Saint Matthews Church

The community around Saint Matthews Church

In the few miles around this church, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About 1 in 5 the people here live without health insurance, and more than a third 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.

• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 21.6% (15.4–27.7%)
• Obesity: 40.9%
• Social Isolation: 33.2%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 26.2%
• Food Insecurity: 24.6%
• Diabetes: 15.6%
• Depression: 24.1%
• Housing Insecurity: 18.3%
• Poverty Rate: 17.0% (9.5–24.4%)
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 16.7%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 12.4%
• Unemployment: 7.1% (2.0–12.2%)

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

Churches near Saint Matthews Church

• The Bridge Church — 0.1 mi away
• Dudley Church — 0.1 mi away
• Second Birth Christian Ministries — 0.6 mi away
• First Congregational Church — 0.7 mi away
• All Saints United Holy Church — 1 mi away
• Mays Chapel — 1.6 mi away
• St Andrews Christian Church — 2.1 mi away
• Saint Andrews Church — 2.2 mi away
• Cricket Ridge Pentecostal — 2.8 mi away in Mt Olive, NC
• Augusta Church — 2.9 mi away