Community needs in Grand Rapids

These are the neighborhoods the churches of Grand Rapids City Network sit in, measured by the national health and census surveys across 313 neighborhoods and about 469,374 residents. A city figure hides as much as it shows, so where a need concentrates is printed with it.

• Social Isolation — 32.5%. Heaviest around Muskegon Heights (38.1%).
• Depression — 27.5%.
• Obesity — 36.4%. Heaviest around Muskegon Heights (57.6%), Muskegon (48.5%), Pullman (45.9%).
• Food Insecurity — 15.6%.

CDC PLACES · 2023. How we measure this, including which figures we withhold and why.

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