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Health in Blooming Valley · CDC PLACES 2025

Where Blooming Valley residents get care

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

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

What stands out

What stands out about health in Blooming Valley

★ What stands out · Chronic conditions

Out of every 100 Blooming Valley adults…

Blooming Valley runs above PA on 2 of 12 conditions. Tap one to see it as people.

10 of every 100 Blooming Valley adults have had cancer
Pennsylvania: 9 in 100 · worse · likely 9.2–11.3%
Better than PAWorseAbout the samePennsylvania
Getting care

Care in and near Blooming Valley

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

HNearest ERMeadville Medical CenterMeadville · 6.4 miDirections →
★Best rated nearbyMeadville Medical Center★★★★★ · 6.4 miDirections →
+Low-cost carePrimary Health NetworkSheakleyville · 18.6 mi · sliding-scale feesDirections →
6.4 mi
Meadville Medical Center
Meadville · ★★★★★
ER
18.4 mi
Titusville Area Hospital
Titusville · ★★★★★
ERRural critical access
18.6 mi
Primary Health Network
6 sites · nearest in Sheakleyville
Sliding-scale fees
Directions to nearest
25.5 mi
UPMC Horizon
Greenville · ★★★★★
ER
27.7 mi
UPMC Northwest
Seneca · ★★★★★
ER
29.8 mi
Multi-Cultural Health Evaluation Delivery System
2 sites · nearest in Erie
Sliding-scale fees
Directions to nearest
✓ Primary careNo HRSA shortage area covers Blooming Valley itself
✓ Dental careNo HRSA shortage area covers Blooming Valley itself
✓ Mental healthBlooming Valley 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 Blooming Valley; ≈ 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 Pennsylvania

Share of adults, with the Pennsylvania figure marked.

Get no exercise 23.7%PA 23.8%
Sleep under 7 hours 34.6%PA 37.9%
Binge drink 17.8%PA 18.3%
Smoke cigarettes 16.8%PA 15.8%
0%10%20%30%40%
Blooming Valley, betterBlooming Valley, worseAbout the samePennsylvania
Where Blooming Valley gets moving

Walk with neighbors

The easiest exercise habit to keep is one with company.

Checkups & screenings

Keeping up with care

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

79%Yearly checkupPA 79%
65%Dentist visitPA 64%
87%Cholesterol checkPA 85%
66%Colon screeningPA 68%
75%MammogramPA 78%
81%Taking BP medsPA 79%
1 in 14
working-age adults has no health insurance
Blooming Valley 6.9% · Pennsylvania 1 in 17 (5.8%)
Mind & connection

How Blooming Valley adults are doing

About the same as Pennsylvania on each measure.

1 in 4Blooming Valley adults have been diagnosed with depression
24.3% · PA 23% · About the same as PA
1 in 6Blooming Valley adults are in frequent mental distress
16.7% · 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

Blooming Valley and the towns around it

How health changes across the town line.

Richmond Township: 37.5%Woodcock Township: 35.9%East Mead Township: 36.6%Athens Township: 38.1%Rockdale Township: 38%Randolph Township: 36.2%Steuben Township: 37.8%Hayfield Township: 36.1%Saegertown: 34.9%West Mead Township: 36.7%Woodcock: 38.5%Cambridge Township: 37.9%East Fairfield Township: 36.2%Wayne Township: 36%Blooming Valley: 35.7%Blooming ValleyRichmond TownshipWoodcock TownshipEast Mead TownshipMeadville Medical Center · Meadville · 6.4 mi · 4★ MedicareH
Healthier than PANear PALess healthyHHospital+Health center
Obesity
#2 of 15 towns on this map, healthiest first
Blooming Valley35.7%
Woodcock Township35.9%
East Mead Township36.6%
Richmond Township37.5%
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
Richmond TownshipC+37.5%11.2%19.8%ZIP codes
Woodcock TownshipB−35.9%11.6%17.6%ZIP codes
East Mead TownshipC+36.6%11.8%18.6%ZIP codes

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

Disability

Living with a disability

Shown without a better/worse judgment.

31.4%

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

Walking or climbing stairs14.7%
Thinking or memory14.4%
Hearing8.6%
Errands alone8.4%
Vision4.9%
Dressing or bathing3.7%
Pennsylvania

Questions about health in Blooming Valley

Why doesn’t Blooming Valley have a Health Grade?

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

What hospital is closest to Blooming Valley?

Meadville Medical Center in Meadville, 6.4 miles in a straight line from Blooming Valley’s center point, is the nearest general hospital with an emergency room. Medicare rates it 4 of 5 stars.

Neighbors talk health

Doctors taking patients, urgent care, staying active in Blooming Valley.

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.