Perry Chapel AME Church

The community around Perry Chapel AME Church

In the few miles around this church, more than 4 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 children here are growing up 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: 50.8%
• Child Poverty: 43.9% (25.3–62.4%)
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 33.7%
• Poverty Rate: 30.3% (20.8–39.8%)
• Food Insecurity: 29.8%
• Diabetes: 19.8%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 18.7%
• Social Isolation: 36.0%
• Housing Insecurity: 23.0%
• Depression: 23.5%
• Transportation Barriers: 16.0%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Perry Chapel AME Church

• Shiloh Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
• Mercy Seat Missionary Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
• St Matthews Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• Grand Avenue SDA Church — 0.3 mi away
• First Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
• Charleston, Missouri First Assembly Of God — 0.3 mi away
• St Marks Missionary Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
• Southside Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
• St Henry's Catholic Church — 0.5 mi away
• United Methodist Church — 1.7 mi away