Health · Brooklin

Brooklin, ME health

Brooklin differs from Maine on 14 of 40 measures. It has fewer adults facing a utility shut-off (5.5% vs 7.4%) and fewer adults facing housing insecurity (7.3% vs 9.8%). Where it trails the state: more adults who have had cancer (13.3% vs 9.9%).

CDC PLACES 2025 · adults 18+ · ZIP code 04616 (all of Brooklin)

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Not graded

Health Grades cover towns with 1,000 or more residents. CDC's estimates for a place of 869 people are less certain, so we show Brooklin's figures without a grade.

Report card

How Brooklin compares with Maine

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 Brooklin adults…

40 of every 100 Brooklin adults have high blood pressure

Maine: 36 in 100 · worse · margin 36.2–43.1%

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

Habits

Everyday habits, side by side with the state

Brooklin, betterBrooklin, worseToo close to callMaine

Get no exerciseshare of adults 20.7% Brooklin
ME 23.1%

Sleep under 7 hoursshare of adults 27% Brooklin
ME 32.8%

Binge drinkshare of adults 13.3% Brooklin
ME 15.5%

Smoke cigarettesshare of adults 12.1% Brooklin
ME 14.4%

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Care & screenings

Keeping up with care

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

Yearly checkup

ME 81%

Dentist visit

ME 64%

Cholesterol check

ME 87%

Colon screening

ME 71%

Mammogram

ME 80%

Taking BP meds

ME 76%

1 in 15

working-age adults has no health insurance

Brooklin 6.7% · Maine 1 in 13 (7.8%)

Mind & connection

How Brooklin adults are doing

1 in 3Brooklin adults feel lonely

28.8% · Maine 32% · too close to call

1 in 4Brooklin adults have been diagnosed with depression

24% · Maine 26.9% · too close to call

1 in 5Brooklin adults lack social or emotional support

19.8% · Maine 22.7% · too close to call

1 in 7Brooklin adults are in frequent mental distress

14.7% · Maine 17.7% · better

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 12

Brooklin adults worry about having enough food

8.3% · ME 10.7% · about the same

1 in 14

Brooklin adults worry about keeping their housing

7.3% · ME 9.8% · better

1 in 18

Brooklin adults were threatened with a utility shut-off

5.5% · ME 7.4% · better

1 in 17

Brooklin adults lack reliable transportation

6% · ME 7.8% · better

10.8% of Brooklin adults receive SNAP (food stamps), compared with 14.3% across Maine.

Disability

Living with a disability

32.5%

of Brooklin adults live with a disability (Maine 32.1%). Walking or climbing stairs is the most common.

Walking or climbing stairs15.2%

Thinking or memory13.4%

Hearing10.3%

Errands alone7.5%

Vision4.5%

Dressing or bathing3.7%

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

Around Brooklin

Brooklin 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.

26.5%32.5%· darker is worse for health

Obesity

#4 of 16towns on this map, healthiest first

Brooklin28.5%

Tremont28.8%

Swans Island29.3%

Blue Hill29.3%

Sedgwick29.4%

Deer Isle30.6%

Care nearby

Northern Light Blue Hill Memorial HospitalBlue Hill · 11.1 mi · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Mount Desert Island HospitalBar Harbor · 19 mi · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Northern Light Maine Coast HospitalEllsworth · 21.2 mi · ★★★★★ · ER Directions Medicare profile

Mainehealth Pen Bay HospitalRockport · 27.9 mi · ★★★★★ · ER Directions Medicare profile

North Haven Pt at Southern HarborNorth Haven · 18 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

North Haven Medical ClinicNorth Haven · 18.6 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

✓ Primary careBrooklin is not a shortage area

✓ Dental careBrooklin is not a shortage area

! Mental healthBrooklin is a federal shortage area.Stonington · need score 12 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 Brooklin. 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 Brooklin

Measure	Brooklin	Margin	Maine
Chronic conditions
High blood pressure	39.6%	36.2–43.1%	35.7%	worse
High cholesterol	42.3%	39.1–45.7%	37.4%	worse
Obesity	28.5%	24.2–33%	32.7%	about the same
Arthritis	37%	33.8–40.2%	32%	worse
Depression	24%	21.2–27%	26.9%	about the same
Lost all teeth (65+)	13.4%	11–16.1%	14.8%	about the same
Asthma	11.8%	10.5–13.1%	12.6%	about the same
Cancer (not skin)	13.3%	12–14.7%	9.9%	worse
Diabetes	12.4%	10.5–14.5%	11.2%	about the same
COPD	9%	7.1–11.2%	8.4%	about the same
Heart disease	9.4%	8.1–10.9%	7.6%	worse
Stroke	4.3%	3.6–5%	3.6%	about the same
Habits
Smoke cigarettes	12.1%	9.2–15.3%	14.4%	about the same
Binge drink	13.3%	11.4–15.6%	15.5%	about the same
Get no exercise	20.7%	16.6–25.3%	23.1%	about the same
Sleep under 7 hours	27%	23.3–30.9%	32.8%	better
Care & screenings
Yearly checkup	85.1%	82.7–87.2%	81.2%	better
Dentist visit	69.5%	66.4–72.5%	63.8%	better
Cholesterol check	90.7%	88.9–92.1%	87.1%	better
Colon screening	74.1%	70.3–77.7%	70.5%	about the same
Mammogram	82%	76.7–86.4%	80.3%	about the same
Taking BP meds	81.8%	79.1–84.2%	76.4%	better
No health insurance	6.7%	4.9–8.9%	7.8%	about the same
Mind & connection
Feel lonely	28.8%	24.9–33%	32%	about the same
Lack emotional support	19.8%	16.4–23.5%	22.7%	about the same
Frequent mental distress	14.7%	12.7–16.8%	17.7%	better
Fair or poor health	17.6%	14.3–21.5%	18.7%	about the same
Frequent physical distress	14.1%	11.9–16.5%	14.3%	about the same
Everyday needs
Food insecurity	8.3%	6–11.1%	10.7%	about the same
Housing insecurity	7.3%	5.7–9.3%	9.8%	better
Utility shut-off threat	5.5%	4.4–6.8%	7.4%	better
No reliable transportation	6%	4.8–7.5%	7.8%	better
Receive SNAP	10.8%	7.7–14.5%	14.3%
Disability
Any disability	32.5%	28–37.4%	32.1%
Walking or climbing stairs	15.2%	12.2–18.5%	14%
Thinking or memory	13.4%	11.1–15.9%	15.5%
Hearing	10.3%	8.9–11.9%	8.4%
Vision	4.5%	3.6–5.4%	4.4%
Dressing or bathing	3.7%	3–4.5%	3.5%
Errands alone	7.5%	6–9.2%	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 Brooklin door to door.

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

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

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