Cross Link

The community around Cross Link

Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly half of the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and about a third of the people here live below the poverty line. 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: 46.2% (31.3–61.0%)
• Poverty Rate: 35.2% (26.0–44.3%)
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 32.5%
• Food Insecurity: 31.8%
• Diabetes: 18.1%
• Obesity: 44.8%
• Social Isolation: 34.8%
• Depression: 28.6%
• Housing Insecurity: 21.7%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 16.9%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 16.7% (10.6–22.9%)
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 16.5%
• Transportation Barriers: 16.1%

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

Forest City town is served by 11 churches — about one congregation for every 424 residents.

Churches near Cross Link

• Harmon Street Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• Forest City Church of God — 0.3 mi away
• Grace Chapel Forest City — 0.4 mi away
• Florence Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
• First United Methodist Church — 0.6 mi away
• New Bethel AME Zion Church — 0.8 mi away
• Forest City First Seventh-Day Adventist Church — 0.8 mi away
• First Baptist Church of Forest City — 0.8 mi away
• Crestview Baptist Church — 0.9 mi away
• First Wesleyan Church — 1 mi away