Fifth Street United Methodist Church
Fifth Street United Methodist Church is a church in Meridian, MS 39307. It is one of 169 churches in Meridian.
Meridian, MS, 39307Fifth Street United Methodist Church is part of the Methodist family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around Fifth Street United Methodist Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than 4 in 5 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of adults live with obesity. That is 2,100 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.
- Child Poverty: 87.9%
- Obesity: 52.7%
- Food Insecurity: 50.7%
- Poverty Rate: 44.2% (28.0–60.4%)
- Social Isolation: 41.3%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 41.0%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 37.4%
- Housing Insecurity: 36.0%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 27.6%
- Transportation Barriers: 26.7%
- Diabetes: 25.1%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 18.0%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 12.3% (5.1–19.5%)
- Unemployment: 7.3% (1.8–13.7%)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Meridian city is served by 90 churches — about one congregation for every 361 residents.
Churches near Fifth Street United Methodist Church
- First Union Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- St. James AME Church — 0.2 mi away
- Calvary Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Liberty Church of Mer — 0.3 mi away
- Bethel Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Grace Missionary Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Christ Temple Church — 0.4 mi away
- Mount Bethel Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Sunlight Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Mt Olive Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away