Memorial Church

The community around Memorial Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 4 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than half of the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. That is 3,100 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.

• Child Poverty: 57.7% (39.3–76.2%)
• Social Isolation: 42.2%
• Food Insecurity: 41.9%
• Poverty Rate: 36.1% (22.7–49.5%)
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 32.0%
• Housing Insecurity: 27.8%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 26.8%
• Unemployment: 15.3% (6.9–23.7%)
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 34.0%
• Transportation Barriers: 17.1%
• Diabetes: 16.5%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 15.2%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 14.3% (8.8–19.7%)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

Paterson city is served by 85 churches — about one congregation for every 1,857 residents.

Churches near Memorial Church

• New Life Evangelistic Church — 0 mi away
• Iglesia Nuevo Nacimiento — 0.1 mi away
• Iglesia Jehova En El Monte Sinai — 0.1 mi away
• Paterson Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.1 mi away
• Tabernacle of Praise Inc — 0.1 mi away
• Saint Mary's Roman Catholic Church — 0.3 mi away
• St. Marys Church — 0.3 mi away in paterson, NJ
• Union Avenue Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
• King of Kings Worship Ministries — 0.4 mi away
• First Spiritualist Church of Totowa — 0.4 mi away