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Health in Potters Mills · CDC PLACES 2025

Where Potters Mills residents get care

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

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

Chronic conditions

Out of every 100 Potters Mills adults…

Potters Mills runs below PA on 1 of 12 conditions. Tap one to see it as people.

31 of every 100 Potters Mills adults have high blood pressure
Pennsylvania: 33 in 100 · about the same · likely 27–34.6%
Better than PAWorseAbout the samePennsylvania
Getting care

Care in and near Potters Mills

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

HNearest ERMount Nittany Medical CenterState College · 14.3 miDirections →
★Best rated nearbyMount Nittany Medical Center★★★★★ · 14.3 miDirections →
+Low-cost careLewistown Community Health CenterLewistown · 11.4 mi · sliding-scale feesDirections →
11.4 mi
Lewistown Community Health Center
Lewistown · community health center
Sliding-scale fees
14.3 mi
Mount Nittany Medical Center
State College · ★★★★★
ER
14.7 mi
The Broad Top Area Medical Center
6 sites · nearest in Belleville
Sliding-scale fees
Directions to nearest
15.6 mi
Geisinger-Lewistown Hospital
Lewistown · ★★★★★
ER
29.4 mi
Penn Highlands Huntingdon
Huntingdon · ★★★★★
ER
33.3 mi
Geisinger Jersey Shore Hospital
Jersey Shore · ★★★★★
ERRural critical access
✓ Primary carePotters Mills is not a shortage area
✓ Dental careNo HRSA shortage area covers Potters Mills itself
✓ Mental healthPotters Mills 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 Potters Mills; ≈ 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 24.2%PA 23.8%
Sleep under 7 hours 35.9%PA 37.9%
Binge drink 19.2%PA 18.3%
Smoke cigarettes 17.5%PA 15.8%
0%10%20%30%40%
Potters Mills, betterPotters Mills, worseAbout the samePennsylvania
Where Potters Mills gets moving

0 miles of trails across 2 parks and preserves

Parks & trails →
Checkups & screenings

Keeping up with care

Share of Potters Mills 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%
70%Colon screeningPA 68%
79%MammogramPA 78%
79%Taking BP medsPA 79%
1 in 18
working-age adults has no health insurance
Potters Mills 5.7% · Pennsylvania 1 in 17 (5.8%)
Mind & connection

How Potters Mills adults are doing

On 1 of 2 measures, Potters Mills runs above Pennsylvania.

1 in 4Potters Mills adults have been diagnosed with depression
26.8% · PA 23% · About the same as PA
1 in 5Potters Mills adults are in frequent mental distress
18.4% · PA 16.4% · Worse than 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

Potters Mills and the towns around it

How health changes across the town line.

Health next door

TownHealthObesityDiabetesSmokingFigures from

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

Disability

Living with a disability

Shown without a better/worse judgment.

30.7%

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

Walking or climbing stairs14.2%
Thinking or memory15.6%
Hearing7.3%
Errands alone8.7%
Vision5.1%
Dressing or bathing3.8%
Pennsylvania

Questions about health in Potters Mills

Why doesn’t Potters Mills have a Health Grade?

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

What hospital is closest to Potters Mills?

Mount Nittany Medical Center in State College, 14.3 miles in a straight line from Potters Mills’ 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 Potters Mills.

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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.