Health · Three Rivers

Three Rivers, MI health

Three Rivers differs from Michigan on 13 of 40 measures. It has fewer adults who have had cancer (7.9% vs 8.9%). Where it trails the state: more smokers (18.7% vs 14.6%).

CDC PLACES 2025 · adults 18+ · CDC's estimate for Three Rivers

C-Health Grade

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Three Rivers’s Health Grade: C−

On seven CDC health estimates for adults, Three Rivers is healthier than 25% of U.S. towns, and than 59% of towns with similar incomes.

CSelf-rated healthCPhysical distressDMental distressC-ObesityB-DiabetesDSmokingC+Exercise

All U.S. towns we grade (19,420)Healthier than 25%

Less healthyHealthier

Michigan towns we grade (1,267)Healthier than 27%

Towns with similar incomes, $37K–$62K (5,107)Healthier than 59%

Better than its income would suggest. Three Rivers is healthier than most towns with similar incomes, even though its overall grade is C−.

These are estimates. At the ends of CDC’s likely ranges, Three Rivers 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 Three Rivers 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. Three Rivers uses CDC’s own estimate for it. 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 Three Rivers 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 Three Rivers adults…

35 of every 100 Three Rivers adults have high blood pressure

Michigan: 37 in 100 · too close to call · margin 31.4–39.5%

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

Habits

Everyday habits, side by side with the state

Three Rivers, betterThree Rivers, worseToo close to callMichigan

Get no exerciseshare of adults 26.6% Three Rivers
MI 24.9%

Sleep under 7 hoursshare of adults 37.1% Three Rivers
MI 34.7%

Binge drinkshare of adults 16.9% Three Rivers
MI 15.9%

Smoke cigarettesshare of adults 18.7% Three Rivers
MI 14.6%

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Care & screenings

Keeping up with care

Share of Three Rivers 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 12

working-age adults has no health insurance

Three Rivers 8.6% · Michigan 1 in 14 (6.9%)

Mind & connection

How Three Rivers adults are doing

1 in 3Three Rivers adults feel lonely

34.5% · Michigan 32.4% · too close to call

1 in 3Three Rivers adults have been diagnosed with depression

29.2% · Michigan 25.7% · too close to call

1 in 4Three Rivers adults lack social or emotional support

24.2% · Michigan 23.1% · too close to call

1 in 5Three Rivers adults are in frequent mental distress

20.6% · Michigan 17.6% · worse

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 5

Three Rivers adults worry about having enough food

19.4% · MI 15.4% · worse

1 in 7

Three Rivers adults worry about keeping their housing

14.5% · MI 11.9% · worse

1 in 9

Three Rivers adults were threatened with a utility shut-off

10.9% · MI 8.7% · worse

1 in 10

Three Rivers adults lack reliable transportation

10.3% · MI 8.3% · worse

19.6% of Three Rivers adults receive SNAP (food stamps), compared with 14.3% across Michigan.

Disability

Living with a disability

34.8%

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

Walking or climbing stairs15%

Thinking or memory17.8%

Hearing7.3%

Errands alone10.4%

Vision5.7%

Dressing or bathing4.3%

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

Around Three Rivers

Three Rivers 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 Three Rivers.

36.2%40%· darker is worse for health

Obesity

#8 of 8towns on this map, healthiest first

Lockport38.1%

Fabius38.2%

Three Rivers40%

Care in and near Three Rivers

1 hospital in Three Rivers, plus the nearest outside it. Nearest first.

Three Rivers HealthThree Rivers · 1.2 mi · ★★★★★ Directions Medicare profile

Sturgis HospitalSturgis · 15.4 mi · ER Directions Medicare profile

Parkview Lagrange HospitalLagrange · 23.3 mi · ★★★★★ · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Bronson Lakeview HospitalPaw Paw · 23.5 mi · ★★★★★ · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Covered Bridge Healthcare of St. Joseph CountyCentreville · 6.1 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

Cassopolis Family Clinic NetworkCassopolis · 19.9 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

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

! Dental careThree Rivers's county is a federal shortage area for some residents.Low-income residents, St. Joseph County · need score 16 of 25

! Mental healthThree Rivers's county is a federal shortage area for some residents.Low-income residents, St. Joseph County · need score 17 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 Three Rivers. 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 Three Rivers

Measure	Three Rivers	Margin	Michigan
Chronic conditions
High blood pressure	35.4%	31.4–39.5%	36.7%	about the same
High cholesterol	32.3%	28.5–36.4%	35.4%	about the same
Obesity	40%	32.4–48.1%	36.2%	about the same
Arthritis	28.6%	25.5–31.8%	29.1%	about the same
Depression	29.2%	25.4–33.3%	25.7%	about the same
Lost all teeth (65+)	12.4%	10.4–15.4%	10.2%	worse
Asthma	12.3%	10.9–13.7%	11.5%	about the same
Cancer (not skin)	7.9%	7.2–8.7%	8.9%	better
Diabetes	11.9%	10.4–13.6%	11.9%	about the same
COPD	9.1%	8.2–10.2%	8.1%	worse
Heart disease	6.8%	6.1–7.5%	7%	about the same
Stroke	3.6%	3.3–4%	3.7%	about the same
Habits
Smoke cigarettes	18.7%	16.2–21.2%	14.6%	worse
Binge drink	16.9%	14–20.2%	15.9%	about the same
Get no exercise	26.6%	22.4–30.8%	24.9%	about the same
Sleep under 7 hours	37.1%	31.4–44.7%	34.7%	about the same
Care & screenings
Yearly checkup	77.7%	74.2–81.1%	80.3%	about the same
Dentist visit	62.7%	59.5–66.9%	68%	worse
Cholesterol check	84%	81.9–85.9%	87.4%	worse
Colon screening	66.3%	62.1–71.6%	69%	about the same
Mammogram	72.8%	65.8–80.8%	76.9%	about the same
Taking BP meds	74.1%	71.3–76.8%	77.6%	worse
No health insurance	8.6%	7.2–10.1%	6.9%	worse
Mind & connection
Feel lonely	34.5%	29.3–39.9%	32.4%	about the same
Lack emotional support	24.2%	20.6–28.1%	23.1%	about the same
Frequent mental distress	20.6%	18.4–22.9%	17.6%	worse
Fair or poor health	22%	19.3–24.7%	19.4%	about the same
Frequent physical distress	15.4%	13.7–17.2%	14%	about the same
Everyday needs
Food insecurity	19.4%	16.7–22.5%	15.4%	worse
Housing insecurity	14.5%	12.5–16.8%	11.9%	worse
Utility shut-off threat	10.9%	9.5–12.4%	8.7%	worse
No reliable transportation	10.3%	9.1–11.7%	8.3%	worse
Receive SNAP	19.6%	17.2–22.5%	14.3%
Disability
Any disability	34.8%	30.4–39.1%	31.1%
Walking or climbing stairs	15%	13.2–16.9%	14%
Thinking or memory	17.8%	15.9–19.8%	14.3%
Hearing	7.3%	6.6–8.2%	7.3%
Vision	5.7%	5.2–6.3%	4.9%
Dressing or bathing	4.3%	4–4.8%	3.8%
Errands alone	10.4%	9.3–11.6%	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 Three Rivers door to door.

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

CDC's own town estimateCDC publishes Three Rivers directly, so these are its own figures.

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.