✓ Primary careParadise Heights is not a shortage area
✓ Dental careParadise Heights is not a shortage area
✓ Mental healthNo HRSA shortage area covers Paradise Heights 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 Paradise Heights; ≈ 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).
Habits
Everyday habits, side by side with Florida
Share of adults, with the Florida figure marked.
Get no exercise22.7%FL 26.3%
Sleep under 7 hours40.9%FL 37.3%
Binge drink16.8%FL 14.6%
Smoke cigarettes12%FL 12.4%
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Paradise Heights, betterParadise Heights, worseAbout the sameFlorida
Where Paradise Heights gets moving
Walk with neighbors
The easiest exercise habit to keep is one with company.
Checkups & screenings
Keeping up with care
Share of Paradise Heights adults getting routine care. The full ring is 100%; the dark tick marks Florida.
Yearly checkupFL 78%
Dentist visitFL 57%
Cholesterol checkFL 87%
Colon screeningFL 66%
MammogramFL 76%
Taking BP medsFL 78%
1 in 6
working-age adults has no health insurance
Paradise Heights 16.3% · Florida 1 in 6 (15.9%)
Mind & connection
How Paradise Heights adults are doing
About the same as Florida on each measure.
1 in 4Paradise Heights adults lack social or emotional support
25.2% · FL 24.7% · About the same as FL
1 in 6Paradise Heights adults have been diagnosed with depression
17.2% · FL 17.1% · About the same as FL
1 in 6Paradise Heights adults are in frequent mental distress
16.4% · FL 15.8% · About the same as FL
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.
Same-state neighbors only, ordered by length of shared border.
Disability
Living with a disability
Shown without a better/worse judgment.
27.3%
of Paradise Heights adults live with a disability (Florida 31.3%). Thinking or memory is the most common.
Walking or climbing stairs11.3%
Thinking or memory14%
Hearing5.4%
Errands alone7.1%
Vision5.2%
Dressing or bathing3.4%
Florida
Questions about health in Paradise Heights
Why doesn’t Paradise Heights have a Health Grade?
Every Health Grade is built from seven of CDC’s PLACES estimates, and CDC doesn’t publish all seven for Paradise Heights.
What hospital is closest to Paradise Heights?
Orlando Health-Health Central Hospital in Ocoee, 5.1 miles in a straight line from Paradise Heights’ 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 Paradise Heights?
12 community health center sites are within 10 miles; the nearest is Community Health Center - Learning and Development Center in Winter Garden, 3.7 miles away. They charge on a sliding scale by income.
Neighbors talk health
Doctors taking patients, urgent care, staying active in Paradise Heights.
Health estimates: CDC PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, 2025 release. The Florida 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.