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Health in Wescosville · CDC PLACES 2025

Where Wescosville residents get care

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

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

What stands out · In brief

What stands out about health in Wescosville

Wescosville is an active town

Only 18.9% of adults get no exercise outside work, vs 23.8% across Pennsylvania. Habits ↓

COPD and stroke are less common in Wescosville

Wescosville runs below Pennsylvania on COPD (5.8% vs 7.7%) and stroke (2.9% vs 3.7%). 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 Wescosville’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 18.9%PA 23.8%
Sleep under 7 hours 32.3%PA 37.9%
Binge drink 17.1%PA 18.3%
Smoke cigarettes 11.6%PA 15.8%
0%10%20%30%40%
Wescosville, betterWescosville, worseAbout the samePennsylvania
Where Wescosville gets moving

0.2 miles of trails across 5 parks and preserves

Parks & trails →
Chronic conditions

Out of every 100 Wescosville adults…

Wescosville runs below PA on 4 of 12 conditions and above it on 1. Tap one to see it as people.

6 of every 100 Wescosville adults have COPD
Pennsylvania: 8 in 100 · better · likely 5.2–6.5%
Better than PAWorseAbout the samePennsylvania
Getting care

Care in and near Wescosville

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

HNearest ERLehigh Valley HospitalAllentown · 1.7 miDirections →
★Best rated nearbySt. Lukes Hospital★★★★★ · 8.9 miDirections →
+Low-cost careValley Health Partners Community Health CenterAllentown · 4 mi · sliding-scale feesDirections →
1.7 mi
Lehigh Valley Hospital
Allentown · ★★★★★
ER
3 mi
Lehigh Valley Hospital - Macungie
Macungie · not rated
ER
4 mi
Valley Health Partners Community Health Center
8 sites · nearest in Allentown
Sliding-scale fees
Directions to nearest
8.9 mi
St. Lukes Hospital
Bethlehem · ★★★★★
ER
13 mi
St. Luke's Hospital - Upper Bucks Campus
Quakertown · ★★★★★
ER
✓ Primary careWescosville is not a shortage area
✓ Dental careWescosville is not a shortage area
✓ Mental healthWescosville 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 Wescosville; ≈ 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 Wescosville adults getting routine care. The full ring is 100%; the dark tick marks Pennsylvania.

81%Yearly checkupPA 79%
74%Dentist visitPA 64%
90%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
Wescosville 5.5% · Pennsylvania 1 in 17 (5.8%)
Mind & connection

How Wescosville adults are doing

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

1 in 5Wescosville adults have been diagnosed with depression
20.9% · PA 23% · About the same as PA
1 in 8Wescosville adults are in frequent mental distress
13.3% · 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.

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

Wescosville and the towns around it

How health changes across the town line.

Lower Macungie Township: 31.1%South Whitehall Township: 30.9%Upper Macungie Township: 29.5%Macungie: 33.5%Emmaus: 32.2%Upper Milford Township: 31.1%Trexlertown: 28.1%Breinigsville: 28.8%Hereford Township: 32.5%Salisbury Township: 34.5%Allentown: 38.9%Dorneyville: 30%Cetronia: 31.3%Whitehall Township: 33.4%North Whitehall Township: 31.8%Fullerton: 34.7%Lowhill Township: 30.7%Longswamp Township: 32.5%Maxatawny Township: 32.1%Wescosville: 29.7%WescosvilleLower Macungie TownshipSouth Whitehall TownshipUpper Macungie TownshipLehigh Valley Hospital · Allentown · 1.7 mi · 4★ MedicareHLehigh Valley Hospital - Macungie · Macungie · 3 miHCenter for Women's Medicine · Allentown · 4 mi+
Healthier than PANear PALess healthyHHospital+Health center
Obesity
#4 of 20 towns on this map, healthiest first
Upper Macungie Township29.5%
Wescosville29.7%
South Whitehall Township30.9%
Lower Macungie Township31.1%
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
Lower Macungie TownshipA−31.1%10.5%13.1%ZIP codes
South Whitehall TownshipA−30.9%10.8%12.5%ZIP codes
Upper Macungie TownshipA29.5%9.8%12.2%ZIP codes

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

Disability

Living with a disability

Shown without a better/worse judgment.

24.4%

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

Walking or climbing stairs10.9%
Thinking or memory10.4%
Hearing6.5%
Errands alone5.7%
Vision3.6%
Dressing or bathing2.5%
Pennsylvania

Questions about health in Wescosville

Why doesn’t Wescosville have a Health Grade?

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

What hospital is closest to Wescosville?

Lehigh Valley Hospital in Allentown, 1.7 miles in a straight line from Wescosville’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 Wescosville?

23 community health center sites are within 10 miles; the nearest is VHP Specialties in Allentown, 4.0 miles away. They charge on a sliding scale by income.

Neighbors talk health

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

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.