The Light of the World Church

The community around The Light of the World Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 5 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and more than 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 households stretched past their means, and for this church to know their names.

• Child Poverty: 56.8% (39.5–74.1%)
• Obesity: 46.1%
• Poverty Rate: 38.9% (27.5–50.3%)
• Food Insecurity: 36.5%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 32.5%
• Housing Insecurity: 25.9%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 20.0%
• Unemployment: 16.9% (6.1–27.6%)
• Social Isolation: 35.3%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 19.0%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 18.9% (11.8–26.0%)
• Transportation Barriers: 18.5%
• Diabetes: 17.8%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 27.8%
• Depression: 25.9%

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

Churches near The Light of the World Church

• Second Reformed United Church of Christ — 0 mi away
• New Hope Holiness Church — 0.2 mi away
• Abiatha Temple Church of God — 0.3 mi away
• Iglesia pentecoste la roca incomovible santida a Jehova — 0.4 mi away
• Cornerstone Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
• Shady Side Presbyterian Church — 0.6 mi away
• St. Stephen United Methodist Church — 0.6 mi away
• First Reformed United Church of Christ — 0.6 mi away
• Renaissance Road Church — 0.6 mi away
• Lexington Community Church — 0.7 mi away