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Health in Harleysville · CDC PLACES 2025

Where Harleysville residents get care

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

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

What stands out · In brief

What stands out about health in Harleysville

Cancer runs high in Harleysville

1 in 9 adults have had cancer (10.6%), vs 8.8% across Pennsylvania. Conditions ↓

Harleysville is an active town

Only 19.1% of adults get no exercise outside work, vs 23.8% across Pennsylvania. Habits ↓

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 Harleysville’s likely range.

★ What stands out · Chronic conditions

Out of every 100 Harleysville adults…

Harleysville runs below PA on 4 of 12 conditions and above it on 1. Tap one to see it as people.

11 of every 100 Harleysville adults have had cancer
Pennsylvania: 9 in 100 · worse · likely 9.6–11.7%
Better than PAWorseAbout the samePennsylvania
Habits

Everyday habits, side by side with Pennsylvania

Share of adults, with the Pennsylvania figure marked.

Get no exercise 19.1%PA 23.8%
Sleep under 7 hours 34.2%PA 37.9%
Binge drink 18.8%PA 18.3%
Smoke cigarettes 12.5%PA 15.8%
0%10%20%30%40%
Harleysville, betterHarleysville, worseAbout the samePennsylvania
Getting care

Care in and near Harleysville

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

HNearest ERJefferson Lansdale HospitalLansdale · 6.4 miDirections →
★Best rated nearbySt. Luke's Hospital - Upper Bucks Campus★★★★★ · 12.2 miDirections →
+Low-cost careNorristown Regional Health CenterNorristown · 11.1 mi · sliding-scale feesDirections →
6.4 mi
Jefferson Lansdale Hospital
Lansdale · ★★★★★
ER
6.7 mi
St. Luke's Hospital - Grand View Campus
Sellersville · ★★★★★
ER
8.5 mi
Valley Forge Medical Center
Norristown · not rated
9 mi
Eagleville Hospital
Eagleville · not rated
11.1 mi
Norristown Regional Health Center
Norristown · community health center
Sliding-scale fees
11.4 mi
Community Health and Dental Care
5 sites · nearest in Pottstown
Sliding-scale fees
Directions to nearest
✓ Primary careHarleysville is not a shortage area
✓ Dental careHarleysville is not a shortage area
✓ Mental healthHarleysville 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 Harleysville; ≈ marks a hospital located by its town, not its street. Shortage areas: HRSA Health Professional Shortage Areas.

Checkups & screenings

Keeping up with care

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

79%Yearly checkupPA 79%
72%Dentist visitPA 64%
89%Cholesterol checkPA 85%
70%Colon screeningPA 68%
79%MammogramPA 78%
80%Taking BP medsPA 79%
1 in 19
working-age adults has no health insurance
Harleysville 5.2% · Pennsylvania 1 in 17 (5.8%)
Mind & connection

How Harleysville adults are doing

On 1 of 2 measures, Harleysville does better than Pennsylvania.

1 in 5Harleysville adults have been diagnosed with depression
20.6% · PA 23% · About the same as PA
1 in 7Harleysville adults are in frequent mental distress
14.1% · PA 16.4% · Better than 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

Harleysville and the towns around it

How health changes across the town line.

Lower Salford Township: 30.4%Franconia Township: 30.6%Upper Salford Township: 31%Skippack Township: 30.9%Towamencin Township: 29.5%Perkiomen Township: 31.3%Salford Township: 31.6%Souderton: 32.6%Telford: 32.6%Hatfield Township: 29.5%Harleysville: 30%HarleysvilleLower Salford TownshipFranconia TownshipJefferson Lansdale Hospital · Lansdale · 6.4 mi · 3★ MedicareHSt. Luke's Hospital - Grand View Campus · Sellersville · 6.7 mi · 4★ MedicareH
Healthier than PANear PALess healthyHHospital+Health center
Obesity
#3 of 11 towns on this map, healthiest first
Harleysville30%
Lower Salford Township30.4%
Franconia Township30.6%
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
Franconia TownshipA30.6%9.9%12.6%ZIP codes
Lower Salford TownshipA30.4%9.4%12.1%ZIP codes

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

Disability

Living with a disability

Shown without a better/worse judgment.

27.1%

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

Walking or climbing stairs12.4%
Thinking or memory11.3%
Hearing7.7%
Errands alone6.5%
Vision3.9%
Dressing or bathing2.8%
Pennsylvania

Questions about health in Harleysville

Why doesn’t Harleysville have a Health Grade?

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

What hospital is closest to Harleysville?

Jefferson Lansdale Hospital in Lansdale, 6.4 miles in a straight line from Harleysville’s center point, is the nearest general hospital with an emergency room. Medicare rates it 3 of 5 stars.

Neighbors talk health

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

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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.