Saint Matthew Evangelical Lutheran Church

Saint Matthew Evangelical Lutheran Church is a Lutheran church in Gulfport, MS 39501. It is one of 159 churches in Gulfport.

Gulfport, MS, 39501

Website: http://stmatthewgulfport.tripod.com/

Saint Matthew Evangelical Lutheran Church is part of the Lutheran family of churches in The American Church Story.

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The community around Saint Matthew Evangelical Lutheran Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about 1 in 5 the people here live without health insurance. That is 2,100 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

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  • Food Insecurity: 30.9%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 21.8% (13.2–30.4%)
  • Obesity: 41.5%
  • Social Isolation: 38.6%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 32.8%
  • Child Poverty: 30.1% (13.8–47.4%)
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.9%
  • Poverty Rate: 25.2% (15.6–34.9%)
  • Housing Insecurity: 21.9%
  • Diabetes: 17.8%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 15.2%
  • Unemployment: 11.6% (1.8–22.0%)
  • Transportation Barriers: 15.9%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.5%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 7 census tracts near this church.

Gulfport city is served by 38 churches — about one congregation for every 1,727 residents.

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