Health · Superior

Superior, MI health

Superior differs from Michigan on 17 of 40 measures. It has fewer adults with heart disease (5.4% vs 7%) and fewer adults with COPD (6.4% vs 8.1%). Where it trails the state: more adults without reliable transportation (9.6% vs 8.3%).

CDC PLACES 2025 · adults 18+ · ZIP codes 48198, 48105, 48170

Report card

How Superior 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 Superior adults…

31 of every 100 Superior adults have high blood pressure

Michigan: 37 in 100 · better · margin 28.3–33.4%

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

Habits

Everyday habits, side by side with the state

Superior, betterSuperior, worseToo close to callMichigan

Get no exerciseshare of adults 19.7% Superior
MI 24.9%

Sleep under 7 hoursshare of adults 31.1% Superior
MI 34.7%

Binge drinkshare of adults 16.8% Superior
MI 15.9%

Smoke cigarettesshare of adults 12.7% Superior
MI 14.6%

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Care & screenings

Keeping up with care

Share of Superior 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 15

working-age adults has no health insurance

Superior 6.7% · Michigan 1 in 14 (6.9%)

Mind & connection

How Superior adults are doing

1 in 3Superior adults feel lonely

32.7% · Michigan 32.4% · too close to call

1 in 4Superior adults have been diagnosed with depression

26.9% · Michigan 25.7% · too close to call

1 in 5Superior adults lack social or emotional support

21.6% · Michigan 23.1% · too close to call

1 in 6Superior adults are in frequent mental distress

17.5% · 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 6

Superior adults worry about having enough food

16.8% · MI 15.4% · about the same

1 in 8

Superior adults worry about keeping their housing

13% · MI 11.9% · about the same

1 in 10

Superior adults were threatened with a utility shut-off

9.9% · MI 8.7% · about the same

1 in 10

Superior adults lack reliable transportation

9.6% · MI 8.3% · worse

16.4% of Superior adults receive SNAP (food stamps), compared with 14.3% across Michigan.

Disability

Living with a disability

27.2%

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

Walking or climbing stairs11.2%

Thinking or memory14.4%

Hearing5.9%

Errands alone8.4%

Vision4.9%

Dressing or bathing3.6%

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

Around Superior

Superior 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.

22.8%34.7%· darker is worse for health

Obesity

#13 of 17towns on this map, healthiest first

Ann Arbor22.8%

Salem26.9%

Canton27.2%

Superior31.2%

Ypsilanti31.9%

Care nearby

Trinity Health Ann Arbor HospitalAnn Arbor · 4.1 mi · ★★★★★ · ER Directions Medicare profile

Forest Health Medical CenterYpsilanti · 4.5 mi Directions Medicare profile

VA Ann Arbor Healthcare SystemAnn Arbor · 6 mi · ★★★★★ · ER · VA Directions Medicare profile

University of Michigan Health SystemAnn Arbor · 6.7 mi · ★★★★★ · ER Directions Medicare profile

Packard EastYpsilanti · 4.6 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

Packard Health East Suite 110Ypsilanti · 4.6 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

✓ Primary careSuperior is not a shortage area

✓ Dental careSuperior is not a shortage area

✓ Mental healthSuperior 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 Superior. 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 Superior

Measure	Superior	Margin	Michigan
Chronic conditions
High blood pressure	30.8%	28.3–33.4%	36.7%	better
High cholesterol	29.6%	27–32.1%	35.4%	better
Obesity	31.2%	27.4–34.8%	36.2%	better
Arthritis	23.2%	21.2–25.3%	29.1%	better
Depression	26.9%	24.1–29.7%	25.7%	about the same
Lost all teeth (65+)	10.7%	8.8–12.8%	10.2%	about the same
Asthma	11.5%	10.3–12.8%	11.5%	about the same
Cancer (not skin)	7.2%	6.6–7.9%	8.9%	better
Diabetes	10%	8.8–11.2%	11.9%	better
COPD	6.4%	5.8–7.1%	8.1%	better
Heart disease	5.4%	4.9–5.9%	7%	better
Stroke	3.1%	2.9–3.3%	3.7%	better
Habits
Smoke cigarettes	12.7%	11.2–14.3%	14.6%	better
Binge drink	16.8%	14.5–19.1%	15.9%	about the same
Get no exercise	19.7%	17.3–22.3%	24.9%	better
Sleep under 7 hours	31.1%	27.8–34.6%	34.7%	better
Care & screenings
Yearly checkup	77.5%	74.6–80%	80.3%	worse
Dentist visit	67.8%	65.2–70.4%	68%	about the same
Cholesterol check	85.9%	84.2–87.4%	87.4%	about the same
Colon screening	69.3%	65.9–72.6%	69%	about the same
Mammogram	76.6%	71.6–81.4%	76.9%	about the same
Taking BP meds	73.8%	71.2–76.1%	77.6%	worse
No health insurance	6.7%	5.8–7.7%	6.9%	about the same
Mind & connection
Feel lonely	32.7%	29.1–36.6%	32.4%	about the same
Lack emotional support	21.6%	18.9–24.5%	23.1%	about the same
Frequent mental distress	17.5%	15.7–19.4%	17.6%	about the same
Fair or poor health	16.8%	15–18.7%	19.4%	better
Frequent physical distress	12.3%	11–13.6%	14%	better
Everyday needs
Food insecurity	16.8%	14.7–18.9%	15.4%	about the same
Housing insecurity	13%	11.4–14.7%	11.9%	about the same
Utility shut-off threat	9.9%	8.7–11.2%	8.7%	about the same
No reliable transportation	9.6%	8.5–10.7%	8.3%	worse
Receive SNAP	16.4%	14.4–18.3%	14.3%
Disability
Any disability	27.2%	24.6–30.1%	31.1%
Walking or climbing stairs	11.2%	10–12.5%	14%
Thinking or memory	14.4%	12.9–15.9%	14.3%
Hearing	5.9%	5.2–6.5%	7.3%
Vision	4.9%	4.5–5.3%	4.9%
Dressing or bathing	3.6%	3.3–3.9%	3.8%
Errands alone	8.4%	7.6–9.2%	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 Superior door to door.

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

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