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Health in Woodside · CDC PLACES 2025

Where Woodside residents get care

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

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

What stands out · In brief

What stands out about health in Woodside

Woodside is an active town

Only 14.9% of adults get no exercise outside work, vs 23.8% across Pennsylvania. Habits ↓

COPD and stroke are less common in Woodside

Woodside runs below Pennsylvania on six chronic conditions, most of all COPD (4.3% vs 7.7%), stroke (2.4% vs 3.7%) and obesity (25.9% vs 33.8%). Conditions ↓

Few Woodside adults smoke

8.5% of adults smoke cigarettes, vs 15.8% across Pennsylvania. Habits ↓

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 Woodside’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 14.9%PA 23.8%
Sleep under 7 hours 32.5%PA 37.9%
Binge drink 18.3%PA 18.3%
Smoke cigarettes 8.5%PA 15.8%
0%10%20%30%40%
Woodside, betterWoodside, worseAbout the samePennsylvania
Where Woodside gets moving

0 miles of trails across 1 park or preserve

Parks & trails →
Chronic conditions

Out of every 100 Woodside adults…

Woodside runs below PA on 8 of 12 conditions and above it on 1. Tap one to see it as people.

4 of every 100 Woodside adults have COPD
Pennsylvania: 8 in 100 · better · likely 3.8–4.8%
Better than PAWorseAbout the samePennsylvania
Getting care

Care in and near Woodside

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

HNearest ERSt. Mary Medical CenterLanghorne · 4.4 miDirections →
★Best rated nearbyRobert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Hamilton★★★★★ · 9.7 miDirections →
+Low-cost careHenry J. Austin Health CenterTrenton · 4.3 mi · sliding-scale feesDirections →
4.4 mi
St. Mary Medical Center
Langhorne · ★★★★★
ER
5.6 mi
Capital Health Regional Medical Center
Trenton · ★★★★★
ER
7.7 mi
Capital Health Medical Center - Hopewell
Pennington · ★★★★★
ER
8.7 mi
Lower Bucks Hospital
Bristol · ★★★★★
ER
11 mi
Burlington City Health Center
Burlington · community health center
Sliding-scale fees
✓ Primary careWoodside is not a shortage area
✓ Dental careWoodside is not a shortage area
✓ Mental healthWoodside 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 Woodside; ≈ 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 Woodside adults getting routine care. The full ring is 100%; the dark tick marks Pennsylvania.

80%Yearly checkupPA 79%
79%Dentist visitPA 64%
90%Cholesterol checkPA 85%
73%Colon screeningPA 68%
82%MammogramPA 78%
80%Taking BP medsPA 79%
1 in 28
working-age adults has no health insurance
Woodside 3.6% · Pennsylvania 1 in 17 (5.8%)
Mind & connection

How Woodside adults are doing

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

1 in 5Woodside adults have been diagnosed with depression
20.1% · PA 23% · About the same as PA
1 in 8Woodside adults are in frequent mental distress
11.8% · 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

Woodside 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.

20.9%

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

Walking or climbing stairs8.1%
Thinking or memory8.6%
Hearing5.6%
Errands alone4.2%
Vision2.7%
Dressing or bathing1.8%
Pennsylvania

Questions about health in Woodside

Why doesn’t Woodside have a Health Grade?

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

What hospital is closest to Woodside?

St. Mary Medical Center in Langhorne, 4.4 miles in a straight line from Woodside’s center point, is the nearest general hospital with an emergency room. Medicare rates it 2 of 5 stars.

Where can I get low-cost care near Woodside?

7 community health center sites are within 10 miles; the nearest is Henry J. Austin Health Center-Bellevue in Trenton, 4.3 miles away. They charge on a sliding scale by income.

Neighbors talk health

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

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.