Leggett Chapel AME Zion Church

The community around Leggett Chapel AME Zion Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 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 more than a third of the people here live below the poverty line. 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: 51.5%
• Poverty Rate: 37.7% (24.7–50.7%)
• Food Insecurity: 36.5%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 32.9%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 21.4%
• Diabetes: 20.2%
• Unemployment: 12.2% (2.0–24.3%)
• Social Isolation: 37.2%
• Depression: 27.6%
• Housing Insecurity: 24.9%
• Transportation Barriers: 18.3%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.6%

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

Churches near Leggett Chapel AME Zion Church

• Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
• Grace Temple Church — 0.1 mi away
• Gethsemane Temple Church of God In Christ — 0.2 mi away
• Greater Bible Way Temple of Albion — 0.2 mi away
• Holy Ascension Orthodox Church — 0.2 mi away
• Mt Calvary Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• Tabernacle of David — 0.5 mi away
• Salem United Church of Christ — 0.5 mi away
• Bethel Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
• Christ Apostolic Church — 0.6 mi away