Elm Street Chapel

The community around Elm Street Chapel

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. About a third of the people here live below the poverty line, and about a third of adults say they are socially isolated. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.

• Obesity: 45.9%
• Poverty Rate: 32.7% (18.9–46.4%)
• Social Isolation: 35.0%
• Depression: 28.5%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 26.5%
• Food Insecurity: 24.6%
• Unemployment: 10.0% (2.9–17.2%)
• Housing Insecurity: 17.7%
• Diabetes: 13.9%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 13.9%

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

Monroe city is served by 25 churches — about one congregation for every 626 residents.

Churches near Elm Street Chapel

• Iglesia New Life ACyM — 0.3 mi away
• Christ Lutheran Church — 0.3 mi away
• Monroe Gospel Mission Church — 0.3 mi away
• First Church of Christ Scientist — 0.3 mi away
• Solid Rock Church of Monroe — 0.3 mi away
• Shur-Fire Ministries Int. — 0.5 mi away
• Oaks of Righteousness — 0.5 mi away
• Saint Joseph Church — 0.5 mi away
• Christian Science Reading Room — 0.5 mi away
• Saint Mary Church — 0.5 mi away