Health · Hope

Hope, MI health

Hope differs from Michigan on 6 of 40 measures. It has fewer adults facing a utility shut-off (6.6% vs 8.7%) and fewer adults facing food insecurity (11.9% vs 15.4%). Where it trails the state: more adults who have had cancer (10.7% vs 8.9%).

CDC PLACES 2025 · adults 18+ · ZIP codes 49046, 49058, 49050

Report card

How Hope 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 Hope adults…

37 of every 100 Hope adults have high blood pressure

Michigan: 37 in 100 · too close to call · margin 32.6–40.7%

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

Habits

Everyday habits, side by side with the state

Hope, betterHope, worseToo close to callMichigan

Get no exerciseshare of adults 24.3% Hope
MI 24.9%

Sleep under 7 hoursshare of adults 33.6% Hope
MI 34.7%

Binge drinkshare of adults 15.9% Hope
MI 15.9%

Smoke cigarettesshare of adults 14.9% Hope
MI 14.6%

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Care & screenings

Keeping up with care

Share of Hope 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

Hope 6.1% · Michigan 1 in 14 (6.9%)

Mind & connection

How Hope adults are doing

1 in 3Hope adults feel lonely

30.2% · Michigan 32.4% · too close to call

1 in 4Hope adults have been diagnosed with depression

26.2% · Michigan 25.7% · too close to call

1 in 5Hope adults lack social or emotional support

21.2% · Michigan 23.1% · too close to call

1 in 6Hope adults are in frequent mental distress

16.9% · 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

Hope adults worry about having enough food

11.9% · MI 15.4% · better

1 in 11

Hope adults worry about keeping their housing

9.2% · MI 11.9% · better

1 in 15

Hope adults were threatened with a utility shut-off

6.6% · MI 8.7% · better

1 in 15

Hope adults lack reliable transportation

6.6% · MI 8.3% · better

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

Disability

Living with a disability

32.3%

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

Walking or climbing stairs14.3%

Thinking or memory14%

Hearing8.3%

Errands alone8.3%

Vision4.5%

Dressing or bathing3.7%

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

Around Hope

Hope 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.

35.5%39.9%· darker is worse for health

Obesity

#10 of 16towns on this map, healthiest first

Barry36.3%

Yankee Springs36.3%

Orangeville36.7%

Hope36.9%

Rutland36.9%

Baltimore37.2%

Care nearby

Corewell Health Pennock HospitalHastings · 7 mi · ★★★★★ · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Battle Creek VA Medical CenterBattle Creek · 15 mi · VA Directions Medicare profile

Bronson Battle Creek HospitalBattle Creek · 18.1 mi · ★★★★★ · ER Directions Medicare profile

Borgess Medical CenterKalamazoo · 19.9 mi · ★★★★★ · ER Directions Medicare profile

Barry Community Health CenterHastings · 7.6 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

Grace HealthBattle Creek · 17.9 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

✓ Primary careHope is not a shortage area

✓ Dental careHope is not a shortage area

✓ Mental healthHope is not a shortage area

Shortage areas: HRSA Health Professional Shortage Areas. Hospitals: Medicare overall star ratings, 1–5. Distances are straight-line from the center of Hope. 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 Hope

Measure	Hope	Margin	Michigan
Chronic conditions
High blood pressure	36.6%	32.6–40.7%	36.7%	about the same
High cholesterol	39%	34.7–43.2%	35.4%	about the same
Obesity	36.9%	30–44.2%	36.2%	about the same
Arthritis	32.7%	29.2–36.2%	29.1%	worse
Depression	26.2%	22.5–30.1%	25.7%	about the same
Lost all teeth (65+)	11%	8.9–13.5%	10.2%	about the same
Asthma	11.4%	10.1–12.8%	11.5%	about the same
Cancer (not skin)	10.7%	9.7–11.7%	8.9%	worse
Diabetes	11.7%	10.1–13.5%	11.9%	about the same
COPD	8.7%	7.7–9.8%	8.1%	about the same
Heart disease	7.6%	6.8–8.4%	7%	about the same
Stroke	3.7%	3.4–4.1%	3.7%	about the same
Habits
Smoke cigarettes	14.9%	12.7–17.1%	14.6%	about the same
Binge drink	15.9%	13–18.9%	15.9%	about the same
Get no exercise	24.3%	20.5–28.7%	24.9%	about the same
Sleep under 7 hours	33.6%	27.8–40%	34.7%	about the same
Care & screenings
Yearly checkup	80.5%	77–83.6%	80.3%	about the same
Dentist visit	70.3%	67.1–73.5%	68%	about the same
Cholesterol check	88.4%	86.8–89.9%	87.4%	about the same
Colon screening	72.1%	67.5–76.4%	69%	about the same
Mammogram	77.7%	70.4–83.9%	76.9%	about the same
Taking BP meds	79.2%	76.2–81.9%	77.6%	about the same
No health insurance	6.1%	5.1–7.3%	6.9%	about the same
Mind & connection
Feel lonely	30.2%	25.4–35.3%	32.4%	about the same
Lack emotional support	21.2%	17.9–24.8%	23.1%	about the same
Frequent mental distress	16.9%	15–19%	17.6%	about the same
Fair or poor health	18.7%	16.3–21.2%	19.4%	about the same
Frequent physical distress	14.3%	12.7–16.1%	14%	about the same
Everyday needs
Food insecurity	11.9%	10–14%	15.4%	better
Housing insecurity	9.2%	7.8–10.8%	11.9%	better
Utility shut-off threat	6.6%	5.6–7.6%	8.7%	better
No reliable transportation	6.6%	5.7–7.5%	8.3%	better
Receive SNAP	10.8%	9.2–12.7%	14.3%
Disability
Any disability	32.3%	28.3–36.6%	31.1%
Walking or climbing stairs	14.3%	12.5–16.3%	14%
Thinking or memory	14%	12.4–15.7%	14.3%
Hearing	8.3%	7.4–9.2%	7.3%
Vision	4.5%	4–5%	4.9%
Dressing or bathing	3.7%	3.3–4%	3.8%
Errands alone	8.3%	7.4–9.3%	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 Hope door to door.

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

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