Saint Edward Church

The community around Saint Edward Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. More than a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. That is 2,200 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: 48.8%
• Food Insecurity: 43.6%
• Social Isolation: 41.6%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 38.2%
• Housing Insecurity: 35.7%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 30.2%
• Transportation Barriers: 23.4%
• Diabetes: 23.2%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 34.6%
• Poverty Rate: 22.9% (12.6–33.2%)
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 16.6% (8.9–24.2%)
• Unemployment: 11.0% (4.0–18.4%)
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.2%

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

St. Louis city is served by 405 churches — about one congregation for every 735 residents.

Churches near Saint Edward Church

• East Union Missionary Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• Life of Jericho Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
• Mount Pleasant Missionary Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
• Siloam M.B. Church — 0.4 mi away in St Louis, MO
• Northern Missionary Baptist — 0.4 mi away
• Perfect Peace Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
• New Salem Missionary Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
• Mount Pleasant Missionary Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
• Whosoever Will Let Him Come — 0.5 mi away in St Louis, MO
• Saint James Missionary Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away