East Louisville Church

The community around East Louisville Church

In the few miles around this church, more than 8 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line. About a third of the people here live below the poverty line, and about a third describe their own health as fair or poor. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the households stretched past their means, and for this church to know their names.

• Child Poverty: 85.6%
• Poverty Rate: 33.1% (21.1–45.0%)
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 30.2%
• Food Insecurity: 29.3%
• Diabetes: 20.3%
• Obesity: 42.1%
• Social Isolation: 36.0%
• Housing Insecurity: 20.2%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 14.5%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.6%
• Transportation Barriers: 14.7%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.2%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.0% (5.7–20.4%)
• Unemployment: 6.2% (0.5–12.0%)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

Louisville city is served by 15 churches — about one congregation for every 271 residents.

Churches near East Louisville Church

• Wesley United Methodist Church — 1.4 mi away
• Friendship Baptist Church — 1.5 mi away
• Still Valley Missionary Baptist Church — 1.6 mi away
• First Presbyterian Church — 1.6 mi away
• First Baptist Church — 1.8 mi away
• First United Methodist Church — 1.8 mi away
• Louisville Presbyterian Church — 1.8 mi away
• Louisville First Methodist Church — 1.8 mi away
• Louisville Church of Christ — 1.8 mi away
• First Apostolic Church — 1.9 mi away