Newlight Church

The community around Newlight Church

In the few miles around this church, more than 2 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 adults say they are socially isolated. 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: 47.9% (30.6–65.3%)
• Social Isolation: 34.4%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 26.2%
• Food Insecurity: 24.1%
• Diabetes: 17.1%
• Obesity: 39.6%
• Depression: 23.1%
• Poverty Rate: 21.2% (12.8–29.7%)
• Housing Insecurity: 17.9%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 12.9%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 11.3% (5.7–16.9%)
• Unemployment: 6.4% (1.8–11.2%)

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

Churches near Newlight Church

• Morning Star Church — 0.2 mi away
• Grace Church — 0.6 mi away
• Delrayno Church — 0.8 mi away
• Penn Avenue Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away
• Emanuel Worship Center — 0.9 mi away
• Oxford United Methodist Church — 0.9 mi away
• St. Stephen's Episcopal Church — 0.9 mi away
• Community Fellowship Christian — 1 mi away
• Refuge Temple — 1.1 mi away
• New Hope Baptist Church — 1.1 mi away