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Fort Indiantown Gap front gatePhoto: Pennsylvania National Guard Public Affairs Office · Public domain
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Health in Fort Indiantown Gap · CDC PLACES 2025

Where Fort Indiantown Gap residents get care

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

Modeled estimates for adults 18+, from ZIP codes 17038, 17028, 17003. How CDC estimates town health

Chronic conditions

Out of every 100 Fort Indiantown Gap adults…

On every condition, Fort Indiantown Gap is about the same as Pennsylvania. Tap one to see it as people.

33 of every 100 Fort Indiantown Gap adults have high blood pressure
Pennsylvania: 33 in 100 · about the same · likely 29.5–37%
Better than PAWorseAbout the samePennsylvania
Getting care

Care in and near Fort Indiantown Gap

No hospital or community health center in Fort Indiantown Gap itself. These are the nearest.

HNearest ERWellspan Good Samaritan HospitalLebanon · 11.5 miDirections →
★Best rated nearbyWellspan Good Samaritan Hospital★★★★★ · 11.5 miDirections →
+Low-cost careUnion Community CareLebanon · 10.6 mi · sliding-scale feesDirections →
10.6 mi
Union Community Care
4 sites · nearest in Lebanon
Sliding-scale fees
Directions to nearest
11.2 mi
Lebanon Center
Lebanon · community health center
Sliding-scale fees
11.5 mi
Wellspan Good Samaritan Hospital
Lebanon · ★★★★★
ER
12.3 mi
Milton S Hershey Medical Center
Hershey · ★★★★★
ER
12.9 mi
Lebanon VA Medical Center
Lebanon · ★★★★★
ERFor veterans
19.7 mi
UPMC Pinnacle Hospitals
Harrisburg · ★★★★★
ER
✓ Primary careFort Indiantown Gap is not a shortage area
✓ Dental careFort Indiantown Gap is not a shortage area
✓ Mental healthFort Indiantown Gap 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 Fort Indiantown Gap; ≈ 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 24%PA 23.8%
Sleep under 7 hours 35.9%PA 37.9%
Binge drink 18.2%PA 18.3%
Smoke cigarettes 17.4%PA 15.8%
0%10%20%30%40%
Fort Indiantown Gap, betterFort Indiantown Gap, worseAbout the samePennsylvania
Where Fort Indiantown Gap gets moving

4.5 miles of trails across 2 parks and preserves

Parks & trails →
Checkups & screenings

Keeping up with care

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

78%Yearly checkupPA 79%
65%Dentist visitPA 64%
85%Cholesterol checkPA 85%
68%Colon screeningPA 68%
77%MammogramPA 78%
80%Taking BP medsPA 79%
1 in 14
working-age adults has no health insurance
Fort Indiantown Gap 7.3% · Pennsylvania 1 in 17 (5.8%)
Mind & connection

How Fort Indiantown Gap adults are doing

About the same as Pennsylvania on each measure.

1 in 4Fort Indiantown Gap adults have been diagnosed with depression
25% · PA 23% · About the same as PA
1 in 6Fort Indiantown Gap 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

Fort Indiantown Gap and the towns around it

How health changes across the town line.

East Hanover Township: 33.7%East Hanover Township: 31%North Annville Township: 35.2%Union Township: 37.2%North Londonderry Township: 34.5%Derry Township: 29.4%Hershey: 28.6%Rush Township: 37.2%South Hanover Township: 28.8%Middle Paxton Township: 29.9%Fort Indiantown Gap: 35%Fort Indiantown GapEast Hanover TownshipEast Hanover TownshipMilton S Hershey Medical Center · Hershey · 12.3 mi · 4★ MedicareHUPMC Pinnacle Hospitals · Harrisburg · 19.7 mi · 4★ MedicareH
Healthier than PANear PALess healthyHHospital+Health center
Obesity
#8 of 11 towns on this map, healthiest first
East Hanover Township31%
East Hanover Township33.7%
Fort Indiantown Gap35%
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
East Hanover TownshipA−31%10.6%14.1%ZIP codes
East Hanover TownshipB33.7%10.9%16%ZIP codes

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

Disability

Living with a disability

Shown without a better/worse judgment.

31.9%

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

Walking or climbing stairs14.5%
Thinking or memory14.6%
Hearing8%
Errands alone8.2%
Vision5%
Dressing or bathing3.6%
Pennsylvania

Questions about health in Fort Indiantown Gap

Why doesn’t Fort Indiantown Gap have a Health Grade?

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

What hospital is closest to Fort Indiantown Gap?

Wellspan Good Samaritan Hospital in Lebanon, 11.5 miles in a straight line from Fort Indiantown Gap’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 Fort Indiantown Gap.

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.