✓ Primary carePumpkin Center is not a shortage area
✓ Dental carePumpkin Center is not a shortage area
✓ Mental healthPumpkin Center is not a shortage area
Hospitals: Medicare overall star ratings, 1–5. Community health centers charge on a sliding scale by income. Distances are straight-line from the center of Pumpkin Center; ≈ marks a hospital located by its town, not its street. Shortage areas: HRSA Health Professional Shortage Areas.
Habits
Everyday habits, side by side with California
Share of adults, with the California figure marked.
Get no exercise26%CA 24.6%
Sleep under 7 hours36.9%CA 35.1%
Binge drink17.7%CA 15.3%
Smoke cigarettes10.3%CA 10.9%
0%10%20%30%40%
Pumpkin Center, betterPumpkin Center, worseAbout the sameCalifornia
Where Pumpkin Center gets moving
Walk with neighbors
The easiest exercise habit to keep is one with company.
Checkups & screenings
Keeping up with care
Share of Pumpkin Center adults getting routine care. The full ring is 100%; the dark tick marks California.
Yearly checkupCA 72%
Dentist visitCA 63%
Cholesterol checkCA 85%
Colon screeningCA 58%
MammogramCA 76%
Taking BP medsCA 71%
1 in 8
working-age adults has no health insurance
Pumpkin Center 13.2% · California 1 in 9 (10.6%)
Mind & connection
How Pumpkin Center adults are doing
About the same as California on each measure.
1 in 3Pumpkin Center adults feel lonely
34.6% · CA 37.3% · About the same as CA
1 in 4Pumpkin Center adults lack social or emotional support
26.9% · CA 28.6% · About the same as CA
1 in 5Pumpkin Center adults have been diagnosed with depression
21.2% · CA 20.1% · About the same as CA
1 in 6Pumpkin Center adults are in frequent mental distress
17.4% · CA 16.4% · About the same as CA
The one neighbors can help with
1 in 3 Pumpkin Center adults feel lonely. A hello is a start.
Groups are the easiest way in: a walking group, a book club, your street.
Same-state neighbors only, ordered by length of shared border.
Disability
Living with a disability
Shown without a better/worse judgment.
32.1%
of Pumpkin Center adults live with a disability (California 30.4%). Thinking or memory is the most common.
Walking or climbing stairs14.4%
Thinking or memory15.5%
Hearing6%
Errands alone8%
Vision6.2%
Dressing or bathing4.1%
California
Questions about health in Pumpkin Center
Why doesn’t Pumpkin Center have a Health Grade?
Every Health Grade is built from seven of CDC’s PLACES estimates, and CDC doesn’t publish all seven for Pumpkin Center.
What hospital is closest to Pumpkin Center?
Mercy Hospital in Bakersfield, 7.5 miles in a straight line from Pumpkin Center’s center point, is the nearest general hospital with an emergency room. Medicare rates it 3 of 5 stars.
Where can I get low-cost care near Pumpkin Center?
40 community health center sites are within 10 miles; the nearest is Greenfield Community Health Center in Bakersfield, 0.8 miles away. They charge on a sliding scale by income.
Neighbors talk health
Doctors taking patients, urgent care, staying active in Pumpkin Center.
Health estimates: CDC PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, 2025 release. The California figure combines its counties, weighted by adult population. Hospitals and star ratings: Medicare Care Compare (CMS). Health centers and shortage areas: HRSA. Ages: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. Town boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau. This page isn’t medical advice. In an emergency, call 911.