✓ Primary careGrand Meadow Township is not a shortage area
✓ Dental careGrand Meadow Township is not a shortage area
✓ Mental healthNo HRSA shortage area covers Grand Meadow Township 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 Grand Meadow Township; ≈ 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).
Habits
Everyday habits, side by side with South Dakota
Share of adults, with the South Dakota figure marked.
Get no exercise20.9%SD 24.1%
Sleep under 7 hours27.5%SD 29.7%
Binge drink20.3%SD 18.8%
Smoke cigarettes13.2%SD 15.2%
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Where Grand Meadow Township gets moving
Walk with neighbors
The easiest exercise habit to keep is one with company.
Checkups & screenings
Keeping up with care
Share of Grand Meadow Township adults getting routine care. The full ring is 100%; the dark tick marks South Dakota.
Yearly checkupSD 77%
Dentist visitSD 69%
Cholesterol checkSD 85%
Colon screeningSD 66%
MammogramSD 77%
Taking BP medsSD 76%
1 in 15
working-age adults has no health insurance
Grand Meadow Township 6.5% · South Dakota 1 in 11 (8.8%)
Mind & connection
How Grand Meadow Township adults are doing
About the same as South Dakota on each measure.
1 in 4Grand Meadow Township adults have been diagnosed with depression
22.3% · SD 21.2% · About the same as SD
1 in 7Grand Meadow Township adults are in frequent mental distress
14.8% · 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.
Clear Lake Township, Lyons Township, Taopi Township and Hartford 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.
25.5%
of Grand Meadow Township adults live with a disability (South Dakota 30.1%). Thinking or memory is the most common.
Walking or climbing stairs10.4%
Thinking or memory11.7%
Hearing6.7%
Errands alone6.2%
Vision3.3%
Dressing or bathing2.7%
South Dakota
Questions about health in Grand Meadow Township
Why doesn’t Grand Meadow Township have a Health Grade?
Every Health Grade is built from seven of CDC’s PLACES estimates, and CDC doesn’t publish all seven for Grand Meadow Township.
What hospital is closest to Grand Meadow Township?
Avera Dells Area Hospital - Cah in Dell Rapids, 13.7 miles in a straight line from Grand Meadow Township’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 Grand Meadow Township.
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.