Saint Benedict Church
Saint Benedict Church is a church at 65 Barbara Street, Newark, NJ, 07105 in Newark, NJ 07105. It is one of 434 churches in Newark.
65 Barbara Street, Newark, NJ, 07105, Newark, NJ, 07105Website: https://www.saintbenedictnewark.org/
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The community around Saint Benedict Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, 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 people here live without health insurance, and nearly a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is 2,100 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.
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 35.2%
- Food Insecurity: 28.9%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 25.0%
- Social Isolation: 37.9%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.2%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 25.8%
- Housing Insecurity: 23.8%
- Unemployment: 9.1% (4.1–14.1%)
- Child Poverty: 23.0% (8.0–38.2%)
- Transportation Barriers: 14.6%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 13.2%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Newark city is served by 139 churches — about one congregation for every 2,211 residents.
Churches near Saint Benedict Church
- Comunidade Familiar Cristã — 0.2 mi away
- Maranatha Fellowship Church — 0.2 mi away
- Igreja Cristã Maranata — 0.2 mi away
- Wolff Memorial Presbyterian Church — 0.2 mi away
- Ministerio Internacional 12 Tribos de Israel — 0.2 mi away
- Igreja Universal — 0.3 mi away
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — 0.3 mi away
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints — 0.4 mi away
- Brazilian Seventh Day Adventist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Saint Pauls Church — 0.4 mi away