Our Lady Comforter of the Afflicted Church

The community around Our Lady Comforter of the Afflicted Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. More than a third of the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and about a third of adults say they are socially isolated. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.

• Obesity: 43.0%
• Child Poverty: 36.5% (18.2–54.8%)
• Social Isolation: 35.2%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 26.7%
• Poverty Rate: 26.2% (14.7–37.7%)
• Food Insecurity: 22.7%
• Diabetes: 17.2%
• Depression: 26.1%
• Housing Insecurity: 16.8%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 13.7%

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

Youngstown city is served by 155 churches — about one congregation for every 387 residents.

Churches near Our Lady Comforter of the Afflicted Church

• Saint Marys Byzantine Catholic Church — 0.1 mi away
• The Encounter Church — 0.6 mi away
• Sovereign Grace Chapel — 0.6 mi away
• Holy Ghost Orthodox Church — 0.6 mi away
• Mahoning United Methodist Church — 0.7 mi away
• Grace Evangelistic Temple Church — 0.7 mi away
• Third Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
• St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church — 0.7 mi away
• Saint Michaels Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Church — 0.8 mi away
• Holy Trinity Serbian Eastern Orthodox Church — 0.8 mi away