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Health in Garden View · CDC PLACES 2025

Where Garden View residents get care

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

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

What stands out

What stands out about health in Garden View

★ What stands out · Chronic conditions

Out of every 100 Garden View adults…

Garden View runs above PA on 5 of 12 conditions. Tap one to see it as people.

10 of every 100 Garden View adults have COPD
Pennsylvania: 8 in 100 · worse · likely 8.6–10.7%
Better than PAWorseAbout the samePennsylvania
Getting care

Care in and near Garden View

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

HNearest ERUPMC WilliamsportWilliamsport · 1.9 miDirections →
★Best rated nearbyUPMC Muncy★★★★★ · 14.5 miDirections →
+Low-cost careRiver Valley HealthWilliamsport · 2.3 mi · sliding-scale feesDirections →
1.9 mi
UPMC Williamsport
Williamsport · ★★★★★
ER
2.3 mi
River Valley Health
3 sites · nearest in Williamsport
Sliding-scale fees
Directions to nearest
12 mi
Geisinger Jersey Shore Hospital
Jersey Shore · ★★★★★
ERRural critical access
14.5 mi
UPMC Muncy
Muncy · ★★★★★
ERRural critical access
20.9 mi
Wellspan Evangelical Community Hospital
Lewisburg · ★★★★★
ER
29.2 mi
North Penn Comprehensive Health Services
5 sites · nearest in Blossburg
Sliding-scale fees
Directions to nearest
✓ Primary careGarden View is not a shortage area
✓ Dental careNo HRSA shortage area covers Garden View itself
✓ Mental healthNo HRSA shortage area covers Garden View itself

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 Garden View; ≈ 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 25.8%PA 23.8%
Sleep under 7 hours 37.2%PA 37.9%
Binge drink 17.2%PA 18.3%
Smoke cigarettes 16.7%PA 15.8%
0%10%20%30%40%
Garden View, betterGarden View, worseAbout the samePennsylvania
Where Garden View gets moving

Walk with neighbors

The easiest exercise habit to keep is one with company.

Checkups & screenings

Keeping up with care

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

80%Yearly checkupPA 79%
64%Dentist visitPA 64%
86%Cholesterol checkPA 85%
69%Colon screeningPA 68%
77%MammogramPA 78%
81%Taking BP medsPA 79%
1 in 14
working-age adults has no health insurance
Garden View 7.3% · Pennsylvania 1 in 17 (5.8%)
Mind & connection

How Garden View adults are doing

About the same as Pennsylvania on each measure.

1 in 4Garden View adults have been diagnosed with depression
24.3% · PA 23% · About the same as PA
1 in 6Garden View adults are in frequent mental distress
16.8% · 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.

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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

Garden View and the towns around it

How health changes across the town line.

Old Lycoming Township: 37.1%Loyalsock Township: 36.1%Williamsport: 38.6%Woodward Township: 36.6%Lycoming Township: 35.5%Montoursville: 32.6%Upper Fairfield Township: 33.7%Armstrong Township: 36.1%Fairfield Township: 34.2%Kenmar: 34.7%Eldred Township: 35.3%Faxon: 35.5%Hepburn Township: 35.5%South Williamsport: 36%Duboistown: 36.2%Susquehanna Township: 36.1%Garden View: 35.8%Garden ViewOld Lycoming TownshipLoyalsock TownshipWilliamsportUPMC Williamsport · Williamsport · 1.9 mi · 3★ MedicareHRiver Valley Health - Williamsport Medical and Dental · Williamsport · 2.3 mi+
Healthier than PANear PALess healthyHHospital+Health center
Obesity
#9 of 17 towns on this map, healthiest first
Garden View35.8%
Loyalsock Township36.1%
Old Lycoming Township37.1%
Williamsport38.6%
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
Old Lycoming TownshipC+37.1%11.3%17.5%ZIP 17701
Loyalsock TownshipB−36.1%11.4%16.5%ZIP codes
WilliamsportC38.6%11%19%CDC place

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

Disability

Living with a disability

Shown without a better/worse judgment.

33.4%

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

Walking or climbing stairs16.6%
Thinking or memory14.6%
Hearing9.3%
Errands alone9.2%
Vision5.6%
Dressing or bathing4.1%
Pennsylvania

Questions about health in Garden View

Why doesn’t Garden View have a Health Grade?

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

What hospital is closest to Garden View?

UPMC Williamsport in Williamsport, 1.9 miles in a straight line from Garden View’s center point, is the nearest general hospital with an emergency room. Medicare rates it 3 of 5 stars.

Where can I get low-cost care near Garden View?

2 community health center sites are within 10 miles; the nearest is River Valley Health - Williamsport Medical and Dental in Williamsport, 2.3 miles away. They charge on a sliding scale by income.

Neighbors talk health

Doctors taking patients, urgent care, staying active in Garden View.

Town Square →
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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.