Packer Memorial Church
Packer Memorial Church is a church at 18 University Drive in Bethlehem, PA 18015. It is one of 128 churches in Bethlehem.
18 University Drive, Bethlehem, PA, 18015Find Packer Memorial Church on The Church Map, explore nearby congregations, and pray for its community.
The community around Packer Memorial Church
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. More than a third of the people here live below the poverty line, and nearly a quarter of adults here carry depression. That is 2,300 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.
- Poverty Rate: 44.9% (32.1–57.7%)
- Depression: 27.3%
- Unemployment: 7.1% (1.4–12.9%)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2022), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.
Bethlehem city is served by 71 churches — about one congregation for every 1,078 residents.
Churches near Packer Memorial Church
- St peters lutheran church — 0.1 mi away
- St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church — 0.1 mi away
- First Reformed Church — 0.2 mi away
- Life Church Bethlehem — 0.2 mi away
- First Hispanic Evangelical Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Lehigh University Bible Fellowship — 0.2 mi away
- Holy Infancy Roman Catholic Church — 0.2 mi away
- Fritz United Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away
- St Joseph's Church Hall — 0.3 mi away
- Balm Church — 0.3 mi away