Saint Matthews Church

The community around Saint Matthews Church

It takes 2.7 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 3 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and about a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and about 1 in 5 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. A scattered parish is still a parish.

Pray for the families driving a long way to everything — to work, to a hospital, to this door on a Sunday morning.

• Child Poverty: 35.1% (19.7–50.5%)
• Social Isolation: 32.6%
• Food Insecurity: 20.1%
• Obesity: 39.5%
• Depression: 25.0%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 24.0%
• Poverty Rate: 18.8% (12.1–25.5%)
• Diabetes: 14.8%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 12.8% (8.1–17.4%)
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 10.3%

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

Churches near Saint Matthews Church

• St Mark Church of Christ — 0.1 mi away
• Salisbury Church — 1.1 mi away
• Faro Chapel PFWB Church — 1.1 mi away in Fremont, NC
• Yelverton Church — 1.2 mi away in Fremont, NC
• Davis Grove Church — 2.1 mi away in Snow Hill, NC
• Antioch Church — 2.5 mi away in Pikeville, NC
• Union Grove Church — 2.8 mi away
• White Oak Grove Church — 3.3 mi away in Pikeville, NC
• Levelton Chapel — 3.4 mi away
• Mount Calvary Church — 3.4 mi away