Saint Alphonsus Catholic Church
Saint Alphonsus Catholic Church is a Roman_catholic church at 2111 Market Street in Wheeling, WV 26003. It is one of 96 churches in Wheeling, and one of 6 Roman_catholic congregations in the city.
One of the oldest Catholic churches in Wheeling, St. Alphonsus has been a place of prayer, worship, and faithful witness for generations, preserving a rich heritage that continues to inspire today.
2111 Market Street, Wheeling, WV, 26003Phone: +1 304-232-4353 · Website: http://www.stalswheeling.org/
Saint Alphonsus Catholic Church is part of the Catholic family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around Saint Alphonsus Catholic 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. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and more than a third of the people here live below the poverty line. 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.
- Obesity: 48.0%
- Poverty Rate: 38.3% (25.3–51.4%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 34.9%
- Depression: 32.9%
- Food Insecurity: 28.7%
- Diabetes: 20.4%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 20.2%
- Social Isolation: 35.5%
- Housing Insecurity: 20.0%
- Transportation Barriers: 15.3%
- Unemployment: 7.5% (0.8–14.9%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 8 census tracts near this church.
Wheeling city is served by 71 churches — about one congregation for every 339 residents.
Churches near Saint Alphonsus Catholic Church
- First Christian Church — 0 mi away
- Saint John's United Church of Christ — 0.1 mi away
- Centre Wheeling Fellowship — 0.1 mi away
- Saint John the Divine Greek Orthodox Church — 0.1 mi away
- Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Roman Catholic Church — 0.2 mi away
- Aldersgate United Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
- First English Lutheran Church — 0.3 mi away
- St. Matthew's Episcopal Church — 0.3 mi away
- Saint James Evangelical Lutheran Church — 0.3 mi away
- Liberty Christian Church — 0.4 mi away