First United Methodist Church
First United Methodist Church is a church in Tamaqua, PA 18252. It is one of 20 churches in Tamaqua.
Tamaqua, PA, 18252First United Methodist Church is part of the Methodist family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around First United Methodist Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than a third of adults live with obesity, and nearly a quarter of adults here carry depression. 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.
- Obesity: 42.1%
- Depression: 28.2%
- Poverty Rate: 27.7% (16.6–38.8%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 26.2%
- Diabetes: 13.6%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.3% (6.9–19.7%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2022, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Tamaqua borough is served by 12 churches — about one congregation for every 575 residents.
Churches near First United Methodist Church
- Tamaqua Primitive Methodist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Trinity United Church of Christ — 0.1 mi away
- St. Jerome Parish Center — 0.2 mi away
- Saint John XXIII Catholic Church — 0.2 mi away
- Calvary Episcopal Church — 0.2 mi away
- Saint John's Evangelical Lutheran Church — 0.3 mi away
- Bethany Evangelical Congregational Church — 0.3 mi away
- Saint John's United Church of Christ — 0.3 mi away
- St. John XXIII Catholic Church — 0.4 mi away
- Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church — 0.4 mi away