Saint Matthews Church

The community around Saint Matthews Church

In the few miles around 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 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. 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: 59.4%
• Obesity: 52.4%
• Food Insecurity: 39.8%
• Poverty Rate: 38.2%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 37.3%
• Housing Insecurity: 27.6%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 22.3%
• Diabetes: 22.2%
• Social Isolation: 35.2%
• Transportation Barriers: 21.6%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 17.5%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.7%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 12.7% (8.2–17.2%)
• Unemployment: 6.4% (3.7–9.1%)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Saint Matthews Church

• Maxton Pentecostal Holiness — 0.4 mi away
• Saint Pauls Church — 0.4 mi away
• St Paul's Methodist Church — 0.5 mi away
• Dothan Church — 0.5 mi away
• First Baptist Church of Maxton — 0.6 mi away
• Saint George United Methodist Church — 0.6 mi away
• First Presbyterian Church — 0.7 mi away
• Shiloh Missionary Church — 1 mi away
• New Horizon Church of God in Christ — 1 mi away
• Judah International Ministries — 1 mi away