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Health in Holiday Pocono · CDC PLACES 2025

Where Holiday Pocono residents get care

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

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

What stands out

What stands out about health in Holiday Pocono

★ What stands out · Chronic conditions

Out of every 100 Holiday Pocono adults…

Holiday Pocono runs below PA on 1 of 12 conditions and above it on 6. Tap one to see it as people.

9 of every 100 Holiday Pocono adults have heart disease
Pennsylvania: 7 in 100 · worse · likely 8.1–10.2%
Better than PAWorseAbout the samePennsylvania
Getting care

Care in and near Holiday Pocono

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

HNearest ERSt. Luke's Hospital - Carbon CampusLehighton · 14.6 miDirections →
★Best rated nearbySt. Luke's Hospital - Carbon Campus★★★★★ · 14.6 miDirections →
+Low-cost careValley Health Partners Community Health CenterBrodheadsville · 13.9 mi · sliding-scale feesDirections →
13.9 mi
Valley Health Partners Community Health Center
3 sites · nearest in Brodheadsville
Sliding-scale fees
Directions to nearest
14.6 mi
St. Luke's Hospital - Carbon Campus
Lehighton · ★★★★★
ER
15.1 mi
Rural Health Corporation of Northeastern Pennsylvania
2 sites · nearest in Freeland
Sliding-scale fees
Directions to nearest
18.4 mi
St. Luke's Hospital - Monroe Campus
Stroudsburg · ★★★★★
ER
19.2 mi
Lehigh Valley Hospital - Hazleton
Hazleton · ★★★★★
ER
≈20.3 mi
Wilkes-Barre General Hospital
Wilkes-Barre · ★★★★★
ER
✓ Primary careHoliday Pocono is not a shortage area
✓ Dental careHoliday Pocono is not a shortage area
✓ Mental healthHoliday Pocono 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 Holiday Pocono; ≈ 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 25.2%PA 23.8%
Sleep under 7 hours 37.5%PA 37.9%
Binge drink 17.5%PA 18.3%
Smoke cigarettes 17.8%PA 15.8%
0%10%20%30%40%
Holiday Pocono, betterHoliday Pocono, worseAbout the samePennsylvania
Where Holiday Pocono gets moving

0 miles of trails across 2 parks and preserves

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Checkups & screenings

Keeping up with care

Share of Holiday Pocono 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%
78%MammogramPA 78%
82%Taking BP medsPA 79%
1 in 13
working-age adults has no health insurance
Holiday Pocono 7.5% · Pennsylvania 1 in 17 (5.8%)
Mind & connection

How Holiday Pocono adults are doing

About the same as Pennsylvania on each measure.

1 in 4Holiday Pocono adults have been diagnosed with depression
22.5% · PA 23% · About the same as PA
1 in 6Holiday Pocono adults are in frequent mental distress
15.8% · 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

Holiday Pocono and the towns around it

How health changes across the town line.

Health next door

TownHealthObesityDiabetesSmokingFigures from
Albrightsville————

Albrightsville: 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.

33.2%

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

Walking or climbing stairs16%
Thinking or memory14.2%
Hearing9.1%
Errands alone8.2%
Vision5.3%
Dressing or bathing4%
Pennsylvania

Questions about health in Holiday Pocono

Why doesn’t Holiday Pocono have a Health Grade?

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

What hospital is closest to Holiday Pocono?

St. Luke's Hospital - Carbon Campus in Lehighton, 14.6 miles in a straight line from Holiday Pocono’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 Holiday Pocono.

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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.