Lakemont Baptist Church

Lakemont Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 1510 Prince George Avenue in Petersburg, VA 23803. It is one of 124 churches in Petersburg, and one of 17 Baptist congregations in the city.

1510 Prince George Avenue, Petersburg, VA, 23803

Website: http://www.petersburgbaptist.org/

Lakemont Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.

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The community around Lakemont Baptist Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than half of the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of adults live with obesity. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

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  • Child Poverty: 61.7% (45.9–78.7%)
  • Obesity: 52.5%
  • Food Insecurity: 45.9%
  • Social Isolation: 40.6%
  • Poverty Rate: 40.1% (25.5–54.8%)
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 39.2%
  • Housing Insecurity: 33.2%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 27.9%
  • Transportation Barriers: 24.2%
  • Diabetes: 23.8%
  • Unemployment: 18.6% (8.7–28.6%)
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.5%
  • Depression: 23.2%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 16.8%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.

Petersburg city is served by 51 churches — about one congregation for every 652 residents.

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