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Victorian House on Ridge Pike, Trooper, Montco, PAPhoto: Montgomery County Planning Commission (Pennsylvania) · CC BY-SA 2.0
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Health in Trooper · CDC PLACES 2025

Where Trooper residents get care

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

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

What stands out · In brief

What stands out about health in Trooper

Trooper is an active town

Only 18.4% of adults get no exercise outside work, vs 23.8% across Pennsylvania. Habits ↓

COPD and stroke are less common in Trooper

Trooper runs below Pennsylvania on four chronic conditions, most of all COPD (5.9% vs 7.7%), stroke (2.9% vs 3.7%) and diabetes (9.5% vs 11.6%). 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 Trooper’s likely range.

★ What stands out · Habits

Everyday habits, side by side with Pennsylvania

Share of adults, with the Pennsylvania figure marked.

Get no exercise 18.4%PA 23.8%
Sleep under 7 hours 35.5%PA 37.9%
Binge drink 20%PA 18.3%
Smoke cigarettes 12.5%PA 15.8%
0%10%20%30%40%
Trooper, betterTrooper, worseAbout the samePennsylvania
Where Trooper gets moving

0 miles of trails across 2 parks and preserves

Parks & trails →
Chronic conditions

Out of every 100 Trooper adults…

Trooper runs below PA on 5 of 12 conditions. Tap one to see it as people.

6 of every 100 Trooper adults have COPD
Pennsylvania: 8 in 100 · better · likely 5.3–6.7%
Better than PAWorseAbout the samePennsylvania
Getting care

Care in and near Trooper

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

HNearest ERJefferson Einstein Montgomery HospitalEast Norriton · 3 miDirections →
★Best rated nearbyPaoli Hospital★★★★★ · 9.1 miDirections →
+Low-cost careNorristown Regional Health CenterNorristown · 3.9 mi · sliding-scale feesDirections →
1.2 mi
Eagleville Hospital
Eagleville · not rated
1.7 mi
Valley Forge Medical Center
Norristown · not rated
3 mi
Jefferson Einstein Montgomery Hospital
East Norriton · ★★★★★
ER
3.9 mi
Norristown Regional Health Center
Norristown · community health center
Sliding-scale fees
4.5 mi
Suburban Community Hospital
Norristown · ★★★★★
ER
12.6 mi
Community Health and Dental Care
2 sites · nearest in Pottstown
Sliding-scale fees
Directions to nearest
✓ Primary careTrooper is not a shortage area
✓ Dental careTrooper is not a shortage area
✓ Mental healthTrooper 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 Trooper; ≈ marks a hospital located by its town, not its street. Shortage areas: HRSA Health Professional Shortage Areas.

Checkups & screenings

Keeping up with care

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

77%Yearly checkupPA 79%
71%Dentist visitPA 64%
88%Cholesterol checkPA 85%
68%Colon screeningPA 68%
78%MammogramPA 78%
77%Taking BP medsPA 79%
1 in 17
working-age adults has no health insurance
Trooper 5.8% · Pennsylvania 1 in 17 (5.8%)
Mind & connection

How Trooper adults are doing

On 1 of 2 measures, Trooper does better than Pennsylvania.

1 in 5Trooper adults have been diagnosed with depression
21.1% · PA 23% · About the same as PA
1 in 7Trooper adults are in frequent mental distress
14.6% · PA 16.4% · Better 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

Trooper and the towns around it

How health changes across the town line.

Eagleville: 33.5%Audubon: 25.8%Lower Providence Township: 30.5%Upper Providence Township: 30.7%Oaks: no dataTrooper: 31%TrooperEaglevilleAudubon
Healthier than PANear PALess healthy
Obesity
#4 of 5 towns on this map, healthiest first
Audubon25.8%
Trooper31%
Eagleville33.5%
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
Eagleville————
Audubon————

Eagleville and Audubon: Census-designated places inside larger towns, graded as part of them. Same-state neighbors only, ordered by length of shared border.

Disability

Living with a disability

Shown without a better/worse judgment.

24.9%

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

Walking or climbing stairs10.8%
Thinking or memory11.5%
Hearing6.3%
Errands alone6.1%
Vision3.8%
Dressing or bathing2.7%
Pennsylvania

Questions about health in Trooper

Why doesn’t Trooper have a Health Grade?

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

What hospital is closest to Trooper?

Jefferson Einstein Montgomery Hospital in East Norriton, 3.0 miles in a straight line from Trooper’s center point, is the nearest general hospital with an emergency room. Medicare rates it 4 of 5 stars.

Where can I get low-cost care near Trooper?

1 community health center sites are within 10 miles; the nearest is Norristown Regional Health Center in Norristown, 3.9 miles away. They charge on a sliding scale by income.

Neighbors talk health

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

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.