Health · Mendon

Mendon, IL health

Mendon differs from Illinois on 10 of 40 measures. It has fewer uninsured adults (6.8% vs 9.9%) and fewer adults facing housing insecurity (9.6% vs 13.2%). Where it trails the state: more adults who have had cancer (9.6% vs 7.6%).

CDC PLACES 2025 · adults 18+ · ZIP codes 62351, 62305, 62376

Report card

How Mendon 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 Mendon adults…

36 of every 100 Mendon adults have high blood pressure

Illinois: 33 in 100 · too close to call · margin 32–40.4%

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

Habits

Everyday habits, side by side with the state

Mendon, betterMendon, worseToo close to callIllinois

Get no exerciseshare of adults 23.2% Mendon
IL 23%

Sleep under 7 hoursshare of adults 36.1% Mendon
IL 35.4%

Binge drinkshare of adults 18.9% Mendon
IL 17.8%

Smoke cigarettesshare of adults 14.7% Mendon
IL 12.1%

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Care & screenings

Keeping up with care

Share of Mendon 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 15

working-age adults has no health insurance

Mendon 6.8% · Illinois 1 in 10 (9.9%)

Mind & connection

How Mendon adults are doing

1 in 3Mendon adults feel lonely

32.4% · Illinois 33.5% · too close to call

1 in 4Mendon adults have been diagnosed with depression

22.9% · Illinois 19.8% · too close to call

1 in 4Mendon adults lack social or emotional support

23% · Illinois 25.4% · too close to call

1 in 6Mendon adults are in frequent mental distress

17.1% · 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 8

Mendon adults worry about having enough food

11.8% · IL 15.9% · better

1 in 10

Mendon adults worry about keeping their housing

9.6% · IL 13.2% · better

1 in 16

Mendon adults were threatened with a utility shut-off

6.4% · IL 7.8% · better

1 in 15

Mendon adults lack reliable transportation

6.6% · IL 8% · better

11.4% of Mendon adults receive SNAP (food stamps), compared with 13.8% across Illinois.

Disability

Living with a disability

30%

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

Walking or climbing stairs13.9%

Thinking or memory13.5%

Hearing7.6%

Errands alone8.1%

Vision4.4%

Dressing or bathing3.6%

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

Around Mendon

Mendon and the towns around it

Pick a measure to shade the map. Darker is worse for health. Pins are the nearest hospitals and community health centers.

32.3%40.8%· darker is worse for health

Obesity

#4 of 14towns on this map, healthiest first

Mendon37.6%

Honey Creek37.7%

Ursa37.8%

Lima38.1%

Keene38.1%

Care nearby

Blessing HospitalQuincy · 12.8 mi · ★★★★★ · ER Directions Medicare profile

Memorial HospitalCarthage · 23.3 mi · ★★★★★ · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Hannibal Regional HospitalHannibal · 29.7 mi · ★★★★★ · ER Directions Medicare profile

Sarah D Culbertson Memorial HospitalRushville · 38.4 mi · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Siu Center for Family Medicine-Transitions of Western IllinoisQuincy · 12.1 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

Clarity HealthcareQuincy · 12.6 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

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

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

! Mental healthMendon'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 Mendon. 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 Mendon

Measure	Mendon	Margin	Illinois
Chronic conditions
High blood pressure	36.2%	32–40.4%	33%	about the same
High cholesterol	37.7%	33.4–42.3%	35.4%	about the same
Obesity	37.6%	29.8–45.9%	34%	about the same
Arthritis	28.6%	25.2–31.9%	24.2%	worse
Depression	22.9%	19.4–26.7%	19.8%	about the same
Lost all teeth (65+)	11.9%	9.5–14.7%	10.3%	about the same
Asthma	10.4%	9.2–11.8%	9.9%	about the same
Cancer (not skin)	9.6%	8.7–10.6%	7.6%	worse
Diabetes	11.4%	9.8–13.1%	11.7%	about the same
COPD	7.8%	6.8–9%	6.3%	worse
Heart disease	7%	6.2–7.9%	5.9%	worse
Stroke	3.6%	3.2–3.9%	3.3%	about the same
Habits
Smoke cigarettes	14.7%	12.2–17.2%	12.1%	worse
Binge drink	18.9%	15.6–22.5%	17.8%	about the same
Get no exercise	23.2%	19.1–27.6%	23%	about the same
Sleep under 7 hours	36.1%	29.3–43.3%	35.4%	about the same
Care & screenings
Yearly checkup	78.2%	74.4–81.6%	77.8%	about the same
Dentist visit	63.8%	60.1–67.5%	63.4%	about the same
Cholesterol check	87.1%	85.2–88.8%	87.4%	about the same
Colon screening	63.1%	57.7–68.4%	60.2%	about the same
Mammogram	70.2%	61.6–78.2%	73.5%	about the same
Taking BP meds	77%	73.7–79.8%	75.7%	about the same
No health insurance	6.8%	5.5–8.3%	9.9%	better
Mind & connection
Feel lonely	32.4%	27.4–37.6%	33.5%	about the same
Lack emotional support	23%	19.4–26.9%	25.4%	about the same
Frequent mental distress	17.1%	15–19.2%	15.6%	about the same
Fair or poor health	18%	15.4–20.7%	18.6%	about the same
Frequent physical distress	13.5%	11.9–15.3%	12.2%	about the same
Everyday needs
Food insecurity	11.8%	9.7–14.4%	15.9%	better
Housing insecurity	9.6%	8.1–11.5%	13.2%	better
Utility shut-off threat	6.4%	5.4–7.4%	7.8%	better
No reliable transportation	6.6%	5.7–7.6%	8%	better
Receive SNAP	11.4%	9.2–13.8%	13.8%
Disability
Any disability	30%	25.8–34.3%	27.6%
Walking or climbing stairs	13.9%	11.9–16%	12.8%
Thinking or memory	13.5%	11.6–15.3%	12.6%
Hearing	7.6%	6.7–8.6%	6.2%
Vision	4.4%	3.9–5%	4.8%
Dressing or bathing	3.6%	3.1–4.1%	3.5%
Errands alone	8.1%	7.1–9.1%	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 Mendon door to door.

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

Why a ZIP codeCDC publishes towns like Mendon by ZIP code. We weight the ZIP codes that cover Mendon 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.