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Health in Spring Mills · CDC PLACES 2025

Where Spring Mills residents get care

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

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

Fair or poor health
18.1%
About the same as PA (18.7%)
Obesity
35.1%
About the same as PA (33.8%)
No exercise
23.1%
About the same as PA (23.8%)
Uninsured
6.4%
About the same as PA (5.8%)
Nearest ER
17.8 mi
Mount Nittany Medical Center
What stands out

What stands out about health in Spring Mills

8.9%have heart disease · PA 7.4%
★ What stands out · Chronic conditions

Out of every 100 Spring Mills adults…

Spring Mills runs above PA on 4 of 12 conditions. Tap one to see it as people.

9 of every 100 Spring Mills adults have heart disease
Pennsylvania: 7 in 100 · worse · likely 7.9–10%
Better than PAWorseAbout the samePennsylvania
Getting care

Care in and near Spring Mills

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

HNearest ERMount Nittany Medical CenterState College · 17.8 miDirections →
★Best rated nearbyMount Nittany Medical Center★★★★★ · 17.8 miDirections →
+Low-cost careLewistown Community Health CenterLewistown · 14.6 mi · sliding-scale feesDirections →
14.6 mi
Lewistown Community Health Center
Lewistown · community health center
Sliding-scale fees
Directions
17.8 mi
Mount Nittany Medical Center
State College · ★★★★★
ER
DirectionsMedicare profile
19.1 mi
Geisinger-Lewistown Hospital
Lewistown · ★★★★★
ER
DirectionsMedicare profile
19.1 mi
The Broad Top Area Medical Center
5 sites · nearest in Belleville
Sliding-scale fees
Directions to nearest
28.6 mi
Geisinger Jersey Shore Hospital
Jersey Shore · ★★★★★
ERRural critical access
DirectionsMedicare profile
33.9 mi
Bucktail Medical Center
Renovo · not rated
ERRural critical access
DirectionsMedicare profile
✓ Primary careSpring Mills is not a shortage area
✓ Dental careNo HRSA shortage area covers Spring Mills itself
✓ Mental healthSpring 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 Spring 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 23.1%PA 23.8%
Sleep under 7 hours 35.5%PA 37.9%
Binge drink 19.3%PA 18.3%
Smoke cigarettes 16.5%PA 15.8%
0%10%20%30%40%
Spring Mills, betterSpring Mills, worseAbout the samePennsylvania
Where Spring Mills gets moving

Walk with neighbors

The easiest exercise habit to keep is one with company.

Checkups & screenings

Keeping up with care

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

80%Yearly checkupPA 79%
66%Dentist visitPA 64%
87%Cholesterol checkPA 85%
68%Colon screeningPA 68%
77%MammogramPA 78%
81%Taking BP medsPA 79%
1 in 16
working-age adults has no health insurance
Spring Mills 6.4% · Pennsylvania 1 in 17 (5.8%)
Mind & connection

How Spring Mills adults are doing

About the same as Pennsylvania on each measure.

1 in 4Spring Mills adults have been diagnosed with depression
24% · PA 23% · About the same as PA
1 in 6Spring Mills adults are in frequent mental distress
16% · 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

Spring 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.

30.5%

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

Walking or climbing stairs14.7%
Thinking or memory13.3%
Hearing9.1%
Errands alone7.9%
Vision4.8%
Dressing or bathing3.7%
Pennsylvania

Questions about health in Spring Mills

Why doesn’t Spring 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 Spring Mills.

What hospital is closest to Spring Mills?

Mount Nittany Medical Center in State College, 17.8 miles in a straight line from Spring 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 Spring Mills.

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.