Saint Matthew Church

The community around Saint Matthew Church

It takes 3.3 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 2 in 10 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and more than a third of adults live with obesity, and about a third of adults say they are socially isolated. A scattered parish is still a parish.

Pray for the families driving a long way to everything — to work, to a hospital, to this door on a Sunday morning.

• Food Insecurity: 25.7%
• Obesity: 43.0%
• Social Isolation: 34.8%
• Child Poverty: 33.0% (21.8–44.2%)
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 27.6%
• Poverty Rate: 22.4% (16.6–28.2%)
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 19.9%
• Diabetes: 15.7%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 14.1%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.9%
• Depression: 26.0%
• Housing Insecurity: 18.3%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.3%
• Transportation Barriers: 13.2%

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

Churches near Saint Matthew Church

• Oak Grove Church — 0.4 mi away
• Kulichito Church — 1.9 mi away
• Goodwater Church — 1.9 mi away
• Oka Achukma Church — 1.9 mi away
• Mount Zion Church — 2.1 mi away
• Good News Fellowship — 3.7 mi away
• Church of Christ — 3.8 mi away
• Eastside Baptist Church — 4.3 mi away
• Broken Bow Church of God — 4.4 mi away
• First United Methodist Church — 4.5 mi away