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≈ BHealth Grade
Health in Moore Township · CDC PLACES 2025

Among U.S. towns with similar household incomes, Moore Township is healthier than 40%

Moore Township differs from Pennsylvania on 3 of 26 measures CDC estimates: 1 better, 2 worse.

Modeled estimates for adults 18+, from ZIP codes 18014, 18038, 18067, 18064. How CDC estimates town health

What stands out · In brief

What stands out about health in Moore Township

Against towns with similar incomes, Moore Township’s lead shrinks

Moore Township is healthier than 62% of U.S. towns, but 40% of the 8,166 towns with similar household incomes ($77K–$128K). Part of its edge is what towns with its incomes tend to have. Health Grade ↓

Cancer and arthritis run high in Moore Township

1 in 10 adults have had cancer (10.2%), vs 8.8% across Pennsylvania. 1 in 3 adults have arthritis (35.1%), vs 30.4% 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 Moore Township’s likely range; Moore Township’s figures come from ZIP codes 18014, 18038, 18067, 18064, 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 Moore Township’s grade

On seven CDC estimates for adults, Moore Township is healthier than 62% of U.S. towns, #453 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Mental distress holds the grade up (fewer adults with frequent mental distress than 74% of U.S. towns); smoking pulls it down (better than 36%).

BSelf-rated health18.3% · PA 18.7% · U.S. 19.4%
BPhysical distress13.6% · PA 13.2% · U.S. 13%
B+Mental distress15.6% · PA 16.4% · U.S. 15.9%
B+Obesity33.7% · PA 33.8% · U.S. 32.9%
B−Diabetes11.8% · PA 11.6% · U.S. 12%
C+Smoking16.2% smoke · PA 15.8% · U.S. 11.8%
B+Exercise23.3% · PA 23.8% · U.S. 24.7%
All U.S. towns we grade (21,250)Healthier than 62%
Less healthyHealthier
Pennsylvania towns we grade (1,035)Healthier than 56%
U.S. towns with similar incomes, $77K–$128K (8,166)Healthier than 40%

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). Moore Township’s median household income is $102,789; among the 8,166 U.S. towns within 25% of that ($77K–$128K), it’s healthier than 40%, 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, Moore Township could be anywhere from C to A−. The letter shows with “≈”. These are ZIP code figures (ZIP 18014,18038,18067,18064), weighted by land area, which can reach past town lines.

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Chronic conditions

Out of every 100 Moore Township adults…

Moore Township runs above PA on 2 of 12 conditions. Tap one to see it as people.

10 of every 100 Moore Township adults have had cancer
Pennsylvania: 9 in 100 · worse · likely 9.2–11.3%
Better than PAWorseAbout the samePennsylvania
Getting care

Care in and near Moore Township

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

HNearest ERSt. Luke's Hospital - Easton CampusEaston · 11.4 miDirections →
★Best rated nearbySt. Lukes Hospital★★★★★ · 11.9 miDirections →
+Low-cost careStar Community HealthBethlehem · 10.2 mi · sliding-scale feesDirections →
10.2 mi
Star Community Health
5 sites · nearest in Bethlehem
Sliding-scale fees
Directions to nearest
10.2 mi
VHP Pediatrics - West End
Brodheadsville · community health center
Sliding-scale fees
11.4 mi
St. Luke's Hospital - Easton Campus
Easton · ★★★★★
ER
11.9 mi
St. Lukes Hospital
Bethlehem · ★★★★★
ER
13.8 mi
St. Luke's Warren Hospital
Phillipsburg · ★★★★★
ER
14.9 mi
St. Luke's Hospital - Carbon Campus
Lehighton · ★★★★★
ER
✓ Primary careMoore Township is not a shortage area
✓ Dental careMoore Township is not a shortage area
✓ Mental healthMoore 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 Moore 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 23.3%PA 23.8%
Sleep under 7 hours 35.1%PA 37.9%
Binge drink 19.3%PA 18.3%
Smoke cigarettes 16.2%PA 15.8%
0%10%20%30%40%
Moore Township, betterMoore Township, worseAbout the samePennsylvania
Checkups & screenings

Keeping up with care

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

79%Yearly checkupPA 79%
67%Dentist visitPA 64%
88%Cholesterol checkPA 85%
69%Colon screeningPA 68%
77%MammogramPA 78%
81%Taking BP medsPA 79%
1 in 15
working-age adults has no health insurance
Moore Township 6.8% · Pennsylvania 1 in 17 (5.8%)
Mind & connection

How Moore Township adults are doing

About the same as Pennsylvania on each measure.

1 in 4Moore Township adults have been diagnosed with depression
22.4% · PA 23% · About the same as PA
1 in 6Moore Township adults are in frequent mental distress
15.6% · PA 16.4% · About the same as PA
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Around town

Moore Township and the towns around it

Moore Township’s Health Grade ranks 4th of 8 graded towns around it.

Bushkill Township: 32.4%Eldred Township: 36.7%East Allen Township: 33.8%Upper Nazareth Township: 31.1%Lehigh Township: 33.7%Lower Towamensing Township: 35.4%Allen Township: 33.9%Ross Township: 36.2%Plainfield Township: 32.7%Polk Township: 36.9%Towamensing Township: 34.8%Bath: 38.5%Hanover Township: 33.2%Nazareth: 34.2%Eastlawn Gardens: 29.6%Lower Nazareth Township: 31.2%Palmer Township: 31%Stockertown: 33%North Whitehall Township: 31.8%Laurys Station: 32.2%Washington Township: 33.9%Walnutport: 35.3%Slatington: 37.5%East Penn Township: 34.4%Palmerton: 35.1%Bowmanstown: 34.7%Mahoning Township: 34.3%Parryville: 32.9%Northampton: 35.1%North Catasauqua: 34.2%Moore Township: 33.7%Moore TownshipBushkill TownshipEldred TownshipEast Allen TownshipUpper Nazareth TownshipLehigh TownshipLower Towamensing TownshipAllen TownshipSt. Luke's Hospital - Easton Campus · Easton · 11.4 mi · 4★ MedicareHSt. Luke's Hospital - Carbon Campus · Lehighton · 14.9 mi · 5★ MedicareHStar Community Health Ob/Gyn - Bethlehem · Bethlehem · 10.2 mi+VHP Pediatrics - West End · Brodheadsville · 10.2 mi+
Healthier than PANear PALess healthyHHospital+Health center
Obesity
#12 of 31 towns on this map, healthiest first
Upper Nazareth Township31.1%
Bushkill Township32.4%
Moore Township33.7%
Lehigh Township33.7%
East Allen Township33.8%
Allen Township33.9%
Lower Towamensing Township35.4%
Eldred Township36.7%
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
Moore TownshipB33.7%11.8%16.2%ZIP codes
Bushkill TownshipB+32.4%11.1%15.2%ZIP codes
Eldred TownshipB−36.7%11.7%17.7%ZIP codes
East Allen TownshipB33.8%11.9%16%ZIP codes
Lower Towamensing TownshipC+35.4%12%19.2%ZIP codes
Lehigh TownshipB33.7%11.7%16.7%ZIP codes
Upper Nazareth TownshipA−31.1%10.6%13.3%ZIP 18064
Allen TownshipB33.9%11.2%16.1%ZIP 18067

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

Disability

Living with a disability

Shown without a better/worse judgment.

32.5%

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

Walking or climbing stairs14.6%
Thinking or memory13.5%
Hearing8.5%
Errands alone7.8%
Vision4.8%
Dressing or bathing3.6%
Pennsylvania

Every CDC estimate for Moore Township

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

On the 26 measures below that have a better and a worse direction, Moore Township is better than Pennsylvania on 1 and worse on 2; on the rest, the Pennsylvania figure falls inside Moore Township’s likely range, so we call them about the same. Disability and SNAP are described, not compared as better or worse.

Adults who…Moore TownshipPAU.S.vs PA
Overall health
Fair or poor health18.3%16.1–20.618.7%19.4%About the same
Frequent physical distress (physical health not good 14+ days a month)13.6%12–15.413.2%13%About the same
Frequent mental distress (mental health not good 14+ days a month)15.6%13.8–17.316.4%15.9%About the same
Conditions
Obesity33.7%27.1–40.633.8%32.9%About the same
Diabetes11.8%10.1–13.611.6%12%About the same
High blood pressure34.4%30.3–38.332.8%34.4%About the same
High cholesterol (adults screened in 5 years)36.4%32–40.833.8%37.1%About the same
Arthritis35.1%31.1–39.130.4%25.3%Worse
Asthma10.4%9.1–11.910.6%9.9%About the same
Cancer, other than skin cancer10.2%9.2–11.38.8%7.9%Worse
Coronary heart disease8.3%7.4–9.17.4%6.4%About the same
COPD8.4%7.5–9.47.7%6.3%About the same
Stroke3.8%3.5–4.23.7%3.4%About the same
Lost all teeth (ages 65+)12.4%9.9–15.114.5%12.3%About the same
Habits
Smoke cigarettes16.2%14.1–18.515.8%11.8%About the same
No exercise outside work23.3%19.5–27.423.8%24.7%About the same
Binge drinking19.3%15.8–23.118.3%15.4%About the same
Sleep under 7 hours35.1%29.1–41.537.9%36%About the same
Checkups and coverage
No health insurance (ages 18–64)6.8%5.7–8.25.8%11%About the same
Checkup in the past year78.9%75.1–82.378.8%77.4%About the same
Dentist visit in the past year66.7%62.9–70.264.4%63.2%About the same
Cholesterol check in 5 years87.9%85.8–89.785.3%87.1%Better
Taking blood pressure medicine (adults with high blood pressure)80.7%77.4–83.779.2%76.5%About the same
Colorectal cancer screening (ages 45–75)69.1%64–73.867.5%65.5%About the same
Mammogram in 2 years (women 50–74)76.5%68.7–8377.7%76.4%About the same
Mind and connection
Ever told they have depression22.4%18.9–26.223%20.6%About the same
Disability
Any disability32.5%28.4–36.731.3%30.1%About the same
Difficulty walking or climbing stairs14.6%12.8–16.614.2%13.6%About the same
Difficulty concentrating or remembering13.5%11.9–15.214.1%13.9%About the same
Hearing difficulty8.5%7.5–9.67.6%6.7%About the same
Vision difficulty4.8%4.4–5.35.1%5.4%About the same
Difficulty doing errands alone7.8%6.9–8.78.2%7.9%About the same
Difficulty dressing or bathing3.6%3.3–3.93.7%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 Moore Township

Is Moore Township a healthy place to live?

On seven CDC estimates for adults, Moore Township is healthier than 62% of U.S. towns: ≈ B for health, #453 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. These are modeled estimates of who lives there, not a measure of local care or habits alone.

What is the obesity rate in Moore Township?

CDC estimates 33.7% of adults have obesity, likely between 27.1% and 40.6%, against 33.8% across Pennsylvania and 32.9% nationally.

What hospital is closest to Moore Township?

St. Luke's Hospital - Easton Campus in Easton, 11.4 miles in a straight line from Moore Township’s center point, is the nearest general hospital with an emergency room; Medicare rates it 4 of 5 stars.

How many people in Moore Township have no health insurance?

CDC estimates 6.8% of adults ages 18–64 have no health insurance (likely 5.7–8.2%), 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 Moore 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.