City of Joy
City of Joy is a church at 600 West Exchange Street, Akron, OH, 44302 in Akron, OH 44302. It is one of 416 churches in Akron.
We exist to serve God's purpose
City of Joy Life Enrichment Center, located in Akron, Ohio, was founded in 2009 by Pastor Mayceo Smith II.
Serving since 2009
600 West Exchange Street, Akron, OH, 44302, Akron, OH, 44302Website: https://www.cityofjoylec.org/
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The community around City of Joy
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. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and more than a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. 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.
- Obesity: 52.7%
- Food Insecurity: 41.4%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 37.4%
- Poverty Rate: 32.0% (19.5–44.5%)
- Housing Insecurity: 30.1%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 26.4%
- Diabetes: 24.2%
- Social Isolation: 38.9%
- Depression: 27.3%
- Transportation Barriers: 21.2%
- Unemployment: 10.2% (3.6–17.5%)
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.1%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.7%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.
Akron city is served by 251 churches — about one congregation for every 762 residents.
Churches near City of Joy
- Friendship Apostolic Church of Christ — 0.1 mi away
- Saint Joseph Melkite Greek Catholic Church — 0.1 mi away
- Stone's Deliverance Temple — 0.2 mi away
- Garden City Church — 0.2 mi away
- First United Church of Christ — 0.3 mi away
- Church in Akron — 0.3 mi away
- River of Life Church — 0.3 mi away
- Mount Calvary Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- House of Prayer for All People — 0.4 mi away
- Church of Our Savior — 0.4 mi away