Health · Mount Forest
Mount Forest, MI health
On most measures Mount Forest looks like Michigan as a whole. Where it trails the state most: more adults with COPD (9.9% vs 8.1%) and more adults with heart disease (8.2% vs 7%).
CDC PLACES 2025 · adults 18+ · ZIP codes 48650, 48652, 48613TownTapestry Health GradeNew
C
Mount Forest’s Health Grade: C
On seven CDC health estimates for adults, Mount Forest is healthier than 34% of U.S. towns.
C+Self-rated healthCPhysical distressC+Mental distressC+ObesityC+DiabetesCSmokingB-Exercise
All U.S. towns we grade (19,420)Healthier than 34%
Less healthyHealthier
Michigan towns we grade (1,267)Healthier than 43%
Towns with similar incomes, $49K–$81K (8,976)Healthier than 46%
About what its income would suggest. Mount Forest does about as well against towns with similar incomes as against all towns.
These are estimates. At the ends of CDC’s likely ranges, Mount Forest 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 Mount Forest 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. Mount Forest’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.
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How Mount Forest 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.