Philadelphia Church

The community around Philadelphia Church

In the few miles around this church, more than 3 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line. About a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and about 1 in 10 the workforce is looking for work and not finding it. 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: 36.7% (19.6–53.8%)
• Social Isolation: 33.9%
• Unemployment: 12.0% (3.2–20.7%)
• Obesity: 39.3%
• Depression: 26.7%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 24.4%
• Food Insecurity: 19.1%
• Poverty Rate: 16.6% (10.5–22.8%)
• Diabetes: 14.5%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 12.8% (6.5–19.2%)

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

Churches near Philadelphia Church

• Blessed Way Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
• Jones Tabernacle CME — 0.8 mi away
• New Bethel Baptist Church — 1 mi away
• New Beginnings Church — 1.2 mi away in Shelby, NC
• Fallston Baptist Church — 1.6 mi away in Fallston, NC
• Friendship United Methodist — 1.6 mi away in Fallston, NC
• First United Methodist Church — 2 mi away
• Pleasant Grove Church — 2.5 mi away in Shelby, NC
• Lawndale Baptist Church — 2.5 mi away
• Ledford Grove Church — 2.6 mi away