Health · Saluda

Saluda, IN health

On most measures Saluda looks like Indiana as a whole. It has fewer adults facing a utility shut-off (7.1% vs 8.4%).

CDC PLACES 2025 · adults 18+ · ZIP codes 47243, 47138, 47147

C+Health Grade

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Saluda’s Health Grade: C+

On seven CDC health estimates for adults, Saluda is healthier than 39% of U.S. towns and 63% of Indiana towns.

C+Self-rated healthB-Physical distressC-Mental distressC+ObesityB-DiabetesCSmokingBExercise

All U.S. towns we grade (19,420)Healthier than 39%

Less healthyHealthier

Indiana towns we grade (1,081)Healthier than 63%

Towns with similar incomes, $58K–$97K (9,842)Healthier than 36%

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

These are estimates. At the ends of CDC’s likely ranges, Saluda 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 Indiana 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 Saluda 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. Saluda’s figures come from the ZIP codes that cover it, weighted by land area. 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 Saluda compares with Indiana

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 Saluda adults…

37 of every 100 Saluda adults have high blood pressure

Indiana: 38 in 100 · too close to call · margin 33.6–40.1%

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

Habits

Everyday habits, side by side with the state

Saluda, betterSaluda, worseToo close to callIndiana

Get no exerciseshare of adults 24.7% Saluda
IN 24.9%

Sleep under 7 hoursshare of adults 35% Saluda
IN 37.1%

Binge drinkshare of adults 17.3% Saluda
IN 16.6%

Smoke cigarettesshare of adults 16.8% Saluda
IN 15.7%

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Care & screenings

Keeping up with care

Share of Saluda adults getting routine care. The full ring is 100%; the dark tick marks Indiana.

Yearly checkup

IN 80%

Dentist visit

IN 61%

Cholesterol check

IN 86%

Colon screening

IN 66%

Mammogram

IN 76%

Taking BP meds

IN 77%

1 in 12

working-age adults has no health insurance

Saluda 8.3% · Indiana 1 in 11 (8.9%)

Mind & connection

How Saluda adults are doing

1 in 3Saluda adults feel lonely

33.8% · Indiana 32.8% · too close to call

1 in 4Saluda adults have been diagnosed with depression

27% · Indiana 25.1% · too close to call

1 in 4Saluda adults lack social or emotional support

23.8% · Indiana 23.2% · too close to call

1 in 5Saluda adults are in frequent mental distress

19% · Indiana 17.6% · 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

Saluda adults worry about having enough food

13.3% · IN 14.7% · about the same

1 in 10

Saluda adults worry about keeping their housing

10.1% · IN 11.2% · about the same

1 in 14

Saluda adults were threatened with a utility shut-off

7.1% · IN 8.4% · better

1 in 14

Saluda adults lack reliable transportation

7.3% · IN 7.7% · about the same

7.3% of Saluda adults receive SNAP (food stamps), compared with 8.6% across Indiana.

Disability

Living with a disability

32.3%

of Saluda adults live with a disability (Indiana 31.1%). Thinking or memory is the most common.

Walking or climbing stairs14.1%

Thinking or memory16.4%

Hearing7.2%

Errands alone8.5%

Vision4.7%

Dressing or bathing3.6%

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

Around Saluda

Saluda 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 Saluda.

34.9%43%· darker is worse for health

Obesity

#4 of 14towns on this map, healthiest first

Hanover34.9%

Saluda37.2%

Republican38.5%

Lexington40%

Washington41.4%

Bethlehem42%

Care nearby

Norton-King's Daughters' HealthMadison · 15.3 mi · ★★★★★ · ER Directions Medicare profile

Norton Scott HospitalScottsburg · 16.1 mi · ★★★★★ · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Baptist Health LagrangeLa Grange · 17.4 mi · ★★★★★ · ER Directions Medicare profile

Carroll County Memorial HospitalCarrollton · 18.4 mi · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Charlestown Community Medical ServicesCharlestown · 15.4 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

Well Care Community Health-Foundations Family Medicine HenryvilleHenryville · 15.5 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

! Primary careSaluda's county is a federal shortage area for some residents.Low-income residents, Jefferson County · need score 10 of 25

! Dental careSaluda's county is a federal shortage area for some residents.Low-income residents, Jefferson County · need score 15 of 25

! Mental healthSaluda's county is a federal shortage area.MHCA 22 · need score 14 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 Saluda. 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 Saluda

Measure	Saluda	Margin	Indiana
Chronic conditions
High blood pressure	36.8%	33.6–40.1%	37.8%	about the same
High cholesterol	38%	34.5–41.5%	37.8%	about the same
Obesity	37.2%	31.1–43.4%	38.4%	about the same
Arthritis	28.5%	25.9–31.2%	28.3%	about the same
Depression	27%	23.7–30.3%	25.1%	about the same
Lost all teeth (65+)	17.3%	14.6–20.3%	15.4%	about the same
Asthma	11.6%	10.5–12.9%	11.2%	about the same
Cancer (not skin)	8.4%	7.7–9.2%	8.3%	about the same
Diabetes	12.1%	10.7–13.6%	13%	about the same
COPD	8.5%	7.5–9.6%	8.1%	about the same
Heart disease	6.8%	6.1–7.5%	6.8%	about the same
Stroke	3.4%	3.1–3.7%	3.5%	about the same
Habits
Smoke cigarettes	16.8%	14.5–19.2%	15.7%	about the same
Binge drink	17.3%	14.7–20.2%	16.6%	about the same
Get no exercise	24.7%	21.1–28.8%	24.9%	about the same
Sleep under 7 hours	35%	29.6–40.4%	37.1%	about the same
Care & screenings
Yearly checkup	79%	75.9–81.9%	79.7%	about the same
Dentist visit	60.5%	57.2–63.6%	61.2%	about the same
Cholesterol check	84.1%	81.9–86.1%	85.8%	about the same
Colon screening	66.7%	62.3–70.6%	66.3%	about the same
Mammogram	75.3%	68.7–81%	76.4%	about the same
Taking BP meds	76.7%	74.4–78.9%	77.4%	about the same
No health insurance	8.3%	6.8–10.3%	8.9%	about the same
Mind & connection
Feel lonely	33.8%	29.5–38.2%	32.8%	about the same
Lack emotional support	23.8%	20.6–27%	23.2%	about the same
Frequent mental distress	19%	17–21.1%	17.6%	about the same
Fair or poor health	20.6%	18.1–23.5%	20.6%	about the same
Frequent physical distress	14.4%	12.8–16.1%	13.8%	about the same
Everyday needs
Food insecurity	13.3%	11.1–15.8%	14.7%	about the same
Housing insecurity	10.1%	8.5–11.7%	11.2%	about the same
Utility shut-off threat	7.1%	6.2–8.1%	8.4%	better
No reliable transportation	7.3%	6.3–8.4%	7.7%	about the same
Receive SNAP	7.3%	6–8.8%	8.6%
Disability
Any disability	32.3%	28.5–36.4%	31.1%
Walking or climbing stairs	14.1%	12.4–15.9%	14.2%
Thinking or memory	16.4%	14.4–18.6%	15%
Hearing	7.2%	6.5–8%	7.1%
Vision	4.7%	4.1–5.2%	5%
Dressing or bathing	3.6%	3.2–3.9%	3.7%
Errands alone	8.5%	7.4–9.6%	8.1%

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 Saluda door to door.

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

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

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