Ireland Street Chapel

The community around Ireland Street Chapel

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About 2 in 3 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of adults live with obesity. 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.

• Child Poverty: 68.7%
• Obesity: 46.9%
• Poverty Rate: 37.5% (27.0–48.0%)
• Food Insecurity: 35.1%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 33.1%
• Diabetes: 18.2%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 18.1%
• Social Isolation: 35.8%
• Housing Insecurity: 24.7%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 21.8%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 18.1% (12.4–23.7%)
• Transportation Barriers: 17.4%
• Unemployment: 11.7% (7.1–16.2%)
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.5%
• Depression: 24.9%

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

Churches near Ireland Street Chapel

• House of Prayer — 0.2 mi away
• Holy Comforter Episcopal Church — 0.3 mi away
• Refuge Temple Church — 0.4 mi away
• Piedmont Presbyterian Church — 0.4 mi away
• First Christian UCC, Downtown Burlington — 0.6 mi away
• Front Street United Methodist Church — 0.6 mi away
• Philadelphia Seventh Day — 0.6 mi away
• Unity Worship Center — 0.7 mi away
• Love Fellowship Church — 0.7 mi away
• First Wesleyan Church — 0.7 mi away