Smith Chapel

The community around Smith Chapel

Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. About a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about a third of the people here live without health insurance. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.

• Obesity: 46.3%
• Food Insecurity: 34.0%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 32.4% (23.1–41.7%)
• Housing Insecurity: 26.3%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 22.5%
• Social Isolation: 37.3%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.7%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 17.1%
• Diabetes: 16.1%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.9%
• Child Poverty: 29.4% (14.4–44.4%)
• Poverty Rate: 19.6% (11.7–27.4%)
• Transportation Barriers: 16.7%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.

Durham city is served by 183 churches — about one congregation for every 1,296 residents.

Churches near Smith Chapel

• Mount Zoar Missionary Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
• Mt Zoar Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
• Ministerio Hispano Fellowship — 0.6 mi away
• Fellowship Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
• Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses — 0.6 mi away
• The City, Inc — 0.6 mi away
• Ross Church — 0.7 mi away
• Apostolic House of Deliverance Church — 0.7 mi away
• First Freewill Baptist Church — 0.9 mi away
• Believers Assembly Christian Church — 1 mi away