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Health in Prairie Center Township · CDC PLACES 2025

Where Prairie Center Township residents get care

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

Modeled estimates for adults 18+, from ZIP codes 57436, 57440. How CDC estimates town health

What stands out

What stands out about health in Prairie Center Township

★ What stands out · Getting care

Care in and near Prairie Center Township

No hospital or community health center in Prairie Center Township itself. These are the nearest.

HNearest ERCommunity Memorial HospitalRedfield · 18.5 miDirections →
★Best rated nearbyCommunity Memorial Hospital★★★★★ · 18.5 miDirections →
+Low-cost careHorizon Health CareAberdeen · 39.4 mi · sliding-scale feesDirections →
18.5 mi
Community Memorial Hospital
Redfield · ★★★★★
ERRural critical access
39.4 mi
Horizon Health Care
7 sites · nearest in Aberdeen
Sliding-scale fees
Directions to nearest
39.6 mi
Huron Regional Medical Center
Huron · ★★★★★
ERRural critical access
39.8 mi
Avera St. Lukes
Aberdeen · ★★★★★
ER
≈39.8 mi
Sanford Medical Center Aberdeen
Aberdeen · ★★★★★
ER
69.4 mi
Access Health - Highmore
Highmore · community health center
Sliding-scale fees
✓ Primary careNo HRSA shortage area covers Prairie Center Township itself
✓ Dental carePrairie Center Township is not a shortage area
✓ Mental healthNo HRSA shortage area covers Prairie Center 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 Prairie Center 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).

Chronic conditions

Out of every 100 Prairie Center Township adults…

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

34 of every 100 Prairie Center Township adults have high blood pressure
South Dakota: 33 in 100 · about the same · likely 29.5–37.8%
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 24.9%SD 24.1%
Sleep under 7 hours 30.5%SD 29.7%
Binge drink 18.4%SD 18.8%
Smoke cigarettes 15.5%SD 15.2%
0%10%20%30%40%
Prairie Center Township, betterPrairie Center Township, worseAbout the sameSouth Dakota
Where Prairie Center Township gets moving

21 miles of trails across 0 parks and preserves

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Checkups & screenings

Keeping up with care

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

76%Yearly checkupSD 77%
67%Dentist visitSD 69%
84%Cholesterol checkSD 85%
65%Colon screeningSD 66%
78%MammogramSD 77%
77%Taking BP medsSD 76%
1 in 11
working-age adults has no health insurance
Prairie Center Township 9.1% · South Dakota 1 in 11 (8.8%)
Mind & connection

How Prairie Center Township adults are doing

About the same as South Dakota on each measure.

1 in 5Prairie Center Township adults have been diagnosed with depression
21.4% · SD 21.2% · About the same as SD
1 in 6Prairie Center Township adults are in frequent mental distress
15.5% · 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

Prairie Center Township and the towns around it

How health changes across the town line.

Sumner Township: 37.6%Belle Plaine Township: 35.5%Doland: 36.7%Spring Township: 35.6%Harmony Township: 36.1%Benton Township: 35.7%Clifton Township: 37%Turton Township: 37.3%Olean Township: 35.8%Tetonka Township: 35.7%Frankfort Township: 36.1%Harrison Township: 35.7%Richfield Township: 35.2%Raymond Township: 34.2%Great Bend Township: 36.1%Prairie Center Township: 35.5%Prairie Center TownshipSumner TownshipBelle Plaine TownshipDolandSpring TownshipHarmony Township
Healthier than SDNear SDLess healthy
Obesity
#3 of 16 towns on this map, healthiest first
Prairie Center Township35.5%
Belle Plaine Township35.5%
Spring Township35.6%
Harmony Township36.1%
Doland36.7%
Sumner Township37.6%
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
Sumner Township————
Belle Plaine Township————
Harmony Township————
Spring Township————
Doland————

Sumner Township, Belle Plaine Township, Harmony Township, Spring Township and Doland: 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.

31.1%

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

Walking or climbing stairs13.6%
Thinking or memory14.2%
Hearing8.7%
Errands alone8.1%
Vision4.7%
Dressing or bathing3.7%
South Dakota

Questions about health in Prairie Center Township

Why doesn’t Prairie Center 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 Prairie Center Township.

What hospital is closest to Prairie Center Township?

Community Memorial Hospital in Redfield, 18.5 miles in a straight line from Prairie Center Township’s center point, is the nearest general hospital with an emergency room. Medicare rates it 4 of 5 stars.

Neighbors talk health

Doctors taking patients, urgent care, staying active in Prairie Center Township.

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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.