Barton Heights Church

The community around Barton Heights Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 6 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and about a third describe their own health as fair or poor. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the households stretched past their means, and for this church to know their names.

• Child Poverty: 63.1% (45.8–80.4%)
• Obesity: 50.1%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 35.8%
• Poverty Rate: 30.1% (19.3–40.8%)
• Diabetes: 25.3%
• Unemployment: 13.5% (6.7–20.3%)
• Depression: 23.8%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.1%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 14.6% (8.2–21.0%)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

Memphis city is served by 1,033 churches — about one congregation for every 596 residents.

Churches near Barton Heights Church

• Riverside Missionary Baptist Church — 0 mi away
• Taylor Chapel Missionary Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• Washington Chapel Christian Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.3 mi away
• Inspire Church Memphis — 0.4 mi away
• Saint Joseph Catholic Church — 0.5 mi away
• Williams Temple Church of God in Christ Satellite Annex — 0.5 mi away
• Greater Paradise Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
• Christ Community Outreach Services — 0.5 mi away
• New Testament Church — 0.6 mi away
• Christ Temple Church of Deliverance — 0.7 mi away