Health · Union

Union, IN health

Union differs from Indiana on 12 of 40 measures. It has fewer adults facing food insecurity (9.9% vs 14.7%) and fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth (10.4% vs 15.4%).

CDC PLACES 2025 · adults 18+ · ZIP codes 47143, 47106, 47111, 47126

Report card

How Union 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 Union adults…

36 of every 100 Union adults have high blood pressure

Indiana: 38 in 100 · too close to call · margin 32–39.3%

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

Habits

Everyday habits, side by side with the state

Union, betterUnion, worseToo close to callIndiana

Get no exerciseshare of adults 20.2% Union
IN 24.9%

Sleep under 7 hoursshare of adults 35.2% Union
IN 37.1%

Binge drinkshare of adults 18.5% Union
IN 16.6%

Smoke cigarettesshare of adults 14.3% Union
IN 15.7%

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Care & screenings

Keeping up with care

Share of Union 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 16

working-age adults has no health insurance

Union 6.3% · Indiana 1 in 11 (8.9%)

Mind & connection

How Union adults are doing

1 in 3Union adults feel lonely

31.2% · Indiana 32.8% · too close to call

1 in 4Union adults have been diagnosed with depression

26.6% · Indiana 25.1% · too close to call

1 in 4Union adults lack social or emotional support

22.9% · Indiana 23.2% · too close to call

1 in 6Union adults are in frequent mental distress

16.8% · 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 10

Union adults worry about having enough food

9.9% · IN 14.7% · better

1 in 12

Union adults worry about keeping their housing

8.5% · IN 11.2% · better

1 in 16

Union adults were threatened with a utility shut-off

6.2% · IN 8.4% · better

1 in 18

Union adults lack reliable transportation

5.7% · IN 7.7% · better

5.2% of Union adults receive SNAP (food stamps), compared with 8.6% across Indiana.

Disability

Living with a disability

28.5%

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

Walking or climbing stairs11.3%

Thinking or memory13.5%

Hearing6%

Errands alone6.6%

Vision3.5%

Dressing or bathing2.8%

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

Around Union

Union 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.

34.7%45.4%· darker is worse for health

Obesity

#7 of 19towns on this map, healthiest first

Carr38.8%

Silver Creek40.9%

Union41.1%

Sellersburg41.7%

Monroe42.9%

Charlestown43.1%

Care nearby

Physicians' Medical CenterNew Albany · 9.4 mi Directions Medicare profile

Norton Clark HospitalJeffersonville · 10.2 mi · ★★★★★ · ER Directions Medicare profile

Baptist Health FloydNew Albany · 12.2 mi · ★★★★★ · ER Directions Medicare profile

Louisville VA Medical CenterLouisville · 14.2 mi · ★★★★★ · ER · VA Directions Medicare profile

Well Care Community Health-Foundations Family Medicine HenryvilleHenryville · 4.8 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

Charlestown Community Medical ServicesCharlestown · 6.1 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

✓ Primary careUnion is not a shortage area

✓ Dental careUnion is not a shortage area

! Mental healthUnion's county is a federal shortage area.MHCA 25 - Clark/Floyd/Harrison/Scott/Washington Counties · need score 10 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 Union. 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 Union

Measure	Union	Margin	Indiana
Chronic conditions
High blood pressure	35.6%	32–39.3%	37.8%	about the same
High cholesterol	35.6%	31.9–39.4%	37.8%	about the same
Obesity	41.1%	35.1–47.3%	38.4%	about the same
Arthritis	26.9%	24.1–30%	28.3%	about the same
Depression	26.6%	23.2–30.2%	25.1%	about the same
Lost all teeth (65+)	10.4%	8.4–12.6%	15.4%	better
Asthma	11.1%	9.9–12.4%	11.2%	about the same
Cancer (not skin)	8.1%	7.3–9%	8.3%	about the same
Diabetes	10.2%	8.8–11.7%	13%	better
COPD	6.6%	5.8–7.6%	8.1%	better
Heart disease	5.6%	5–6.3%	6.8%	better
Stroke	2.7%	2.5–3%	3.5%	better
Habits
Smoke cigarettes	14.3%	12.1–16.7%	15.7%	about the same
Binge drink	18.5%	15.5–21.9%	16.6%	about the same
Get no exercise	20.2%	16.9–23.8%	24.9%	better
Sleep under 7 hours	35.2%	29.9–40.5%	37.1%	about the same
Care & screenings
Yearly checkup	79.4%	76.2–82.4%	79.7%	about the same
Dentist visit	64.7%	61.2–67.9%	61.2%	about the same
Cholesterol check	87.2%	85.3–88.8%	85.8%	about the same
Colon screening	69%	64.4–73.2%	66.3%	about the same
Mammogram	77.3%	70.3–83.1%	76.4%	about the same
Taking BP meds	75.6%	72.7–78.4%	77.4%	about the same
No health insurance	6.3%	5.1–7.6%	8.9%	better
Mind & connection
Feel lonely	31.2%	27.2–35.5%	32.8%	about the same
Lack emotional support	22.9%	19.8–26.2%	23.2%	about the same
Frequent mental distress	16.8%	14.8–18.9%	17.6%	about the same
Fair or poor health	16.7%	14.4–19.1%	20.6%	better
Frequent physical distress	12.1%	10.6–13.8%	13.8%	about the same
Everyday needs
Food insecurity	9.9%	8.2–11.8%	14.7%	better
Housing insecurity	8.5%	7.2–9.9%	11.2%	better
Utility shut-off threat	6.2%	5.3–7.1%	8.4%	better
No reliable transportation	5.7%	4.9–6.5%	7.7%	better
Receive SNAP	5.2%	4.2–6.3%	8.6%
Disability
Any disability	28.5%	24.7–32.4%	31.1%
Walking or climbing stairs	11.3%	9.6–12.9%	14.2%
Thinking or memory	13.5%	11.7–15.2%	15%
Hearing	6%	5.3–6.7%	7.1%
Vision	3.5%	3.1–3.9%	5%
Dressing or bathing	2.8%	2.5–3.1%	3.7%
Errands alone	6.6%	5.7–7.4%	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 Union door to door.

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

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