St Mel Catholic Church

The community around St Mel Catholic 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 of adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter of adults here carry depression. 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.

• Social Isolation: 31.3%
• Depression: 26.9%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 22.1%
• Food Insecurity: 18.0%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 10.4%
• Unemployment: 6.3% (1.7–10.9%)

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

Churches near St Mel Catholic Church

• The Salvation Army — 0.4 mi away
• The Salvation Army Dearborn Heights Citadel — 0.4 mi away
• Community Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away in Garden, MI
• World Deliverance Temple — 0.5 mi away
• Victory In Christ Church — 0.5 mi away in Westland, MI
• Immanuel Lutheran Church — 0.6 mi away
• Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses--Dearborn Heights North, Dearborn Heights West, & Inkster North — 0.7 mi away
• St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church — 0.9 mi away
• Congregation Beit Ephraim — 0.9 mi away
• Our Lady of Perpetual Help Ukrainian Catholic Church — 0.9 mi away