Health · Carlston

Carlston, MN health

Carlston differs from Minnesota on 13 of 40 measures. It has more adults treating high blood pressure (80% vs 76.1%). Where it trails the state: more older adults who have lost all their teeth (13.7% vs 8.9%).

CDC PLACES 2025 · adults 18+ · ZIP codes 56009, 56097

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Health Grades cover towns with 1,000 or more residents. CDC's estimates for a place of 277 people are less certain, so we show Carlston's figures without a grade.

Report card

How Carlston 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 Carlston adults…

36 of every 100 Carlston adults have high blood pressure

Minnesota: 31 in 100 · worse · margin 31.9–39.7%

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

Habits

Everyday habits, side by side with the state

Carlston, betterCarlston, worseToo close to callMinnesota

Get no exerciseshare of adults 27.5% Carlston
MN 22.3%

Sleep under 7 hoursshare of adults 31.4% Carlston
MN 29.2%

Binge drinkshare of adults 18.1% Carlston
MN 17.8%

Smoke cigarettesshare of adults 16% Carlston
MN 13.1%

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Care & screenings

Keeping up with care

Share of Carlston 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 13

working-age adults has no health insurance

Carlston 7.6% · Minnesota 1 in 13 (7.5%)

Mind & connection

How Carlston adults are doing

1 in 3Carlston adults feel lonely

29.2% · Minnesota 31.2% · too close to call

1 in 4Carlston adults have been diagnosed with depression

23.7% · Minnesota 24.4% · too close to call

1 in 5Carlston adults lack social or emotional support

20.5% · Minnesota 21.5% · too close to call

1 in 6Carlston adults are in frequent mental distress

15.4% · 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 9

Carlston adults worry about having enough food

11.6% · MN 11.4% · about the same

1 in 11

Carlston adults worry about keeping their housing

9% · MN 9.3% · about the same

1 in 17

Carlston adults were threatened with a utility shut-off

5.9% · MN 5.7% · about the same

1 in 14

Carlston adults lack reliable transportation

7% · MN 7.1% · about the same

8.8% of Carlston adults receive SNAP (food stamps), compared with 7.9% across Minnesota.

Disability

Living with a disability

31.1%

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

Walking or climbing stairs14.5%

Thinking or memory13.5%

Hearing8.6%

Errands alone7.9%

Vision4.6%

Dressing or bathing3.9%

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

Around Carlston

Carlston 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.

35.4%38.5%· darker is worse for health

Obesity

#10 of 16towns on this map, healthiest first

Alden36.1%

Manchester36.2%

Alden36.3%

Carlston36.9%

Freeborn37.2%

Clark38.5%

Care nearby

Mayo Clinic Health System - Albert Lea and AustinAlbert Lea · 12.1 mi · ★★★★★ · ER Directions Medicare profile

Mayo Clinic Health System - WasecaWaseca · 25.2 mi · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

United Hospital DistrictBlue Earth · 25.8 mi · ★★★★★ · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Owatonna HospitalOwatonna · 30.1 mi · ★★★★★ · ER Directions Medicare profile

Open Door Health CenterMankato · 36.1 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

Community Health Center of Mason CityMason City · 43.5 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

! Primary careCarlston is a federal shortage area.Faribault West/Freeborn · need score 11 of 25

✓ Dental careCarlston is not a shortage area

! Mental healthCarlston's county is a federal shortage area.South Central Region · need score 18 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 Carlston. 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 Carlston

Measure	Carlston	Margin	Minnesota
Chronic conditions
High blood pressure	35.8%	31.9–39.7%	31%	worse
High cholesterol	36.1%	32–40.2%	33.4%	about the same
Obesity	36.9%	30.2–43.9%	33.5%	about the same
Arthritis	27.8%	24.7–31%	22.3%	worse
Depression	23.7%	20.2–27.1%	24.4%	about the same
Lost all teeth (65+)	13.7%	11.3–16.5%	8.9%	worse
Asthma	10.2%	9.1–11.5%	9.9%	about the same
Cancer (not skin)	10.2%	9.3–11.2%	8.5%	worse
Diabetes	12.4%	10.7–14.1%	10.1%	worse
COPD	7.2%	6.3–8.2%	5.4%	worse
Heart disease	7.8%	6.9–8.7%	5.9%	worse
Stroke	3.9%	3.5–4.3%	3.1%	worse
Habits
Smoke cigarettes	16%	13.7–18.5%	13.1%	worse
Binge drink	18.1%	15.1–21.3%	17.8%	about the same
Get no exercise	27.5%	23.4–31.9%	22.3%	worse
Sleep under 7 hours	31.4%	25.9–37.2%	29.2%	about the same
Care & screenings
Yearly checkup	76.3%	72.7–79.7%	74.8%	about the same
Dentist visit	66.4%	63–69.7%	67.5%	about the same
Cholesterol check	86.6%	84.9–88.2%	85.3%	about the same
Colon screening	69.3%	64.8–73.5%	68.7%	about the same
Mammogram	77.2%	70.3–83.1%	78.5%	about the same
Taking BP meds	80%	77–82.6%	76.1%	better
No health insurance	7.6%	6.3–9.1%	7.5%	about the same
Mind & connection
Feel lonely	29.2%	24.8–33.7%	31.2%	about the same
Lack emotional support	20.5%	17.4–23.7%	21.5%	about the same
Frequent mental distress	15.4%	13.7–17.3%	15.1%	about the same
Fair or poor health	18.7%	16.2–21.4%	16%	worse
Frequent physical distress	13.5%	11.9–15.2%	11.3%	worse
Everyday needs
Food insecurity	11.6%	9.7–13.8%	11.4%	about the same
Housing insecurity	9%	7.6–10.5%	9.3%	about the same
Utility shut-off threat	5.9%	5–6.8%	5.7%	about the same
No reliable transportation	7%	6–7.9%	7.1%	about the same
Receive SNAP	8.8%	7.4–10.4%	7.9%
Disability
Any disability	31.1%	27.1–35.2%	27.4%
Walking or climbing stairs	14.5%	12.5–16.6%	11.4%
Thinking or memory	13.5%	11.8–15.2%	12.8%
Hearing	8.6%	7.7–9.7%	6.8%
Vision	4.6%	4.1–5.2%	4%
Dressing or bathing	3.9%	3.4–4.4%	3.1%
Errands alone	7.9%	6.9–8.9%	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 Carlston door to door.

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

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