✓ Primary careCornwells Heights is not a shortage area
✓ Dental careCornwells Heights is not a shortage area
✓ Mental healthCornwells Heights 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 Cornwells Heights; ≈ 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 exercise21%PA 23.8%
Sleep under 7 hours37%PA 37.9%
Binge drink18.9%PA 18.3%
Smoke cigarettes13.8%PA 15.8%
0%10%20%30%40%
Cornwells Heights, betterCornwells Heights, worseAbout the samePennsylvania
Where Cornwells Heights gets moving
Walk with neighbors
The easiest exercise habit to keep is one with company.
Checkups & screenings
Keeping up with care
Share of Cornwells Heights adults getting routine care. The full ring is 100%; the dark tick marks Pennsylvania.
Yearly checkupPA 79%
Dentist visitPA 64%
Cholesterol checkPA 85%
Colon screeningPA 68%
MammogramPA 78%
Taking BP medsPA 79%
1 in 15
working-age adults has no health insurance
Cornwells Heights 6.6% · Pennsylvania 1 in 17 (5.8%)
Mind & connection
How Cornwells Heights adults are doing
About the same as Pennsylvania on each measure.
1 in 5Cornwells Heights adults have been diagnosed with depression
22% · PA 23% · About the same as PA
1 in 7Cornwells Heights adults are in frequent mental distress
14.7% · 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.
Eddington and Andalusia: Census-designated places inside larger towns, graded as part of them. Same-state neighbors only, ordered by length of shared border.
Disability
Living with a disability
Shown without a better/worse judgment.
27.2%
of Cornwells Heights adults live with a disability (Pennsylvania 31.3%). Thinking or memory is the most common.
Walking or climbing stairs11.6%
Thinking or memory12%
Hearing6.8%
Errands alone6.3%
Vision4%
Dressing or bathing2.8%
Pennsylvania
Questions about health in Cornwells Heights
Why doesn’t Cornwells 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 Cornwells Heights.
What hospital is closest to Cornwells Heights?
Jefferson Health- Northeast in Philadelphia, 2.6 miles in a straight line from Cornwells Heights’ center point, is the nearest general hospital with an emergency room. Medicare rates it 2 of 5 stars.
Where can I get low-cost care near Cornwells Heights?
6 community health center sites are within 10 miles; the nearest is Burlington City Health Center in Burlington, 5.2 miles away. They charge on a sliding scale by income.
Neighbors talk health
Doctors taking patients, urgent care, staying active in Cornwells Heights.
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.
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