Saint Matthews Church

The community around Saint Matthews Church

In the few miles around this church, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About a third 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: 34.8% (16.3–53.3%)
• Social Isolation: 32.1%
• Unemployment: 8.8% (2.8–15.1%)
• Obesity: 36.7%
• Depression: 24.0%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 21.7%
• Poverty Rate: 16.8% (8.1–25.5%)
• Food Insecurity: 16.1%
• Diabetes: 13.4%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 12.4% (6.6–18.1%)

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

Churches near Saint Matthews Church

• St Matthew's Episcopal Church — 0 mi away
• Macedonia Church — 1.2 mi away
• Salem Church — 1.7 mi away
• Gays Chapel — 1.9 mi away
• Gay's Chapel United Methodist Church — 1.9 mi away
• Enon Church — 1.9 mi away
• Maranatha Bible Church — 2.2 mi away
• Northgate Church — 2.4 mi away
• Sherrills Ford Road Baptist — 2.4 mi away
• Calvary Church — 2.5 mi away