Mt. Zion AME Church
Mt. Zion AME Church is a African_methodist_episcopal church at 1312 Willow Street in Norristown, PA 19401. It is one of 68 churches in Norristown.
1312 Willow Street, Norristown, PA, 19401Website: https://www.mtzion-ntown.faith/
Mt. Zion AME Church is part of the Methodist family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around Mt. Zion AME 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. About a third of the people here live below the poverty line, and about 1 in 10 the workforce is looking for work and not finding it. 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.
- Poverty Rate: 30.9% (17.4–44.5%)
- Unemployment: 12.1% (1.7–22.6%)
- Obesity: 43.7%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 28.1%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 17.2% (8.3–26.2%)
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 16.5%
- Diabetes: 14.4%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2022), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Norristown borough is served by 29 churches — about one congregation for every 1,231 residents.
Churches near Mt. Zion AME Church
- Siloam Baptist Church — 0 mi away
- Eternal Life Christian Center — 0.1 mi away
- St. Augustine of Hippo Episcopal Church — 0.1 mi away
- Deliverance Evangelistic Temple — 0.2 mi away
- New Macedonia Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Ebenezer Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Norristown Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Norristown Church of God — 0.3 mi away
- Norristown New Life Church — 0.3 mi away
- Church of the Nazarene — 0.3 mi away