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Health in Mountain View · CDC PLACES 2025

Where Mountain View residents get care

CDC publishes only some of its health estimates for Mountain View, not the seven a Health Grade needs; here is what we do have.

Modeled estimates for adults 18+, CDC’s own estimate for Mountain View. How CDC estimates town health

What stands out

What stands out about health in Mountain View

★ What stands out · Habits

Everyday habits, side by side with Colorado

Share of adults, with the Colorado figure marked.

Get no exercise 13.3%CO 17.7%
Sleep under 7 hours 30.6%CO 30.7%
Binge drink 21.1%CO 19%
Smoke cigarettes 9.8%CO 10.9%
0%10%20%30%40%
Mountain View, betterMountain View, worseAbout the sameColorado
Where Mountain View gets moving

Walk with neighbors

The easiest exercise habit to keep is one with company.

Chronic conditions

Out of every 100 Mountain View adults…

Mountain View runs below CO on 2 of 12 conditions. Tap one to see it as people.

2 of every 100 Mountain View adults have had a stroke
Colorado: 3 in 100 · better · likely 2–2.6%
Better than COWorseAbout the sameColorado
Getting care

Care in and near Mountain View

No hospital or community health center in Mountain View itself. These are the nearest.

HNearest ERIntermountain Health Lutheran HospitalWheat Ridge · 1.8 miDirections →
★Best rated nearbySaint Joseph Hospital★★★★★ · 5.5 miDirections →
+Low-cost careWheat Ridge Family Health ClinicWheat Ridge · 0.7 mi · sliding-scale feesDirections →
0.7 mi
Wheat Ridge Family Health Clinic
Wheat Ridge · community health center
Sliding-scale fees
1.7 mi
Stride CHC - Wheat Ridge
Wheat Ridge · community health center
Sliding-scale fees
1.8 mi
Intermountain Health Lutheran Hospital
Wheat Ridge · ★★★★★
ER
4.8 mi
Denver Health & Hospital Authority
Denver · ★★★★★
ER
5.2 mi
HCA Healthone Presbyterian St. Lukes
Denver · ★★★★★
ER
5.4 mi
Centura Health-St. Anthony Hospital
Lakewood · ★★★★★
ER
✓ Primary careMountain View is not a shortage area
✓ Dental careMountain View is not a shortage area
✓ Mental healthNo HRSA shortage area covers Mountain View itself

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 Mountain View; ≈ marks a hospital located by its town, not its street. Shortage areas: HRSA Health Professional Shortage Areas (a “population” designation covers specific residents, such as those with low incomes).

Checkups & screenings

Keeping up with care

Share of Mountain View adults getting routine care. The full ring is 100%; the dark tick marks Colorado.

71%Yearly checkupCO 71%
67%Dentist visitCO 65%
86%Cholesterol checkCO 85%
70%Colon screeningCO 62%
73%MammogramCO 72%
66%Taking BP medsCO 70%
1 in 10
working-age adults has no health insurance
Mountain View 10% · Colorado 1 in 9 (11.1%)
Mind & connection

How Mountain View adults are doing

About the same as Colorado on each measure.

1 in 4Mountain View adults have been diagnosed with depression
23.8% · CO 22.7% · About the same as CO
1 in 6Mountain View adults are in frequent mental distress
15.6% · CO 16% · About the same as CO
The one neighbors can help with

A hello is a start.

Groups are the easiest way in: a walking group, a book club, your street.

Find a group →

If you or someone you know is struggling, call or text 988, the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. It’s free, confidential and open 24/7.

Around town

Mountain View and the towns around it

How health changes across the town line.

Wheat Ridge: 24.3%Arvada: 23.4%Fairmount: 21.7%Edgewater: 24.3%Lakewood: 23.8%Applewood: 23%Mountain View: 23.3%Mountain ViewWheat RidgeIntermountain Health Lutheran Hospital · Wheat Ridge · 1.8 mi · 4★ MedicareHCentura Health-St. Anthony Hospital · Lakewood · 5.4 mi · 4★ MedicareHWheat Ridge Family Health Clinic · Wheat Ridge · 0.7 mi+Stride CHC - Wheat Ridge · Wheat Ridge · 1.7 mi+
Healthier than CONear COLess healthyHHospital+Health center
Obesity
#3 of 7 towns on this map, healthiest first
Mountain View23.3%
Wheat Ridge24.3%
CO26.1%

Nearby towns are shaded from CDC’s estimates for their ZIP codes, or CDC’s own figure for cities and villages.

Health next door

TownHealthObesityDiabetesSmokingFigures from
Wheat RidgeA24.3%9.4%11%CDC place

Same-state neighbors only, ordered by length of shared border.

Disability

Living with a disability

Shown without a better/worse judgment.

24.2%

of Mountain View adults live with a disability (Colorado 27.1%). Thinking or memory is the most common.

Walking or climbing stairs8.5%
Thinking or memory13.2%
Hearing5.7%
Errands alone5.9%
Vision3.5%
Dressing or bathing2.4%
Colorado

Questions about health in Mountain View

Why doesn’t Mountain View have a Health Grade?

Every Health Grade is built from seven of CDC’s PLACES estimates, and CDC doesn’t publish all seven for Mountain View.

What hospital is closest to Mountain View?

Intermountain Health Lutheran Hospital in Wheat Ridge, 1.8 miles in a straight line from Mountain View’s center point, is the nearest general hospital with an emergency room. Medicare rates it 4 of 5 stars.

Where can I get low-cost care near Mountain View?

49 community health center sites are within 10 miles; the nearest is Wheat Ridge Family Health Clinic in Wheat Ridge, 0.7 miles away. They charge on a sliding scale by income.

Neighbors talk health

Doctors taking patients, urgent care, staying active in Mountain View.

Town Square →
Ask your neighbors

Health estimates: CDC PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, 2025 release. The Colorado 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.