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Health in Kerrtown · CDC PLACES 2025

Where Kerrtown residents get care

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

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

What stands out · In brief

What stands out about health in Kerrtown

Smoking is more common in Kerrtown

1 in 5 adults smoke cigarettes (19%), vs 15.8% across Pennsylvania. Habits ↓

COPD runs high in Kerrtown

1 in 11 adults have COPD (8.9%), vs 7.7% across Pennsylvania. 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 Kerrtown’s likely range.

★ What stands out · Habits

Everyday habits, side by side with Pennsylvania

Share of adults, with the Pennsylvania figure marked.

Get no exercise 23.3%PA 23.8%
Sleep under 7 hours 36%PA 37.9%
Binge drink 20.4%PA 18.3%
Smoke cigarettes 19%PA 15.8%
0%10%20%30%40%
Kerrtown, betterKerrtown, worseAbout the samePennsylvania
Where Kerrtown gets moving

0 miles of trails across 2 parks and preserves

Parks & trails →
Chronic conditions

Out of every 100 Kerrtown adults…

Kerrtown runs above PA on 1 of 12 conditions. Tap one to see it as people.

9 of every 100 Kerrtown adults have COPD
Pennsylvania: 8 in 100 · worse · likely 7.9–9.9%
Better than PAWorseAbout the samePennsylvania
Getting care

Care in and near Kerrtown

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

HNearest ERMeadville Medical CenterMeadville · 1.6 miDirections →
★Best rated nearbyMeadville Medical Center★★★★★ · 1.6 miDirections →
+Low-cost carePrimary Health NetworkSheakleyville · 12.9 mi · sliding-scale feesDirections →
1.6 mi
Meadville Medical Center
Meadville · ★★★★★
ER
12.9 mi
Primary Health Network
8 sites · nearest in Sheakleyville
Sliding-scale fees
Directions to nearest
18.2 mi
UPMC Horizon
Greenville · ★★★★★
ER
24.2 mi
Edgewood Surgical Hospital
Transfer · not rated
25.3 mi
Titusville Area Hospital
Titusville · ★★★★★
ERRural critical access
✓ Primary careNo HRSA shortage area covers Kerrtown itself
✓ Dental careNo HRSA shortage area covers Kerrtown itself
✓ Mental healthKerrtown 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 Kerrtown; ≈ 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).

Checkups & screenings

Keeping up with care

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

77%Yearly checkupPA 79%
63%Dentist visitPA 64%
85%Cholesterol checkPA 85%
65%Colon screeningPA 68%
71%MammogramPA 78%
77%Taking BP medsPA 79%
1 in 15
working-age adults has no health insurance
Kerrtown 6.8% · Pennsylvania 1 in 17 (5.8%)
Mind & connection

How Kerrtown adults are doing

About the same as Pennsylvania on each measure.

1 in 4Kerrtown adults have been diagnosed with depression
23.9% · PA 23% · About the same as PA
1 in 6Kerrtown 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

Kerrtown and the towns around it

How health changes across the town line.

Fredericksburg: 35.7%Vernon Township: 36.6%Meadville: 37.7%West Mead Township: 36.7%Greenwood Township: 36.6%Hayfield Township: 36.1%Union Township: 36.7%Summit Township: 36.8%Sadsbury Township: 36%East Mead Township: 36.6%Woodcock Township: 35.9%East Fairfield Township: 36.2%Kerrtown: 36.7%KerrtownFredericksburgVernon TownshipMeadvilleWest Mead TownshipMeadville Medical Center · Meadville · 1.6 mi · 4★ MedicareH
Healthier than PANear PALess healthyHHospital+Health center
Obesity
#9 of 13 towns on this map, healthiest first
Fredericksburg35.7%
Vernon Township36.6%
Kerrtown36.7%
West Mead Township36.7%
Meadville37.7%
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
Fredericksburg————
Vernon TownshipC+36.6%12%18.4%ZIP codes
West Mead TownshipC+36.7%11.9%18.6%ZIP 16335
MeadvilleC37.7%11.4%19.8%CDC place

Fredericksburg: 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.

30.2%

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

Walking or climbing stairs14.1%
Thinking or memory14.5%
Hearing8.2%
Errands alone8%
Vision5%
Dressing or bathing4%
Pennsylvania

Questions about health in Kerrtown

Why doesn’t Kerrtown have a Health Grade?

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

What hospital is closest to Kerrtown?

Meadville Medical Center in Meadville, 1.6 miles in a straight line from Kerrtown’s center point, is the nearest general hospital with an emergency room. Medicare rates it 4 of 5 stars.

Neighbors talk health

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

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.