Health · Fall Creek

Fall Creek, IL health

Fall Creek differs from Illinois on 10 of 40 measures. It has fewer uninsured adults (6.4% vs 9.9%) and fewer adults facing food insecurity (10.9% vs 15.9%). Where it trails the state: more adults who have had cancer (9.9% vs 7.6%).

CDC PLACES 2025 · adults 18+ · ZIP codes 62305, 62360

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Health Grades cover towns with 1,000 or more residents. CDC's estimates for a place of 153 people are less certain, so we show Fall Creek's figures without a grade.

Report card

How Fall Creek compares with Illinois

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 Fall Creek adults…

36 of every 100 Fall Creek adults have high blood pressure

Illinois: 33 in 100 · too close to call · margin 31.6–40.5%

Bars show Fall Creek; the black tick is Illinois. Tap a condition to see it as people.

Habits

Everyday habits, side by side with the state

Fall Creek, betterFall Creek, worseToo close to callIllinois

Get no exerciseshare of adults 22.2% Fall Creek
IL 23%

Sleep under 7 hoursshare of adults 36.1% Fall Creek
IL 35.4%

Binge drinkshare of adults 18.7% Fall Creek
IL 17.8%

Smoke cigarettesshare of adults 13.5% Fall Creek
IL 12.1%

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Care & screenings

Keeping up with care

Share of Fall Creek adults getting routine care. The full ring is 100%; the dark tick marks Illinois.

Yearly checkup

IL 78%

Dentist visit

IL 63%

Cholesterol check

IL 87%

Colon screening

IL 60%

Mammogram

IL 74%

Taking BP meds

IL 76%

1 in 16

working-age adults has no health insurance

Fall Creek 6.4% · Illinois 1 in 10 (9.9%)

Mind & connection

How Fall Creek adults are doing

1 in 3Fall Creek adults feel lonely

31.8% · Illinois 33.5% · too close to call

1 in 5Fall Creek adults have been diagnosed with depression

22.2% · Illinois 19.8% · too close to call

1 in 4Fall Creek adults lack social or emotional support

22.5% · Illinois 25.4% · too close to call

1 in 6Fall Creek adults are in frequent mental distress

16.2% · Illinois 15.6% · too close to call

Everyday needs

Making ends meet

Needs that shape health as much as any doctor visit: food, housing, utilities and a way to get around.

1 in 9

Fall Creek adults worry about having enough food

10.9% · IL 15.9% · better

1 in 11

Fall Creek adults worry about keeping their housing

9.1% · IL 13.2% · better

1 in 17

Fall Creek adults were threatened with a utility shut-off

5.9% · IL 7.8% · better

1 in 16

Fall Creek adults lack reliable transportation

6.1% · IL 8% · better

10.3% of Fall Creek adults receive SNAP (food stamps), compared with 13.8% across Illinois.

Disability

Living with a disability

28.6%

of Fall Creek adults live with a disability (Illinois 27.6%). Walking or climbing stairs is the most common.

Walking or climbing stairs13.2%

Thinking or memory12.5%

Hearing7.2%

Errands alone7.5%

Vision4.1%

Dressing or bathing3.3%

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

Around Fall Creek

Fall Creek and the towns around it

Pick a measure to shade the map. Darker is worse for health. Pins are hospitals and community health centers in and near Fall Creek.

36.5%41.4%· darker is worse for health

Obesity

#4 of 13towns on this map, healthiest first

Melrose36.6%

Fall Creek36.8%

Payson38%

Levee40.6%

Care nearby

Blessing HospitalQuincy · 10 mi · ★★★★★ · ER Directions Medicare profile

Hannibal Regional HospitalHannibal · 10.9 mi · ★★★★★ · ER Directions Medicare profile

Pike County Memorial HospitalLouisiana · 28.6 mi · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Illini Community HospitalPittsfield · 29.9 mi · ★★★★★ · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Clarity HealthcareHannibal · 6.9 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

Siu Center for Family Medicine-Transitions of Western IllinoisQuincy · 8.8 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

! Primary careFall Creek's county is a federal shortage area for some residents.ME - Adams County · need score 15 of 25

! Dental careFall Creek's county is a federal shortage area for some residents.ME-Adams County · need score 13 of 25

! Mental healthFall Creek's county is a federal shortage area for some residents.LI Central Area MHCA · need score 18 of 25

Shortage areas: HRSA Health Professional Shortage Areas (a “population” designation covers specific residents, such as those with low incomes). Hospitals: Medicare overall star ratings, 1–5. Distances are straight-line from the center of Fall Creek. Nearby towns are shaded from CDC's estimates for their ZIP codes, or CDC's own figure for cities and villages.

All 40 measures for Fall Creek

Measure	Fall Creek	Margin	Illinois
Chronic conditions
High blood pressure	36%	31.6–40.5%	33%	about the same
High cholesterol	37.9%	33.4–42.7%	35.4%	about the same
Obesity	36.8%	28.7–45.6%	34%	about the same
Arthritis	28.5%	25.1–32.2%	24.2%	worse
Depression	22.2%	18.7–26.2%	19.8%	about the same
Lost all teeth (65+)	11.5%	9.2–14%	10.3%	about the same
Asthma	10.2%	9–11.6%	9.9%	about the same
Cancer (not skin)	9.9%	8.9–10.8%	7.6%	worse
Diabetes	11.2%	9.6–13%	11.7%	about the same
COPD	7.4%	6.5–8.3%	6.3%	worse
Heart disease	6.7%	6–7.5%	5.9%	worse
Stroke	3.4%	3.1–3.7%	3.3%	about the same
Habits
Smoke cigarettes	13.5%	11.4–15.8%	12.1%	about the same
Binge drink	18.7%	15.3–22.4%	17.8%	about the same
Get no exercise	22.2%	18.3–26.6%	23%	about the same
Sleep under 7 hours	36.1%	29.1–43.7%	35.4%	about the same
Care & screenings
Yearly checkup	78.8%	75–82.2%	77.8%	about the same
Dentist visit	64.9%	61–68.7%	63.4%	about the same
Cholesterol check	87.9%	86.2–89.5%	87.4%	about the same
Colon screening	66.2%	61–71.1%	60.2%	better
Mammogram	72.7%	64.1–80.3%	73.5%	about the same
Taking BP meds	77.4%	74.3–80.3%	75.7%	about the same
No health insurance	6.4%	5.3–7.7%	9.9%	better
Mind & connection
Feel lonely	31.8%	26.7–37.2%	33.5%	about the same
Lack emotional support	22.5%	19–26.3%	25.4%	about the same
Frequent mental distress	16.2%	14.2–18.3%	15.6%	about the same
Fair or poor health	17%	14.7–19.5%	18.6%	about the same
Frequent physical distress	12.9%	11.3–14.6%	12.2%	about the same
Everyday needs
Food insecurity	10.9%	9.1–13.1%	15.9%	better
Housing insecurity	9.1%	7.6–10.6%	13.2%	better
Utility shut-off threat	5.9%	5–6.9%	7.8%	better
No reliable transportation	6.1%	5.3–7%	8%	better
Receive SNAP	10.3%	8.5–12.3%	13.8%
Disability
Any disability	28.6%	24.6–33%	27.6%
Walking or climbing stairs	13.2%	11.4–15.2%	12.8%
Thinking or memory	12.5%	11–14.2%	12.6%
Hearing	7.2%	6.4–8.2%	6.2%
Vision	4.1%	3.7–4.6%	4.8%
Dressing or bathing	3.3%	3–3.7%	3.5%
Errands alone	7.5%	6.6–8.4%	7.6%

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 Fall Creek door to door.

Close calls stay grayEvery figure has a margin of error. When the Illinois figure falls inside it, we don't call Fall Creek better or worse.

Why a ZIP codeCDC publishes towns like Fall Creek by ZIP code. We weight the ZIP codes that cover Fall Creek by how much of its land each one covers.

CDC PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, 2025 release. The Illinois 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.