Health · Bremen

Bremen, MN health

Bremen differs from Minnesota on 14 of 40 measures. It has more adults treating high blood pressure (79.7% vs 76.1%). Where it trails the state: more adults with COPD (8.3% vs 5.4%).

CDC PLACES 2025 · adults 18+ · ZIP codes 55735, 55795

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Health Grades cover towns with 1,000 or more residents. CDC's estimates for a place of 328 people are less certain, so we show Bremen's figures without a grade.

Report card

How Bremen 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 Bremen adults…

40 of every 100 Bremen adults have high blood pressure

Minnesota: 31 in 100 · worse · margin 36.2–43.4%

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

Habits

Everyday habits, side by side with the state

Bremen, betterBremen, worseToo close to callMinnesota

Get no exerciseshare of adults 27.8% Bremen
MN 22.3%

Sleep under 7 hoursshare of adults 32% Bremen
MN 29.2%

Binge drinkshare of adults 17.3% Bremen
MN 17.8%

Smoke cigarettesshare of adults 18.1% Bremen
MN 13.1%

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Care & screenings

Keeping up with care

Share of Bremen 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 12

working-age adults has no health insurance

Bremen 8.2% · Minnesota 1 in 13 (7.5%)

Mind & connection

How Bremen adults are doing

1 in 3Bremen adults feel lonely

30.1% · Minnesota 31.2% · too close to call

1 in 4Bremen adults have been diagnosed with depression

24.8% · Minnesota 24.4% · too close to call

1 in 5Bremen adults lack social or emotional support

22% · Minnesota 21.5% · too close to call

1 in 6Bremen adults are in frequent mental distress

16% · 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 8

Bremen adults worry about having enough food

13.1% · MN 11.4% · about the same

1 in 10

Bremen adults worry about keeping their housing

9.7% · MN 9.3% · about the same

1 in 16

Bremen adults were threatened with a utility shut-off

6.3% · MN 5.7% · about the same

1 in 13

Bremen adults lack reliable transportation

7.7% · MN 7.1% · about the same

10% of Bremen adults receive SNAP (food stamps), compared with 7.9% across Minnesota.

Disability

Living with a disability

34%

of Bremen adults live with a disability (Minnesota 27.4%). Walking or climbing stairs is the most common.

Walking or climbing stairs16%

Thinking or memory14.3%

Hearing9.4%

Errands alone8.6%

Vision5.1%

Dressing or bathing4.3%

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

Around Bremen

Bremen 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.

34.6%42.7%· darker is worse for health

Obesity

#11 of 20towns on this map, healthiest first

Millward34.9%

Birch Creek38.7%

Bremen39.1%

Pine Lake39.1%

Kettle River39.5%

Finlayson39.5%

Care nearby

Essentia Health SandstoneSandstone · 13.4 mi · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Essentia Health Moose LakeMoose Lake · 15.6 mi · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Welia HealthMora · 32.5 mi · ★★★★★ · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Mille Lacs Health SystemOnamia · 35.2 mi · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Lake Superior Community Health Center White Pine ClinicCarlton · 37.4 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

Scenic Rivers Health ServicesFloodwood · 43.6 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

! Primary careBremen's county is a federal shortage area.Pine County · need score 16 of 25

! Dental careBremen's county is a federal shortage area.Pine County · need score 10 of 25

! Mental healthBremen's county is a federal shortage area.Region 7E · need score 16 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 Bremen. 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 Bremen

Measure	Bremen	Margin	Minnesota
Chronic conditions
High blood pressure	39.9%	36.2–43.4%	31%	worse
High cholesterol	37.5%	33.8–41.2%	33.4%	worse
Obesity	39.1%	33.1–45.4%	33.5%	about the same
Arthritis	29.4%	26.6–32.3%	22.3%	worse
Depression	24.8%	21.7–28%	24.4%	about the same
Lost all teeth (65+)	10.9%	8.9–12.8%	8.9%	about the same
Asthma	10.1%	9.1–11.2%	9.9%	about the same
Cancer (not skin)	10.4%	9.5–11.4%	8.5%	worse
Diabetes	13.8%	12.2–15.4%	10.1%	worse
COPD	8.3%	7.3–9.3%	5.4%	worse
Heart disease	8.6%	7.8–9.5%	5.9%	worse
Stroke	4.3%	3.9–4.7%	3.1%	worse
Habits
Smoke cigarettes	18.1%	15.7–20.7%	13.1%	worse
Binge drink	17.3%	14.6–20.1%	17.8%	about the same
Get no exercise	27.8%	24–32%	22.3%	worse
Sleep under 7 hours	32%	27.1–37.2%	29.2%	about the same
Care & screenings
Yearly checkup	77.2%	74–80.2%	74.8%	about the same
Dentist visit	63.1%	59.8–66.3%	67.5%	worse
Cholesterol check	86.2%	84.5–87.7%	85.3%	about the same
Colon screening	66.8%	62.4–70.8%	68.7%	about the same
Mammogram	74.5%	67.6–80.3%	78.5%	about the same
Taking BP meds	79.7%	77.3–82.2%	76.1%	better
No health insurance	8.2%	6.8–9.8%	7.5%	about the same
Mind & connection
Feel lonely	30.1%	26.1–34.4%	31.2%	about the same
Lack emotional support	22%	19.2–25.2%	21.5%	about the same
Frequent mental distress	16%	14.3–17.8%	15.1%	about the same
Fair or poor health	20.7%	18.2–23.4%	16%	worse
Frequent physical distress	14.7%	13.1–16.3%	11.3%	worse
Everyday needs
Food insecurity	13.1%	11.1–15.3%	11.4%	about the same
Housing insecurity	9.7%	8.3–11.2%	9.3%	about the same
Utility shut-off threat	6.3%	5.5–7.3%	5.7%	about the same
No reliable transportation	7.7%	6.7–8.7%	7.1%	about the same
Receive SNAP	10%	8.4–11.8%	7.9%
Disability
Any disability	34%	30.2–37.9%	27.4%
Walking or climbing stairs	16%	14.1–18.1%	11.4%
Thinking or memory	14.3%	12.7–15.8%	12.8%
Hearing	9.4%	8.5–10.4%	6.8%
Vision	5.1%	4.6–5.7%	4%
Dressing or bathing	4.3%	3.8–4.8%	3.1%
Errands alone	8.6%	7.6–9.6%	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 Bremen door to door.

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

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