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Picture Rocks, Pennsylvania 1Photo: Ruhrfisch 00:33, 23 December 2009 (UTC) · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Health in Picture Rocks · CDC PLACES 2025

Where Picture Rocks residents get care

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

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

What stands out

What stands out about health in Picture Rocks

★ What stands out · Chronic conditions

Out of every 100 Picture Rocks adults…

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

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

Care in and near Picture Rocks

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

HNearest ERUPMC MuncyMuncy · 6 miDirections →
★Best rated nearbyUPMC Muncy★★★★★ · 6.0 miDirections →
+Low-cost careNorth Penn Comprehensive Health ServicesHughesville · 14.9 mi · sliding-scale feesDirections →
6 mi
UPMC Muncy
Muncy · ★★★★★
ERRural critical access
14.9 mi
North Penn Comprehensive Health Services
4 sites · nearest in Hughesville
Sliding-scale fees
Directions to nearest
15.8 mi
River Valley Health
2 sites · nearest in Williamsport
Sliding-scale fees
Directions to nearest
16.2 mi
UPMC Williamsport
Williamsport · ★★★★★
ER
22.1 mi
Geisinger Medical Center
Danville · ★★★★★
ER
22.6 mi
Wellspan Evangelical Community Hospital
Lewisburg · ★★★★★
ER
✓ Primary carePicture Rocks is not a shortage area
✓ Dental careNo HRSA shortage area covers Picture Rocks itself
✓ Mental healthNo HRSA shortage area covers Picture Rocks itself

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 Picture Rocks; ≈ 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).

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 18.7%PA 18.3%
Smoke cigarettes 18.5%PA 15.8%
0%10%20%30%40%
Picture Rocks, betterPicture Rocks, worseAbout the samePennsylvania
Where Picture Rocks gets moving

0.5 miles of trails across 2 parks and preserves

Parks & trails →
Checkups & screenings

Keeping up with care

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

78%Yearly checkupPA 79%
64%Dentist visitPA 64%
85%Cholesterol checkPA 85%
67%Colon screeningPA 68%
78%MammogramPA 78%
78%Taking BP medsPA 79%
1 in 14
working-age adults has no health insurance
Picture Rocks 6.9% · Pennsylvania 1 in 17 (5.8%)
Mind & connection

How Picture Rocks adults are doing

About the same as Pennsylvania on each measure.

1 in 4Picture Rocks adults have been diagnosed with depression
24.9% · PA 23% · About the same as PA
1 in 6Picture Rocks adults are in frequent mental distress
17.2% · 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

Picture Rocks and the towns around it

How health changes across the town line.

Shrewsbury Township: 35.7%Wolf Township: 35.9%Penn Township: 35.8%Plunketts Creek Township: 37.1%Shrewsbury Township: 36.5%Mill Creek Township: 35.7%Muncy Township: 37%Muncy Creek Township: 37%Moreland Township: 36.9%Franklin Township: 36.4%Davidson Township: 37.1%Picture Rocks: 35.9%Picture RocksShrewsbury TownshipWolf TownshipPenn TownshipUPMC Muncy · Muncy · 6 mi · 4★ MedicareHSullivan County Laurel Health Center · Hughesville · 14.9 mi+
Healthier than PANear PALess healthyHHospital+Health center
Obesity
#4 of 12 towns on this map, healthiest first
Shrewsbury Township35.7%
Penn Township35.8%
Picture Rocks35.9%
Wolf 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
Shrewsbury Township————
Wolf TownshipB−35.9%11.6%17.3%ZIP codes
Penn Township————

Shrewsbury Township and Penn 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.

32.2%

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

Walking or climbing stairs15.2%
Thinking or memory15%
Hearing8.1%
Errands alone8.7%
Vision5.2%
Dressing or bathing3.9%
Pennsylvania

Questions about health in Picture Rocks

Why doesn’t Picture Rocks have a Health Grade?

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

What hospital is closest to Picture Rocks?

UPMC Muncy in Muncy, 6.0 miles in a straight line from Picture Rocks’ 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 Picture Rocks.

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.