First United Methodist Church
First United Methodist Church is a Methodist church at 1411 Broadway Street in Lubbock, TX 79401. It is one of 358 churches in Lubbock, and one of 10 Methodist congregations in the city.
1411 Broadway Street, Lubbock, TX, 79401Website: http://www.fumc.com/
First 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 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 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 the families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.
- Poverty Rate: 32.5% (22.5–42.4%)
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 25.0%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 26.2%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 16.9% (8.9–24.8%)
- Obesity: 37.9%
- Depression: 23.2%
- Unemployment: 6.6% (2.8–10.6%)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Lubbock city is served by 216 churches — about one congregation for every 1,183 residents.
Churches near First United Methodist Church
- The Legacy Event Center — 0.1 mi away
- Experience Life Church — 0.1 mi away
- The City Church — 0.1 mi away
- Saint Benedict's Chapel — 0.1 mi away
- Lubbock Chinese Church — 0.1 mi away
- United Methodist Church, Northwest Texas Conference — 0.2 mi away
- Primera Iglesia Apostolica — 0.3 mi away
- Carpenter's Church — 0.4 mi away
- Broadway Church of Christ — 0.5 mi away
- El Sol Latino Bldg. — 0.5 mi away