Health · Escanaba

Escanaba, MI health

Escanaba differs from Michigan on 8 of 40 measures. It has fewer adults facing housing insecurity (9.3% vs 11.9%) and fewer adults facing a utility shut-off (7% vs 8.7%). Where it trails the state: more adults who have had cancer (11.3% vs 8.9%).

CDC PLACES 2025 · adults 18+ · ZIP codes 49837, 49807, 49818, 49829

C+Health Grade

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Escanaba’s Health Grade: C+

On seven CDC health estimates for adults, Escanaba is healthier than 41% of U.S. towns and 54% of Michigan towns.

B-Self-rated healthCPhysical distressB-Mental distressCObesityC+DiabetesC+SmokingB-Exercise

All U.S. towns we grade (19,420)Healthier than 41%

Less healthyHealthier

Michigan towns we grade (1,267)Healthier than 54%

Towns with similar incomes, $61K–$102K (9,753)Healthier than 35%

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

These are estimates. At the ends of CDC’s likely ranges, Escanaba 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 Michigan 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 Escanaba 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. Escanaba’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 Escanaba compares with Michigan

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 Escanaba adults…

39 of every 100 Escanaba adults have high blood pressure

Michigan: 37 in 100 · too close to call · margin 34.8–43.1%

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

Habits

Everyday habits, side by side with the state

Escanaba, betterEscanaba, worseToo close to callMichigan

Get no exerciseshare of adults 25.1% Escanaba
MI 24.9%

Sleep under 7 hoursshare of adults 29.7% Escanaba
MI 34.7%

Binge drinkshare of adults 14.9% Escanaba
MI 15.9%

Smoke cigarettesshare of adults 15.4% Escanaba
MI 14.6%

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Care & screenings

Keeping up with care

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

Yearly checkup

MI 80%

Dentist visit

MI 68%

Cholesterol check

MI 87%

Colon screening

MI 69%

Mammogram

MI 77%

Taking BP meds

MI 78%

1 in 16

working-age adults has no health insurance

Escanaba 6.1% · Michigan 1 in 14 (6.9%)

Mind & connection

How Escanaba adults are doing

1 in 3Escanaba adults feel lonely

30.4% · Michigan 32.4% · too close to call

1 in 4Escanaba adults have been diagnosed with depression

27.8% · Michigan 25.7% · too close to call

1 in 5Escanaba adults lack social or emotional support

21.3% · Michigan 23.1% · too close to call

1 in 6Escanaba adults are in frequent mental distress

17.2% · Michigan 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

Escanaba adults worry about having enough food

12.5% · MI 15.4% · better

1 in 11

Escanaba adults worry about keeping their housing

9.3% · MI 11.9% · better

1 in 14

Escanaba adults were threatened with a utility shut-off

7% · MI 8.7% · better

1 in 14

Escanaba adults lack reliable transportation

6.9% · MI 8.3% · better

11.8% of Escanaba adults receive SNAP (food stamps), compared with 14.3% across Michigan.

Disability

Living with a disability

34.6%

of Escanaba adults live with a disability (Michigan 31.1%). Walking or climbing stairs is the most common.

Walking or climbing stairs15.9%

Thinking or memory14.3%

Hearing9.2%

Errands alone8.9%

Vision4.9%

Dressing or bathing4%

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

Around Escanaba

Escanaba 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 Escanaba.

38.2%41.9%· darker is worse for health

Obesity

#6 of 17towns on this map, healthiest first

Bark River38.2%

Gladstone38.6%

Brampton38.8%

Escanaba39%

Harris39.1%

Baldwin39.7%

Cornell40.2%

Wells41%

Care nearby

Osf St. Francis Hospital and Medical GroupEscanaba · 8 mi · ★★★★★ · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Dickinson County Memorial HospitalIron Mountain · 42.5 mi · ★★★★★ · ER Directions Medicare profile

Schoolcraft Memorial HospitalManistique · 42.9 mi · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Iron Mountain Mi VA Medical CenterIron Mountain · 43.3 mi · VA Directions Medicare profile

Gwinn Family Health CenterGwinn · 31.7 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

Northlakes - MarinetteMarinette · 57.6 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

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

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

! Mental healthEscanaba's county is a federal shortage area.Delta County · need score 16 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 Escanaba. 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 Escanaba

Measure	Escanaba	Margin	Michigan
Chronic conditions
High blood pressure	39%	34.8–43.1%	36.7%	about the same
High cholesterol	37.2%	32.9–41.5%	35.4%	about the same
Obesity	39%	31.6–46.8%	36.2%	about the same
Arthritis	34.6%	31.1–38.3%	29.1%	worse
Depression	27.8%	24–31.7%	25.7%	about the same
Lost all teeth (65+)	12%	9.9–14.6%	10.2%	about the same
Asthma	11.5%	10.2–12.9%	11.5%	about the same
Cancer (not skin)	11.3%	10.3–12.4%	8.9%	worse
Diabetes	12.9%	11.2–14.8%	11.9%	about the same
COPD	9.6%	8.4–10.9%	8.1%	worse
Heart disease	8.4%	7.5–9.4%	7%	worse
Stroke	4.1%	3.7–4.5%	3.7%	about the same
Habits
Smoke cigarettes	15.4%	13.1–17.8%	14.6%	about the same
Binge drink	14.9%	12.4–17.9%	15.9%	about the same
Get no exercise	25.1%	20.9–29.5%	24.9%	about the same
Sleep under 7 hours	29.7%	24.4–35.5%	34.7%	about the same
Care & screenings
Yearly checkup	81.2%	78–84.1%	80.3%	about the same
Dentist visit	68.9%	65.8–72%	68%	about the same
Cholesterol check	88.9%	87.3–90.3%	87.4%	about the same
Colon screening	72.2%	68–76.3%	69%	about the same
Mammogram	77%	70.2–83.1%	76.9%	about the same
Taking BP meds	80.2%	77.3–82.7%	77.6%	about the same
No health insurance	6.1%	5–7.3%	6.9%	about the same
Mind & connection
Feel lonely	30.4%	25.6–35.2%	32.4%	about the same
Lack emotional support	21.3%	18.1–24.7%	23.1%	about the same
Frequent mental distress	17.2%	15.2–19.2%	17.6%	about the same
Fair or poor health	19.4%	16.8–22.3%	19.4%	about the same
Frequent physical distress	15.2%	13.4–17.1%	14%	about the same
Everyday needs
Food insecurity	12.5%	10.5–14.7%	15.4%	better
Housing insecurity	9.3%	7.9–10.8%	11.9%	better
Utility shut-off threat	7%	6–8.1%	8.7%	better
No reliable transportation	6.9%	6–7.9%	8.3%	better
Receive SNAP	11.8%	10–14%	14.3%
Disability
Any disability	34.6%	30.3–39.2%	31.1%
Walking or climbing stairs	15.9%	13.9–18.3%	14%
Thinking or memory	14.3%	12.5–16.1%	14.3%
Hearing	9.2%	8.1–10.3%	7.3%
Vision	4.9%	4.4–5.4%	4.9%
Dressing or bathing	4%	3.6–4.5%	3.8%
Errands alone	8.9%	7.8–10%	8.6%

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 Escanaba door to door.

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

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

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