East Market Street Christian Church

The community around East Market Street Christian 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. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and more than a third of the people here live below the poverty line. 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: 47.6%
• Poverty Rate: 42.0% (29.6–54.4%)
• Social Isolation: 40.3%
• Food Insecurity: 38.1%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 33.5%
• Housing Insecurity: 26.9%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 22.9%
• Unemployment: 13.8% (6.2–21.4%)
• Depression: 30.1%
• Transportation Barriers: 20.3%
• Diabetes: 17.9%
• Child Poverty: 28.9% (11.2–47.5%)
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.8%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.7%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.0% (6.2–19.8%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

Akron city is served by 251 churches — about one congregation for every 762 residents.

Churches near East Market Street Christian Church

• Emmanuel Fellowship Church — 0.1 mi away
• Church of the Master — 0.1 mi away
• McNaughton Street Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
• Family of Faith United Methodist Church — 0.1 mi away
• Middlebury Chapel — 0.2 mi away
• Saint Michaels Byzantine Catholic Church — 0.2 mi away
• Church of the Annunciation — 0.2 mi away
• Bethany Evangelical Lutheran Church — 0.2 mi away
• Saint Marys Greek Catholic Church — 0.2 mi away
• Equip Church International - Akron — 0.3 mi away