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Health in Emery · CDC PLACES 2025

Where Emery residents get care

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

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

What stands out

What stands out about health in Emery

★ What stands out · Getting care

Care in and near Emery

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

HNearest ERFreeman Medical Center - CahFreeman · 20 miDirections →
+Low-cost careAccess Health - MitchellMitchell · 21.1 mi · sliding-scale feesDirections →
20 mi
Freeman Medical Center - Cah
Freeman · not rated
ERRural critical access
20.9 mi
Avera Queen of Peace
Mitchell · ★★★★★
ERRural critical access
21.1 mi
Access Health - Mitchell
Mitchell · community health center
Sliding-scale fees
23.3 mi
Avera St. Benedict Health Center - Cah
Parkston · ★★★★★
Rural critical access
28.5 mi
Horizon Health Care
6 sites · nearest in Howard
Sliding-scale fees
Directions to nearest
31.7 mi
Landmann Jungman Memorial Hospital Corporation
Scotland · not rated
ER
✓ Primary careEmery is not a shortage area
✓ Dental careEmery is not a shortage area
✓ Mental healthNo HRSA shortage area covers Emery itself

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 Emery; ≈ 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).

Chronic conditions

Out of every 100 Emery adults…

On every condition, Emery is about the same as South Dakota. Tap one to see it as people.

34 of every 100 Emery adults have high blood pressure
South Dakota: 33 in 100 · about the same · likely 29.3–37.9%
Better than SDWorseAbout the sameSouth Dakota
Habits

Everyday habits, side by side with South Dakota

Share of adults, with the South Dakota figure marked.

Get no exercise 24.7%SD 24.1%
Sleep under 7 hours 29.2%SD 29.7%
Binge drink 18.8%SD 18.8%
Smoke cigarettes 16.7%SD 15.2%
0%10%20%30%40%
Emery, betterEmery, worseAbout the sameSouth Dakota
Where Emery gets moving

Walk with neighbors

The easiest exercise habit to keep is one with company.

Checkups & screenings

Keeping up with care

Share of Emery adults getting routine care. The full ring is 100%; the dark tick marks South Dakota.

76%Yearly checkupSD 77%
74%Dentist visitSD 69%
85%Cholesterol checkSD 85%
68%Colon screeningSD 66%
76%MammogramSD 77%
76%Taking BP medsSD 76%
1 in 12
working-age adults has no health insurance
Emery 8.6% · South Dakota 1 in 11 (8.8%)
Mind & connection

How Emery adults are doing

About the same as South Dakota on each measure.

1 in 5Emery adults have been diagnosed with depression
22% · SD 21.2% · About the same as SD
1 in 6Emery adults are in frequent mental distress
15.9% · SD 15.3% · About the same as SD
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

Emery and the towns around it

How health changes across the town line.

Pleasant Township: 36.1%Jefferson Township: 35.7%Taylor Township: 36.1%Wayne Township: 36.4%Edgerton Township: 35.8%Emery: 36.3%EmeryPleasant Township
Healthier than SDNear SDLess healthy
Obesity
#5 of 6 towns on this map, healthiest first
Pleasant Township36.1%
Emery36.3%
SD35.9%

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
Pleasant Township————

Pleasant Township: fewer than 1,000 residents. Same-state neighbors only, ordered by length of shared border.

Disability

Living with a disability

Shown without a better/worse judgment.

30.8%

of Emery adults live with a disability (South Dakota 30.1%). Thinking or memory is the most common.

Walking or climbing stairs13.6%
Thinking or memory14.4%
Hearing8.4%
Errands alone8.2%
Vision4.7%
Dressing or bathing3.8%
South Dakota

Questions about health in Emery

Why doesn’t Emery have a Health Grade?

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

What hospital is closest to Emery?

Freeman Medical Center - Cah in Freeman, 20.0 miles in a straight line from Emery’s center point, is the nearest general hospital with an emergency room. It has no Medicare star rating.

Neighbors talk health

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

Town Square →
Ask your neighbors

Health estimates: CDC PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, 2025 release. The South Dakota 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.