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Health in Brickerville · CDC PLACES 2025

Where Brickerville residents get care

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

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

Chronic conditions

Out of every 100 Brickerville adults…

Brickerville runs below PA on 2 of 12 conditions. Tap one to see it as people.

3 of every 100 Brickerville adults have had a stroke
Pennsylvania: 4 in 100 · better · likely 2.9–3.6%
Better than PAWorseAbout the samePennsylvania
Getting care

Care in and near Brickerville

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

HNearest ERWellspan Ephrata Community HospitalEphrata · 6.1 miDirections →
★Best rated nearbyWellspan Ephrata Community Hospital★★★★★ · 6.1 miDirections →
+Low-cost careUnion Community CareEphrata · 6.9 mi · sliding-scale feesDirections →
6.1 mi
Wellspan Ephrata Community Hospital
Ephrata · ★★★★★
ER
6.6 mi
UPMC Lititz
Lititz · ★★★★★
ER
6.9 mi
Union Community Care
7 sites · nearest in Ephrata
Sliding-scale fees
Directions to nearest
8.7 mi
Lebanon VA Medical Center
Lebanon · ★★★★★
ERFor veterans
10.2 mi
Wellspan Good Samaritan Hospital
Lebanon · ★★★★★
ER
10.5 mi
Lebanon Center
Lebanon · community health center
Sliding-scale fees
✓ Primary careBrickerville is not a shortage area
✓ Dental careBrickerville is not a shortage area
✓ Mental healthBrickerville 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 Brickerville; ≈ 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 21.9%PA 23.8%
Sleep under 7 hours 38.1%PA 37.9%
Binge drink 19.3%PA 18.3%
Smoke cigarettes 16.8%PA 15.8%
0%10%20%30%40%
Brickerville, betterBrickerville, worseAbout the samePennsylvania
Where Brickerville gets moving

Walk with neighbors

The easiest exercise habit to keep is one with company.

Checkups & screenings

Keeping up with care

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

77%Yearly checkupPA 79%
66%Dentist visitPA 64%
87%Cholesterol checkPA 85%
68%Colon screeningPA 68%
77%MammogramPA 78%
79%Taking BP medsPA 79%
1 in 14
working-age adults has no health insurance
Brickerville 7.1% · Pennsylvania 1 in 17 (5.8%)
Mind & connection

How Brickerville adults are doing

About the same as Pennsylvania on each measure.

1 in 4Brickerville adults have been diagnosed with depression
24.8% · PA 23% · About the same as PA
1 in 6Brickerville adults are in frequent mental distress
17.2% · 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

Brickerville and the towns around it

How health changes across the town line.

Elizabeth Township: 33.7%Clay Township: 34.8%Hopeland: 35.9%Warwick Township: 33.6%Penn Township: 34.2%Penryn: 32.6%Heidelberg Township: 35.4%West Cocalico Township: 35.5%Ephrata Township: 35.1%Brickerville: 35.6%BrickervilleElizabeth TownshipClay TownshipHopelandWellspan Ephrata Community Hospital · Ephrata · 6.1 mi · 5★ MedicareHUPMC Lititz · Lititz · 6.6 mi · 4★ MedicareHLebanon VA Medical Center · Lebanon · 8.7 mi · 5★ MedicareHWellspan Good Samaritan Hospital · Lebanon · 10.2 mi · 5★ MedicareHThe Living Room · Ephrata · 6.9 mi+
Healthier than PANear PALess healthyHHospital+Health center
Obesity
#9 of 10 towns on this map, healthiest first
Elizabeth Township33.7%
Clay Township34.8%
Brickerville35.6%
Hopeland35.9%
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
Elizabeth TownshipA−33.7%10.6%13.7%ZIP codes
Clay TownshipB+34.8%10.8%15.8%ZIP codes
Clay————
Hopeland————

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

Disability

Living with a disability

Shown without a better/worse judgment.

30.9%

of Brickerville adults live with a disability (Pennsylvania 31.3%). Thinking or memory is the most common.

Walking or climbing stairs12.6%
Thinking or memory14.6%
Hearing7.3%
Errands alone7.5%
Vision4.2%
Dressing or bathing3%
Pennsylvania

Questions about health in Brickerville

Why doesn’t Brickerville have a Health Grade?

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

What hospital is closest to Brickerville?

Wellspan Ephrata Community Hospital in Ephrata, 6.1 miles in a straight line from Brickerville’s center point, is the nearest general hospital with an emergency room. Medicare rates it 5 of 5 stars.

Where can I get low-cost care near Brickerville?

2 community health center sites are within 10 miles; the nearest is The Living Room in Ephrata, 6.9 miles away. They charge on a sliding scale by income.

Neighbors talk health

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

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.