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Health in Lake Township · CDC PLACES 2025

Where Lake Township residents get care

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

Modeled estimates for adults 18+, from ZIP codes 16153, 16133, 16137, 16145. How CDC estimates town health

What stands out

What stands out about health in Lake Township

★ What stands out · Chronic conditions

Out of every 100 Lake Township adults…

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

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

Care in and near Lake Township

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

HNearest ERGrove City Medical CenterGrove City · 12.2 miDirections →
★Best rated nearbyGrove City Medical Center★★★★★ · 12.2 miDirections →
+Low-cost carePrimary Health NetworkSandy Lake · 3.2 mi · sliding-scale feesDirections →
3.2 mi
Primary Health Network
8 sites · nearest in Sandy Lake
Sliding-scale fees
Directions to nearest
12.2 mi
Grove City Medical Center
Grove City · ★★★★★
ER
13 mi
UPMC Horizon
Greenville · ★★★★★
ER
14.6 mi
Edgewood Surgical Hospital
Transfer · not rated
20.1 mi
Sharon Regional Medical Center
Sharon · ★★★★★
ER
✓ Primary careLake Township is not a shortage area
✓ Dental careLake Township is not a shortage area
✓ Mental healthLake 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 Lake 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 24.7%PA 23.8%
Sleep under 7 hours 38.3%PA 37.9%
Binge drink 16.6%PA 18.3%
Smoke cigarettes 18.3%PA 15.8%
0%10%20%30%40%
Lake Township, betterLake Township, worseAbout the samePennsylvania
Where Lake Township gets moving

0 miles of trails across 2 parks and preserves

Parks & trails →
Checkups & screenings

Keeping up with care

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

80%Yearly checkupPA 79%
63%Dentist visitPA 64%
86%Cholesterol checkPA 85%
67%Colon screeningPA 68%
78%MammogramPA 78%
82%Taking BP medsPA 79%
1 in 14
working-age adults has no health insurance
Lake Township 7% · Pennsylvania 1 in 17 (5.8%)
Mind & connection

How Lake Township adults are doing

About the same as Pennsylvania on each measure.

1 in 4Lake Township adults have been diagnosed with depression
24% · PA 23% · About the same as PA
1 in 6Lake Township adults are in frequent mental distress
16.9% · 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

Lake Township and the towns around it

How health changes across the town line.

Stoneboro: 33.8%Sandy Lake Township: 34.5%Fairview Township: 35.9%Jackson Township: 35%Coolspring Township: 35.7%Mill Creek Township: 34.3%Worth Township: 34.7%New Vernon Township: 34.8%Fredonia: 35%Perry Township: 35.3%Delaware Township: 35.5%Mercer: 35.5%Findley Township: 35.4%Jefferson Township: 35.3%East Lackawannock Township: 34.8%Lake Township: 35.2%Lake TownshipStoneboroSandy Lake TownshipFairview TownshipJackson TownshipCoolspring TownshipGrove City Medical Center · Grove City · 12.2 mi · 4★ MedicareHUPMC Horizon · Greenville · 13 mi · 4★ MedicareHSandy Lake Community Health Center · Sandy Lake · 3.2 mi+
Healthier than PANear PALess healthyHHospital+Health center
Obesity
#9 of 16 towns on this map, healthiest first
Stoneboro33.8%
Sandy Lake Township34.5%
Jackson Township35%
Lake Township35.2%
Coolspring Township35.7%
Fairview Township35.9%
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
Stoneboro————
Jackson TownshipB−35%12.2%17.2%ZIP codes
Fairview Township————
Sandy Lake TownshipB34.5%11.8%16.8%ZIP codes
Coolspring TownshipC+35.7%11.9%19.6%ZIP 16137

Stoneboro and Fairview Township: 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.

34%

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

Walking or climbing stairs16.1%
Thinking or memory14.8%
Hearing9.4%
Errands alone9%
Vision5.4%
Dressing or bathing4.1%
Pennsylvania

Questions about health in Lake Township

Why doesn’t Lake Township have a Health Grade?

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

What hospital is closest to Lake Township?

Grove City Medical Center in Grove City, 12.2 miles in a straight line from Lake Township’s center point, is the nearest general hospital with an emergency room. Medicare rates it 4 of 5 stars.

Where can I get low-cost care near Lake Township?

3 community health center sites are within 10 miles; the nearest is Sandy Lake Community Health Center in Sandy Lake, 3.2 miles away. They charge on a sliding scale by income.

Neighbors talk health

Doctors taking patients, urgent care, staying active in Lake Township.

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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.