Saint Matthews Church

The community around Saint Matthews Church

It takes 4.8 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, about 1 in 5 adults live with diabetes, and more than a third of adults live with obesity, and about 1 in 5 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. 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.

• Diabetes: 18.9%
• Obesity: 41.2%
• Food Insecurity: 20.3%
• Social Isolation: 30.9%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 24.4%
• Poverty Rate: 16.9% (8.0–25.8%)
• Unemployment: 7.8% (2.8–12.9%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Saint Matthews Church

• Saint Paul Church — 0.6 mi away
• Shady Grove Church — 2 mi away
• Mount Olive Church — 2 mi away
• Saint Luke Church — 2.4 mi away
• Bethel Church — 2.4 mi away
• St Luke Ame Church — 3 mi away
• Saint Paul Church — 3.2 mi away
• Saint Stephens Church — 3.5 mi away in St Matthews, SC
• Savannah Chapel — 3.6 mi away
• Shiloh Church — 3.6 mi away in St Matthews, SC