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Health in Albrightsville · CDC PLACES 2025

Where Albrightsville residents get care

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

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

What stands out

What stands out about health in Albrightsville

★ What stands out · Chronic conditions

Out of every 100 Albrightsville adults…

Albrightsville runs above PA on 4 of 12 conditions. Tap one to see it as people.

39 of every 100 Albrightsville adults have arthritis
Pennsylvania: 30 in 100 · worse · likely 34.8–43.8%
Better than PAWorseAbout the samePennsylvania
Getting care

Care in and near Albrightsville

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

HNearest ERSt. Luke's Hospital - Carbon CampusLehighton · 13.5 miDirections →
★Best rated nearbySt. Luke's Hospital - Carbon Campus★★★★★ · 13.5 miDirections →
+Low-cost careValley Health Partners Community Health CenterBrodheadsville · 13 mi · sliding-scale feesDirections →
13 mi
Valley Health Partners Community Health Center
3 sites · nearest in Brodheadsville
Sliding-scale fees
Directions to nearest
13.5 mi
St. Luke's Hospital - Carbon Campus
Lehighton · ★★★★★
ER
15.2 mi
Rural Health Corporation of Northeastern Pennsylvania
2 sites · nearest in Freeland
Sliding-scale fees
Directions to nearest
18 mi
St. Luke's Hospital - Monroe Campus
Stroudsburg · ★★★★★
ER
19.1 mi
Lehigh Valley Hospital - Hazleton
Hazleton · ★★★★★
ER
20.9 mi
St. Luke's Miners Memorial Hospital
Coaldale · ★★★★★
ER
✓ Primary careAlbrightsville is not a shortage area
✓ Dental careAlbrightsville is not a shortage area
✓ Mental healthAlbrightsville 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 Albrightsville; ≈ marks a hospital located by its town, not its street. Shortage areas: HRSA Health Professional Shortage Areas.

Habits

Everyday habits, side by side with Pennsylvania

Share of adults, with the Pennsylvania figure marked.

Get no exercise 25.3%PA 23.8%
Sleep under 7 hours 37.9%PA 37.9%
Binge drink 15.8%PA 18.3%
Smoke cigarettes 17.9%PA 15.8%
0%10%20%30%40%
Albrightsville, betterAlbrightsville, worseAbout the samePennsylvania
Where Albrightsville gets moving

Walk with neighbors

The easiest exercise habit to keep is one with company.

Checkups & screenings

Keeping up with care

Share of Albrightsville adults getting routine care. The full ring is 100%; the dark tick marks Pennsylvania.

82%Yearly checkupPA 79%
67%Dentist visitPA 64%
91%Cholesterol checkPA 85%
66%Colon screeningPA 68%
76%MammogramPA 78%
83%Taking BP medsPA 79%
1 in 17
working-age adults has no health insurance
Albrightsville 5.9% · Pennsylvania 1 in 17 (5.8%)
Mind & connection

How Albrightsville adults are doing

About the same as Pennsylvania on each measure.

1 in 4Albrightsville adults have been diagnosed with depression
25.8% · PA 23% · About the same as PA
1 in 6Albrightsville adults are in frequent mental distress
16.3% · PA 16.4% · About the same as PA
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

Albrightsville and the towns around it

How health changes across the town line.

Holiday Pocono: 34.7%Towamensing Trails: 35.1%Penn Forest Township: 35%Kidder Township: 35.7%Albrightsville: 35.9%AlbrightsvilleHoliday PoconoTowamensing Trails
Healthier than PANear PALess healthy
Obesity
#5 of 5 towns on this map, healthiest first
Holiday Pocono34.7%
Towamensing Trails35.1%
Albrightsville35.9%
PA33.8%

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
Holiday Pocono————
Towamensing Trails————

Holiday Pocono: fewer than 1,000 residents. Towamensing Trails: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Same-state neighbors only, ordered by length of shared border.

Disability

Living with a disability

Shown without a better/worse judgment.

32.4%

of Albrightsville adults live with a disability (Pennsylvania 31.3%). Walking or climbing stairs is the most common.

Walking or climbing stairs16.9%
Thinking or memory13.7%
Hearing8.1%
Errands alone8.7%
Vision5.2%
Dressing or bathing4.1%
Pennsylvania

Questions about health in Albrightsville

Why doesn’t Albrightsville have a Health Grade?

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

What hospital is closest to Albrightsville?

St. Luke's Hospital - Carbon Campus in Lehighton, 13.5 miles in a straight line from Albrightsville’s center point, is the nearest general hospital with an emergency room. Medicare rates it 5 of 5 stars.

Neighbors talk health

Doctors taking patients, urgent care, staying active in Albrightsville.

Town Square →
Ask your neighbors

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