Health · Keystone Heights

Keystone Heights, FL health

Keystone Heights differs from Florida on 8 of 33 measures. It has fewer uninsured adults (12.4% vs 15.9%). Where it trails the state: more smokers (16.5% vs 12.4%).

CDC PLACES 2025 · adults 18+ · CDC's estimate for Keystone Heights
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Keystone Heights’s Health Grade: C

On seven CDC health estimates for adults, Keystone Heights is healthier than 30% of U.S. towns.

C+Self-rated healthC-Physical distressDMental distressBObesityC+DiabetesCSmokingCExercise
All U.S. towns we grade (19,420)Healthier than 30%
Less healthyHealthier
Florida towns we grade (774)Healthier than 29%
Towns with similar incomes, $60K–$100K (9,798)Healthier than 21%

About what its income would suggest. Keystone Heights does about as well against towns with similar incomes as against all towns.

These are estimates. At the ends of CDC’s likely ranges, Keystone Heights could be anywhere from D to B.
How the Health Grade works
  • Seven CDC estimates. Adults in fair or poor health, frequent physical distress, frequent mental distress, obesity, diabetes, smoking and no exercise (CDC PLACES, 2025 release). On each one a town earns the share of U.S. towns doing worse, and those shares are averaged. It’s the same score as our Healthiest towns in Florida ranking.
  • Graded on a national curve. Every U.S. town with 1,000+ residents and all seven estimates (19,420 places) is lined up by score: A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
  • Not adjusted for income. Wealthier towns are usually healthier, and the grade shows that as it is. The similar-incomes bar compares Keystone Heights with U.S. towns whose median household income is within 25% of its own.
  • Modeled, not measured. CDC combines national survey answers with each area’s age, sex, race and income mix. Keystone Heights uses CDC’s own estimate for it. High blood pressure is left out because it tracks age more than anything else. The confidence line recomputes the grade with every estimate at the low, then the high, end of its range.
Report card

How Keystone Heights compares with Florida

Each theme counts how many of its measures are better, worse or too close to call against the state. Tap one to jump to it.

Chronic conditions

Out of every 100 Keystone Heights adults…

39 of every 100 Keystone Heights adults have high blood pressure
Florida: 37 in 100 · too close to call · margin 35–42%

Bars show Keystone Heights; the black tick is Florida. Tap a condition to see it as people.

Habits

Everyday habits, side by side with the state

Keystone Heights, betterKeystone Heights, worseToo close to callFlorida
Get no exerciseshare of adults 28.6% Keystone Heights
FL 26.3%
Sleep under 7 hoursshare of adults 39.7% Keystone Heights
FL 37.3%
Binge drinkshare of adults 15.5% Keystone Heights
FL 14.6%
Smoke cigarettesshare of adults 16.5% Keystone Heights
FL 12.4%
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Care & screenings

Keeping up with care

Share of Keystone Heights adults getting routine care. The full ring is 100%; the dark tick marks Florida.

77%
Yearly checkup
FL 78%
54%
Dentist visit
FL 57%
85%
Cholesterol check
FL 87%
64%
Colon screening
FL 66%
69%
Mammogram
FL 76%
77%
Taking BP meds
FL 78%
1 in 8
working-age adults has no health insurance
Keystone Heights 12.4% · Florida 1 in 6 (15.9%)
Mind & connection

How Keystone Heights adults are doing

1 in 5Keystone Heights adults have been diagnosed with depression
21.4% · Florida 17.1% · worse
1 in 5Keystone Heights adults are in frequent mental distress
19.6% · Florida 15.8% · worse
Disability

Living with a disability

35.6%

of Keystone Heights adults live with a disability (Florida 31.3%). Walking or climbing stairs is the most common.

Walking or climbing stairs16.5%
Thinking or memory16.4%
Hearing8.8%
Errands alone9.7%
Vision6%
Dressing or bathing4.3%

Black tick: Florida. Shown without a better/worse judgment.

Getting care

Care in and near Keystone Heights

1 community health center in Keystone Heights, plus the nearest just outside it.

HNearest ERUf Health Shands HospitalGainesville · 20.9 miDirections →
★Best rated nearbyAscension St. Vincent's Clay County★★★★★ · 22.5 miDirections →
+Low-cost careRural Health Care, IncorporatedKeystone Heights · 0.5 mi · sliding-scale feesDirections →
0.5 mi
Rural Health Care, Incorporated
4 sites · nearest in Keystone Heights
Sliding-scale feesIn Keystone Heights
Directions to nearest
11.6 mi
Trenton Medical Center
2 sites · nearest in Starke
Sliding-scale fees
Directions to nearest
20.9 mi
Uf Health Shands Hospital
Gainesville · ★★★★★
ER
22.5 mi
Ascension St. Vincent's Clay County
Middleburg · ★★★★★
ER
22.7 mi
Hca Florida Putnam Hospital
Palatka · ★★★★★
ER
24.1 mi
Hca Florida North Florida Hospital
Gainesville · ★★★★★
ER
✓ Primary careKeystone Heights is not a shortage area
✓ Dental careKeystone Heights is not a shortage area
! Mental healthKeystone Heights's county is a federal shortage area for some residents.Low-income residents, Lutheran Services Florida-MHCA-Circuit 4 · need score 18 of 25

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 Keystone Heights. Shortage areas: HRSA Health Professional Shortage Areas (a “population” designation covers specific residents, such as those with low incomes).

All 33 measures for Keystone Heights
MeasureKeystone HeightsMarginFlorida
Chronic conditions
High blood pressure38.5%35–42%36.6%about the same
High cholesterol39.7%36.2–43.1%39%about the same
Obesity35.2%29.9–40.5%31.9%about the same
Arthritis29.4%26.5–32.2%26.6%about the same
Depression21.4%18.5–24.3%17.1%worse
Lost all teeth (65+)15.8%12.9–18.8%12.7%worse
Asthma10.6%9.4–11.8%9.4%about the same
Cancer (not skin)10.1%9.2–11.1%9.1%worse
Diabetes12.8%11.2–14.6%13.5%about the same
COPD9.4%8–10.9%7.2%worse
Heart disease8%7.1–8.9%7.5%about the same
Stroke4%3.6–4.5%3.8%about the same
Habits
Smoke cigarettes16.5%13.5–19.6%12.4%worse
Binge drink15.5%13–18%14.6%about the same
Get no exercise28.6%24.3–33%26.3%about the same
Sleep under 7 hours39.7%34.3–45.2%37.3%about the same
Care & screenings
Yearly checkup77.3%74.1–80.2%78.4%about the same
Dentist visit54.1%50.5–57.7%57.4%about the same
Cholesterol check84.6%82.3–86.8%87%worse
Colon screening64%59.2–68.6%65.7%about the same
Mammogram69.3%61.3–76.3%76.1%about the same
Taking BP meds77.3%74.8–79.6%78.4%about the same
No health insurance12.4%9.9–15.3%15.9%better
Mind & connection
Frequent mental distress19.6%17.3–21.8%15.8%worse
Fair or poor health21%18–24.2%20.3%about the same
Frequent physical distress16.1%14–18.1%14.3%about the same
Disability
Any disability35.6%31.3–39.9%31.3%
Walking or climbing stairs16.5%14.1–19%15.1%
Thinking or memory16.4%14.1–18.7%13.7%
Hearing8.8%7.8–9.8%7.6%
Vision6%5.2–6.8%6%
Dressing or bathing4.3%3.7–5%4.1%
Errands alone9.7%8.4–11.1%8%
About these numbers

How CDC estimates town health

They're modeled estimatesCDC combines a large national health survey with each area's age, sex, race and income mix to estimate local rates. Nobody surveyed Keystone Heights door to door.
Close calls stay grayEvery figure has a margin of error. When the Florida figure falls inside it, we don't call Keystone Heights better or worse.
CDC's own town estimateCDC publishes Keystone Heights directly, so these are its own figures.

CDC PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, 2025 release. The Florida figure combines its counties, weighted by adult population.

Health estimates: CDC PLACES. Hospitals and star ratings: Medicare Care Compare (CMS). Health centers and shortage areas: HRSA. Town boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau.

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