Forest Hill Community Church

The community around Forest Hill Community 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. About a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about a third of the people here live below the poverty line. That is 2,200 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.

• Food Insecurity: 35.1%
• Poverty Rate: 33.9% (22.6–45.1%)
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 33.3%
• Diabetes: 19.8%
• Unemployment: 13.7% (6.4–20.9%)
• Obesity: 42.4%
• Social Isolation: 39.1%
• Child Poverty: 37.0% (17.1–56.9%)
• Housing Insecurity: 22.9%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 19.6% (10.0–29.3%)
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 17.9%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.5%
• Depression: 25.8%
• Transportation Barriers: 16.6%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.0%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.

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

Churches near Forest Hill Community Church

• Celebration Church — 0.2 mi away
• FIVE39 Church — 0.2 mi away
• Church 539 — 0.3 mi away
• Friendship Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
• Blessed Trinity — 0.6 mi away
• St Martha's Church — 0.6 mi away
• St Hedwig's Church — 0.7 mi away
• Saint Hedwigs Catholic Church — 0.7 mi away
• Nueva Vida Evangelical Church AD — 0.8 mi away
• Thayer Street Church of Christ — 0.9 mi away