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≈ B−Health Grade
Health in Greene Township · CDC PLACES 2025

Among U.S. towns with similar household incomes, Greene Township is healthier than 21%

Greene Township differs from Pennsylvania on 4 of 26 measures CDC estimates: 1 better, 3 worse.

Modeled estimates for adults 18+, from ZIP codes 15043, 15050, 15001. How CDC estimates town health

What stands out · In brief

What stands out about health in Greene Township

Greene Township trails towns with similar incomes

Greene Township is healthier than 48% of U.S. towns, and only 21% of the 8,014 towns with similar household incomes ($78K–$130K), so income alone doesn’t explain its grade. Health Grade ↓

Greene Township is an older town

27% of residents are 65 or older, vs 20% across Pennsylvania. Conditions like heart disease and arthritis become more common with age, so keep that in mind when comparing Greene Township with the state. Conditions ↓

Written from the CDC, Medicare and HRSA data on this page. CDC PLACES 2025 release: modeled estimates for adults, not counts; “higher” and “lower” mean the Pennsylvania figure falls outside Greene Township’s likely range; Greene Township’s figures come from ZIP codes 15043, 15050, 15001, which may reach past town lines; at the ends of CDC’s ranges the grade could be anywhere from C− to A−.

Health Grade

What’s behind Greene Township’s grade

On seven CDC estimates for adults, Greene Township is healthier than 48% of U.S. towns. Diabetes holds the grade up (fewer adults with diabetes than 57% of U.S. towns); smoking pulls it down (better than 19%).

BSelf-rated health18.8% · PA 18.7% · U.S. 19.4%
BPhysical distress13.7% · PA 13.2% · U.S. 13%
B−Mental distress16.8% · PA 16.4% · U.S. 15.9%
C+Obesity38% · PA 33.8% · U.S. 32.9%
BDiabetes11.6% · PA 11.6% · U.S. 12%
C−Smoking18.2% smoke · PA 15.8% · U.S. 11.8%
BExercise24.6% · PA 23.8% · U.S. 24.7%
All U.S. towns we grade (21,250)Healthier than 48%
Less healthyHealthier
U.S. towns with similar incomes, $78K–$130K (8,014)Healthier than 21%

Health estimates follow income closely across the country: towns with higher household incomes usually score higher (a correlation of 0.77 across 21,157 graded towns). Greene Township’s median household income is $103,750; among the 8,014 U.S. towns within 25% of that ($78K–$130K), it’s healthier than 21%, less than its income alone would suggest.

A rough placement. CDC’s likely ranges are wide here: with every estimate at one end or the other, Greene Township could be anywhere from C− to A−. The letter shows with “≈”. These are ZIP code figures (ZIP 15043,15050,15001), weighted by land area, which can reach past town lines.

How TownRatings grades health →

Chronic conditions

Out of every 100 Greene Township adults…

Greene Township runs below PA on 1 of 12 conditions and above it on 2. Tap one to see it as people.

9 of every 100 Greene Township adults have COPD
Pennsylvania: 8 in 100 · worse · likely 7.8–9.8%
Better than PAWorseAbout the samePennsylvania
Why age matters here

Greene Township is an older town: 27% of residents are 65 or older, vs 20% across Pennsylvania. COPD and arthritis rise with age, so higher rates here say as much about who lives in Greene Township as about how healthy they are.

Residents 65 and older

Greene Township27%
Pennsylvania20%
Getting care

Care in and near Greene Township

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

HNearest EREast Liverpool City HospitalEast Liverpool · 6.3 miDirections →
★Best rated nearbyHeritage Valley Sewickley★★★★★ · 15.7 miDirections →
+Low-cost careCommunity Action Agency of Columbiana CountyEast Liverpool · 7.3 mi · sliding-scale feesDirections →
6.3 mi
East Liverpool City Hospital
East Liverpool · ★★★★★
ER
7.3 mi
Community Action Agency of Columbiana County
2 sites · nearest in East Liverpool
Sliding-scale fees
Directions to nearest
7.7 mi
Change
3 sites · nearest in Newell
Sliding-scale fees
Directions to nearest
11.3 mi
Heritage Valley Beaver
Beaver · ★★★★★
ER
14 mi
Weirton Medical Center
Weirton · ★★★★★
ER
15.7 mi
Heritage Valley Sewickley
Sewickley · ★★★★★
ER
✓ Primary careGreene Township is not a shortage area
✓ Dental careGreene Township is not a shortage area
✓ Mental healthGreene Township 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 Greene Township; ≈ 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 24.6%PA 23.8%
Sleep under 7 hours 36.5%PA 37.9%
Binge drink 20%PA 18.3%
Smoke cigarettes 18.2%PA 15.8%
0%10%20%30%40%
Greene Township, betterGreene Township, worseAbout the samePennsylvania
Where Greene Township gets moving

1.6 miles of trails across 0 parks and preserves

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Checkups & screenings

Keeping up with care

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

78%Yearly checkupPA 79%
65%Dentist visitPA 64%
86%Cholesterol checkPA 85%
68%Colon screeningPA 68%
76%MammogramPA 78%
80%Taking BP medsPA 79%
1 in 16
working-age adults has no health insurance
Greene Township 6.1% · Pennsylvania 1 in 17 (5.8%)
Mind & connection

How Greene Township adults are doing

About the same as Pennsylvania on each measure.

1 in 4Greene Township adults have been diagnosed with depression
24.8% · PA 23% · About the same as PA
1 in 6Greene Township adults are in frequent mental distress
16.8% · PA 16.4% · About the same as PA
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Around town

Greene Township and the towns around it

Greene Township’s Health Grade ranks 4th of 5 graded towns around it.

Shippingport: 35.6%Georgetown: 36.4%Ohioville: 36.6%Midland: 42.9%Hanover Township: 37.4%Glasgow: 35.6%Raccoon Township: 38.5%Industry: 37.8%Potter Township: 37%South Beaver Township: 37.4%Hanover Township: 39.9%Findlay Township: 31.4%Robinson Township: 37%Frankfort Springs: 36.1%Independence Township: 37.5%Center Township: 37.6%Greene Township: 38%Greene TownshipShippingportGeorgetownOhiovilleMidlandHanover TownshipGlasgowRaccoon TownshipHeritage Valley Beaver · Beaver · 11.3 mi · 3★ MedicareH
Healthier than PANear PALess healthyHHospital+Health center
Obesity
#14 of 17 towns on this map, healthiest first
Shippingport35.6%
Glasgow35.6%
Georgetown36.4%
Ohioville36.6%
Hanover Township37.4%
Greene Township38%
Raccoon Township38.5%
Midland42.9%
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
Greene TownshipB−38%11.6%18.2%ZIP codes
Shippingport————
Georgetown————
OhiovilleB+36.6%11.2%14.7%CDC place
MidlandD42.9%14%20.4%CDC place
Hanover TownshipB−37.4%11.4%17.9%ZIP codes
Raccoon TownshipB−38.5%12%16.5%ZIP codes
Glasgow————

Shippingport, Georgetown and Glasgow: 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 Greene Township adults live with a disability (Pennsylvania 31.3%). Walking or climbing stairs is the most common.

Walking or climbing stairs14.5%
Thinking or memory14.5%
Hearing8.1%
Errands alone8.1%
Vision4.8%
Dressing or bathing3.6%
Pennsylvania

Every CDC estimate for Greene Township

Share of adults, 33 measures, with CDC’s likely range.

On the 26 measures below that have a better and a worse direction, Greene Township is better than Pennsylvania on 1 and worse on 3; on the rest, the Pennsylvania figure falls inside Greene Township’s likely range, so we call them about the same. Disability and SNAP are described, not compared as better or worse.

Adults who…Greene TownshipPAU.S.vs PA
Overall health
Fair or poor health18.8%16.7–2118.7%19.4%About the same
Frequent physical distress (physical health not good 14+ days a month)13.7%12.2–15.413.2%13%About the same
Frequent mental distress (mental health not good 14+ days a month)16.8%15.1–18.716.4%15.9%About the same
Conditions
Obesity38%31.2–4533.8%32.9%About the same
Diabetes11.6%9.9–13.411.6%12%About the same
High blood pressure35.2%30.9–39.632.8%34.4%About the same
High cholesterol (adults screened in 5 years)36.8%32.4–41.533.8%37.1%About the same
Arthritis34.6%30.9–38.430.4%25.3%Worse
Asthma10.9%9.6–12.410.6%9.9%About the same
Cancer, other than skin cancer9.4%8.5–10.48.8%7.9%About the same
Coronary heart disease8%7.1–8.97.4%6.4%About the same
COPD8.8%7.8–9.87.7%6.3%Worse
Stroke3.8%3.5–4.13.7%3.4%About the same
Lost all teeth (ages 65+)11.6%9.3–14.214.5%12.3%Better
Habits
Smoke cigarettes18.2%15.9–20.615.8%11.8%Worse
No exercise outside work24.6%20.8–28.723.8%24.7%About the same
Binge drinking20%16.6–23.718.3%15.4%About the same
Sleep under 7 hours36.5%30.4–42.737.9%36%About the same
Checkups and coverage
No health insurance (ages 18–64)6.1%5–7.35.8%11%About the same
Checkup in the past year78%74.3–81.578.8%77.4%About the same
Dentist visit in the past year64.5%60.7–68.164.4%63.2%About the same
Cholesterol check in 5 years86.3%84–88.485.3%87.1%About the same
Taking blood pressure medicine (adults with high blood pressure)80.3%77–83.479.2%76.5%About the same
Colorectal cancer screening (ages 45–75)67.9%62.9–72.567.5%65.5%About the same
Mammogram in 2 years (women 50–74)75.9%68.4–82.477.7%76.4%About the same
Mind and connection
Ever told they have depression24.8%21.2–28.623%20.6%About the same
Disability
Any disability30.9%27–34.831.3%30.1%About the same
Difficulty walking or climbing stairs14.5%12.8–16.314.2%13.6%About the same
Difficulty concentrating or remembering14.5%12.9–16.214.1%13.9%About the same
Hearing difficulty8.1%7.1–9.17.6%6.7%About the same
Vision difficulty4.8%4.4–5.35.1%5.4%About the same
Difficulty doing errands alone8.1%7.3–8.98.2%7.9%About the same
Difficulty dressing or bathing3.6%3.3–43.7%3.8%About the same

Each figure is the share of adults 18+ unless the label says otherwise; small numbers after it are CDC’s likely range (95% interval). “About the same” means the Pennsylvania figure falls inside that range.

Questions about health in Greene Township

Is Greene Township a healthy place to live?

On seven CDC estimates for adults, Greene Township is healthier than 48% of U.S. towns: ≈ B− for health. These are modeled estimates of who lives there, not a measure of local care or habits alone.

What is the obesity rate in Greene Township?

CDC estimates 38% of adults have obesity, likely between 31.2% and 45%, against 33.8% across Pennsylvania and 32.9% nationally.

What hospital is closest to Greene Township?

East Liverpool City Hospital in East Liverpool, 6.3 miles in a straight line from Greene Township’s center point, is the nearest general hospital with an emergency room; Medicare rates it 3 of 5 stars.

How many people in Greene Township have no health insurance?

CDC estimates 6.1% of adults ages 18–64 have no health insurance (likely 5–7.3%), against 5.8% across Pennsylvania.

How accurate are these numbers?

They’re modeled estimates: CDC applies national survey answers to each area’s age, sex, race and education mix, so they describe who lives in Greene Township more than anything measured there. At the ends of CDC’s ranges the grade could be anywhere from C− to A−.

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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. The Health Grade is our own summary of CDC’s estimates, not an official rating. 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.