Refuge Temple Church

The community around Refuge Temple Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 5 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 nearly a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. 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: 59.8% (44.0–75.6%)
• Poverty Rate: 31.2% (22.2–40.3%)
• Food Insecurity: 27.7%
• Obesity: 44.3%
• Social Isolation: 34.4%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 28.0%
• Housing Insecurity: 20.3%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 17.3%
• Diabetes: 16.1%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 14.6%
• Unemployment: 8.4% (3.8–13.0%)
• Depression: 24.5%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 14.7% (9.6–19.7%)
• Transportation Barriers: 14.1%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Refuge Temple Church

• Front Street United Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away
• Holy Comforter Episcopal Church — 0.3 mi away
• First Christian UCC, Downtown Burlington — 0.3 mi away
• Macedonia Lutheran Church — 0.4 mi away
• Ireland Street Chapel — 0.4 mi away
• Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church — 0.4 mi away
• First Presbyterian Church — 0.4 mi away
• First Reformed United Church of Christ — 0.5 mi away
• House of Prayer — 0.5 mi away
• First Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away