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 17.1%
• Diabetes: 15.1%
• Obesity: 38.7%
• Depression: 26.2%
• Unemployment: 7.9% (2.5–13.4%)

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

New Bedford city is served by 10 churches — about one congregation for every 10,062 residents.

Churches near Sacred Heart Church

• Iglesia Adventista de New Bedford — 0.1 mi away
• North Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
• Shachah Praise & Worship Center — 0.3 mi away
• St Lawrence Martyr Catholic Church — 0.6 mi away
• Grace Harbor Church — 0.7 mi away
• Center Trinity United Methodist Church — 0.8 mi away
• Assembly of God Renewal In Christ — 0.8 mi away
• Assembleia Pentecostal — 0.9 mi away
• Union Baptist Church — 0.9 mi away
• King of Kings — 0.9 mi away