Guest, Sign inJoin

Post to Swartzville

We’ll email a one-tap link to publish your post. No password, and nothing is public until you click it.
Already a member? Sign in
Peach United Church of Christ, Swartzville, PA, Jan. 2025Photo: Mr. Matté (if there is an issue with this image, contact me using this image's Commons talk page, my Commons user talk page, or my English Wikipedia user talk page; I'll know about it a lot faster) · CC BY-SA 4.0
–Not graded
Health in Swartzville · CDC PLACES 2025

Where Swartzville residents get care

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

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

Chronic conditions

Out of every 100 Swartzville adults…

Swartzville runs below PA on 2 of 12 conditions. Tap one to see it as people.

3 of every 100 Swartzville adults have had a stroke
Pennsylvania: 4 in 100 · better · likely 2.8–3.4%
Better than PAWorseAbout the samePennsylvania
Getting care

Care in and near Swartzville

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

HNearest ERWellspan Ephrata Community HospitalEphrata · 6.2 miDirections →
★Best rated nearbyWellspan Ephrata Community Hospital★★★★★ · 6.2 miDirections →
+Low-cost careUnion Community CareDenver · 3 mi · sliding-scale feesDirections →
3 mi
Union Community Care
4 sites · nearest in Denver
Sliding-scale fees
Directions to nearest
6.2 mi
Wellspan Ephrata Community Hospital
Ephrata · ★★★★★
ER
9.4 mi
Berks Community Health Center
3 sites · nearest in Reading
Sliding-scale fees
Directions to nearest
9.8 mi
Reading Hospital
West Reading · ★★★★★
ER
10.2 mi
Surgical Institute of Reading
Wyomissing · not rated
11.5 mi
Penn State Health St. Joseph
Reading · ★★★★★
ER
✓ Primary careSwartzville is not a shortage area
✓ Dental careSwartzville is not a shortage area
✓ Mental healthSwartzville 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 Swartzville; ≈ 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 20.4%PA 23.8%
Sleep under 7 hours 36.9%PA 37.9%
Binge drink 18.7%PA 18.3%
Smoke cigarettes 14.9%PA 15.8%
0%10%20%30%40%
Swartzville, betterSwartzville, worseAbout the samePennsylvania
Where Swartzville gets moving

0 miles of trails across 1 park or preserve

Parks & trails →
Checkups & screenings

Keeping up with care

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

79%Yearly checkupPA 79%
70%Dentist visitPA 64%
87%Cholesterol checkPA 85%
68%Colon screeningPA 68%
77%MammogramPA 78%
80%Taking BP medsPA 79%
1 in 16
working-age adults has no health insurance
Swartzville 6.1% · Pennsylvania 1 in 17 (5.8%)
Mind & connection

How Swartzville adults are doing

About the same as Pennsylvania on each measure.

1 in 4Swartzville adults have been diagnosed with depression
22.7% · PA 23% · About the same as PA
1 in 7Swartzville adults are in frequent mental distress
15% · 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

Swartzville and the towns around it

How health changes across the town line.

East Cocalico Township: 35.4%Brecknock Township: 35.3%Adamstown: 34.7%Ephrata Township: 35.1%Denver: 37.5%West Cocalico Township: 35.5%Spring Township: 32.7%Reinholds: 35.4%Reamstown: 36.1%Earl Township: 35.2%Caernarvon Township: 35%East Earl Township: 35.1%Fivepointville: 35.8%Brecknock Township: 33.5%Swartzville: 34.3%SwartzvilleEast Cocalico TownshipBrecknock TownshipAdamstownWellspan Ephrata Community Hospital · Ephrata · 6.2 mi · 5★ MedicareHReading Hospital · West Reading · 9.8 mi · 4★ MedicareHSurgical Institute of Reading · Wyomissing · 10.2 miHDenver Declaration House- Dental Care · Denver · 3 mi+Berks Community Health Center at Oakbrook · Reading · 9.4 mi+
Healthier than PANear PALess healthyHHospital+Health center
Obesity
#3 of 15 towns on this map, healthiest first
Swartzville34.3%
Adamstown34.7%
Brecknock Township35.3%
East Cocalico Township35.4%
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
East Cocalico TownshipB35.4%10.6%17.2%ZIP codes
Brecknock TownshipB−35.3%10.7%18.5%ZIP codes
AdamstownB+34.7%9.3%15.8%CDC place

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

Disability

Living with a disability

Shown without a better/worse judgment.

28.1%

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

Walking or climbing stairs11.8%
Thinking or memory12.3%
Hearing7%
Errands alone6.5%
Vision3.9%
Dressing or bathing2.7%
Pennsylvania

Questions about health in Swartzville

Why doesn’t Swartzville have a Health Grade?

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

What hospital is closest to Swartzville?

Wellspan Ephrata Community Hospital in Ephrata, 6.2 miles in a straight line from Swartzville’s center point, is the nearest general hospital with an emergency room. Medicare rates it 5 of 5 stars.

Where can I get low-cost care near Swartzville?

5 community health center sites are within 10 miles; the nearest is Denver Declaration House- Dental Care in Denver, 3.0 miles away. They charge on a sliding scale by income.

Neighbors talk health

Doctors taking patients, urgent care, staying active in Swartzville.

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.