Health · Excel

Excel, MN health

On most measures Excel looks like Minnesota as a whole. Where it trails the state most: more smokers (15.7% vs 13.1%) and more adults with COPD (6.4% vs 5.4%).

CDC PLACES 2025 · adults 18+ · ZIP codes 56701, 56738

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Health Grades cover towns with 1,000 or more residents. CDC's estimates for a place of 250 people are less certain, so we show Excel's figures without a grade.

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How Excel 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 Excel adults…

34 of every 100 Excel adults have high blood pressure

Minnesota: 31 in 100 · too close to call · margin 30–37.4%

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

Habits

Everyday habits, side by side with the state

Excel, betterExcel, worseToo close to callMinnesota

Get no exerciseshare of adults 24.7% Excel
MN 22.3%

Sleep under 7 hoursshare of adults 30.3% Excel
MN 29.2%

Binge drinkshare of adults 19.1% Excel
MN 17.8%

Smoke cigarettesshare of adults 15.7% Excel
MN 13.1%

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Care & screenings

Keeping up with care

Share of Excel 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

Excel 7.9% · Minnesota 1 in 13 (7.5%)

Mind & connection

How Excel adults are doing

1 in 3Excel adults feel lonely

31.2% · Minnesota 31.2% · too close to call

1 in 4Excel adults have been diagnosed with depression

25.1% · Minnesota 24.4% · too close to call

1 in 5Excel adults lack social or emotional support

22% · Minnesota 21.5% · too close to call

1 in 6Excel adults are in frequent mental distress

16.5% · 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

Excel adults worry about having enough food

12% · MN 11.4% · about the same

1 in 11

Excel adults worry about keeping their housing

9.5% · MN 9.3% · about the same

1 in 16

Excel adults were threatened with a utility shut-off

6.1% · MN 5.7% · about the same

1 in 13

Excel adults lack reliable transportation

7.5% · MN 7.1% · about the same

8.7% of Excel adults receive SNAP (food stamps), compared with 7.9% across Minnesota.

Disability

Living with a disability

30.8%

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

Walking or climbing stairs12.8%

Thinking or memory14.2%

Hearing7.8%

Errands alone7.9%

Vision4.3%

Dressing or bathing3.5%

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

Around Excel

Excel 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 Excel.

38.7%40.4%· darker is worse for health

Obesity

#8 of 15towns on this map, healthiest first

East Valley38.8%

Holt39%

New Solum39.3%

Excel40.1%

North40.3%

Agder40.3%

Care nearby

Sanford Thief River Falls Medical CenterThief River Falls · 7.5 mi · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

North Valley Health CenterWarren · 27.6 mi · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Riverview HospitalCrookston · 37.6 mi · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Red Lake HospitalRedlake · 46.2 mi Directions Medicare profile

Spectra Health Dental ClinicGrand Forks · 44.8 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

Community Health Service Inc. - GraftonGrafton · 59.1 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

! Primary careExcel's county is a federal shortage area.Marshall County · need score 11 of 25

! Dental careExcel's county is a federal shortage area.Marshall County · need score 12 of 25

! Mental healthExcel's county is a federal shortage area.MHSA Region 1 · 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 Excel. 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 Excel

Measure	Excel	Margin	Minnesota
Chronic conditions
High blood pressure	33.8%	30–37.4%	31%	about the same
High cholesterol	34.6%	30.8–38.5%	33.4%	about the same
Obesity	40.1%	33.3–46.9%	33.5%	about the same
Arthritis	25.1%	22.3–27.9%	22.3%	about the same
Depression	25.1%	21.7–28.6%	24.4%	about the same
Lost all teeth (65+)	10.8%	8.8–13.1%	8.9%	about the same
Asthma	10.5%	9.3–11.6%	9.9%	about the same
Cancer (not skin)	9.1%	8.3–9.9%	8.5%	about the same
Diabetes	11.1%	9.7–12.6%	10.1%	about the same
COPD	6.4%	5.7–7.1%	5.4%	worse
Heart disease	6.7%	6–7.3%	5.9%	worse
Stroke	3.5%	3.2–3.7%	3.1%	worse
Habits
Smoke cigarettes	15.7%	13.6–17.9%	13.1%	worse
Binge drink	19.1%	16–22.3%	17.8%	about the same
Get no exercise	24.7%	21.1–28.7%	22.3%	about the same
Sleep under 7 hours	30.3%	25.2–35.9%	29.2%	about the same
Care & screenings
Yearly checkup	74.7%	70.9–77.9%	74.8%	about the same
Dentist visit	65.1%	61.9–68.4%	67.5%	about the same
Cholesterol check	84.3%	82.4–86%	85.3%	about the same
Colon screening	67.9%	63.4–72.2%	68.7%	about the same
Mammogram	79%	72.6–84.6%	78.5%	about the same
Taking BP meds	76.8%	74–79.4%	76.1%	about the same
No health insurance	7.9%	6.7–9.2%	7.5%	about the same
Mind & connection
Feel lonely	31.2%	27–36.2%	31.2%	about the same
Lack emotional support	22%	19–25.5%	21.5%	about the same
Frequent mental distress	16.5%	14.7–18.4%	15.1%	about the same
Fair or poor health	17.6%	15.5–19.9%	16%	about the same
Frequent physical distress	12.8%	11.3–14.3%	11.3%	about the same
Everyday needs
Food insecurity	12%	10.2–14.1%	11.4%	about the same
Housing insecurity	9.5%	8.2–11.1%	9.3%	about the same
Utility shut-off threat	6.1%	5.3–7%	5.7%	about the same
No reliable transportation	7.5%	6.6–8.6%	7.1%	about the same
Receive SNAP	8.7%	7.4–10.2%	7.9%
Disability
Any disability	30.8%	27–34.6%	27.4%
Walking or climbing stairs	12.8%	11.2–14.5%	11.4%
Thinking or memory	14.2%	12.6–15.8%	12.8%
Hearing	7.8%	7–8.6%	6.8%
Vision	4.3%	3.9–4.8%	4%
Dressing or bathing	3.5%	3.2–3.8%	3.1%
Errands alone	7.9%	7–8.8%	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 Excel door to door.

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

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