Benson Memorial CME Church

The community around Benson Memorial CME Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 describe their own health as fair or poor. Nearly a quarter of the people here live without health insurance, and nearly a quarter of working-age adults live without health insurance. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.

• Fair/Poor Health Status: 33.1%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 29.2% (19.6–38.9%)
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 26.1%
• Diabetes: 18.5%
• Unemployment: 12.4% (4.6–20.3%)
• Obesity: 40.1%
• Poverty Rate: 22.7% (10.1–35.2%)
• Child Poverty: 25.8% (8.2–43.4%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Benson Memorial CME Church

• Jerusalem Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• Ibneiah Missionary Baptist — 0.3 mi away
• Seminary Heights Church of Christ — 0.4 mi away
• First Pentecostal COGIC — 0.5 mi away
• New Community United Methodist Church — 0.5 mi away
• Zion Hill Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
• Jehovah's Witnesses — 0.6 mi away
• Rising Star Missionary Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
• Whites Temple Church of God in Christ — 0.7 mi away
• Saint Paul Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away