West Welch Church of God

The community around West Welch Church of God

It takes 3.4 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity, and more than a third describe their own health as fair or poor, and about a third of the people here live below the poverty line. 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.

• Obesity: 48.5%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 36.7%
• Poverty Rate: 32.6% (20.7–44.5%)
• Food Insecurity: 31.9%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 21.5%
• Diabetes: 20.5%
• Social Isolation: 37.2%
• Depression: 30.0%
• Housing Insecurity: 23.0%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.6%
• Child Poverty: 24.7% (5.1–44.3%)
• Transportation Barriers: 16.3%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.7%
• Unemployment: 6.7% (1.1–12.5%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

Churches near West Welch Church of God

• Calvary Church — 0.7 mi away
• Saint Peter Catholic Church — 0.7 mi away
• First United Methodist Church — 0.7 mi away
• First Presbyterian Church — 0.7 mi away
• Reclamation church — 0.7 mi away
• First Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away
• Living Hope Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away
• Saint James Baptist Church — 0.9 mi away
• Church of Christ — 1 mi away
• Court Street Methodist Church — 1.1 mi away