Health · Alliance

Alliance, MN health

On every measure CDC estimates, Alliance looks like Minnesota as a whole: no difference is outside the margin of error.

CDC PLACES 2025 · adults 18+ · ZIP codes 56580, 56514, 56560

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Not graded

Health Grades cover towns with 1,000 or more residents. CDC's estimates for a place of 193 people are less certain, so we show Alliance's figures without a grade.

Report card

How Alliance compares with Minnesota

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 Alliance adults…

31 of every 100 Alliance adults have high blood pressure

Minnesota: 31 in 100 · too close to call · margin 27.6–34.2%

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

Habits

Everyday habits, side by side with the state

Alliance, betterAlliance, worseToo close to callMinnesota

Get no exerciseshare of adults 20.5% Alliance
MN 22.3%

Sleep under 7 hoursshare of adults 31.7% Alliance
MN 29.2%

Binge drinkshare of adults 19.7% Alliance
MN 17.8%

Smoke cigarettesshare of adults 13.7% Alliance
MN 13.1%

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Care & screenings

Keeping up with care

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

Yearly checkup

MN 75%

Dentist visit

MN 68%

Cholesterol check

MN 85%

Colon screening

MN 69%

Mammogram

MN 79%

Taking BP meds

MN 76%

1 in 16

working-age adults has no health insurance

Alliance 6.2% · Minnesota 1 in 13 (7.5%)

Mind & connection

How Alliance adults are doing

1 in 3Alliance adults feel lonely

30% · Minnesota 31.2% · too close to call

1 in 4Alliance adults have been diagnosed with depression

25.4% · Minnesota 24.4% · too close to call

1 in 5Alliance adults lack social or emotional support

20.3% · Minnesota 21.5% · too close to call

1 in 7Alliance adults are in frequent mental distress

15.3% · Minnesota 15.1% · 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 10

Alliance adults worry about having enough food

9.6% · MN 11.4% · about the same

1 in 12

Alliance adults worry about keeping their housing

8.1% · MN 9.3% · about the same

1 in 19

Alliance adults were threatened with a utility shut-off

5.4% · MN 5.7% · about the same

1 in 16

Alliance adults lack reliable transportation

6.1% · MN 7.1% · about the same

6.8% of Alliance adults receive SNAP (food stamps), compared with 7.9% across Minnesota.

Disability

Living with a disability

25.8%

of Alliance adults live with a disability (Minnesota 27.4%). Thinking or memory is the most common.

Walking or climbing stairs10.2%

Thinking or memory12.4%

Hearing6.5%

Errands alone6.6%

Vision3.5%

Dressing or bathing2.9%

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

Around Alliance

Alliance 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.

32%37.1%· darker is worse for health

Obesity

#5 of 15towns on this map, healthiest first

Barnesville32.4%

Alliance33%

Holy Cross33.5%

Elmwood33.5%

Care nearby

Essentia HealthFargo · 15 mi · ★★★★★ · ER Directions Medicare profile

Sanford Medical Center FargoFargo · 16.8 mi · ★★★★★ · ER Directions Medicare profile

Fargo VA Medical CenterFargo · 17.9 mi · ★★★★★ · ER · VA Directions Medicare profile

St. Francis Medical CenterBreckenridge · 27.1 mi · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Churches United for the HomelessMoorhead · 15.3 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

Community Health Service Inc. MoorheadMoorhead · 15.5 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

✓ Primary careAlliance is not a shortage area

✓ Dental careAlliance is not a shortage area

! Mental healthAlliance's county is a federal shortage area.Region 4 · need score 15 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 Alliance. 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 Alliance

Measure	Alliance	Margin	Minnesota
Chronic conditions
High blood pressure	30.9%	27.6–34.2%	31%	about the same
High cholesterol	34.1%	30.6–37.6%	33.4%	about the same
Obesity	33%	27.9–38.4%	33.5%	about the same
Arthritis	21.7%	19.2–24.2%	22.3%	about the same
Depression	25.4%	22.2–28.7%	24.4%	about the same
Lost all teeth (65+)	9.5%	7.7–11.4%	8.9%	about the same
Asthma	10.1%	9–11.3%	9.9%	about the same
Cancer (not skin)	8.5%	7.7–9.3%	8.5%	about the same
Diabetes	9.3%	8–10.7%	10.1%	about the same
COPD	5.2%	4.4–6%	5.4%	about the same
Heart disease	5.6%	4.9–6.2%	5.9%	about the same
Stroke	2.8%	2.5–3.1%	3.1%	about the same
Habits
Smoke cigarettes	13.7%	11.3–16.1%	13.1%	about the same
Binge drink	19.7%	16.8–22.9%	17.8%	about the same
Get no exercise	20.5%	17.1–24%	22.3%	about the same
Sleep under 7 hours	31.7%	26.9–36.5%	29.2%	about the same
Care & screenings
Yearly checkup	73.6%	70.2–76.9%	74.8%	about the same
Dentist visit	69.5%	66.3–72.3%	67.5%	about the same
Cholesterol check	85.2%	83.3–87%	85.3%	about the same
Colon screening	69.7%	65.5–73.6%	68.7%	about the same
Mammogram	80%	73.6–85.1%	78.5%	about the same
Taking BP meds	74%	70.9–76.9%	76.1%	about the same
No health insurance	6.2%	4.9–7.6%	7.5%	about the same
Mind & connection
Feel lonely	30%	26–34.3%	31.2%	about the same
Lack emotional support	20.3%	17.5–23.4%	21.5%	about the same
Frequent mental distress	15.3%	13.4–17.2%	15.1%	about the same
Fair or poor health	14.2%	12.1–16.4%	16%	about the same
Frequent physical distress	10.9%	9.4–12.3%	11.3%	about the same
Everyday needs
Food insecurity	9.6%	7.8–11.7%	11.4%	about the same
Housing insecurity	8.1%	6.8–9.8%	9.3%	about the same
Utility shut-off threat	5.4%	4.5–6.3%	5.7%	about the same
No reliable transportation	6.1%	5.2–7.1%	7.1%	about the same
Receive SNAP	6.8%	5.5–8.4%	7.9%
Disability
Any disability	25.8%	22.3–29.4%	27.4%
Walking or climbing stairs	10.2%	8.7–11.8%	11.4%
Thinking or memory	12.4%	10.7–14.2%	12.8%
Hearing	6.5%	5.8–7.3%	6.8%
Vision	3.5%	3.1–4%	4%
Dressing or bathing	2.9%	2.5–3.3%	3.1%
Errands alone	6.6%	5.7–7.6%	7%

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 Alliance door to door.

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

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

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