Health · Gray

Gray, MN health

Gray differs from Minnesota on 18 of 40 measures. It has more adults treating high blood pressure (79.2% vs 76.1%). Where it trails the state: more older adults who have lost all their teeth (14.5% vs 8.9%).

CDC PLACES 2025 · adults 18+ · ZIP code 56164 (all of Gray)

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Not graded

Health Grades cover towns with 1,000 or more residents. CDC's estimates for a place of 208 people are less certain, so we show Gray's figures without a grade.

Report card

How Gray 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 Gray adults…

36 of every 100 Gray adults have high blood pressure

Minnesota: 31 in 100 · worse · margin 32.4–40.6%

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

Habits

Everyday habits, side by side with the state

Gray, betterGray, worseToo close to callMinnesota

Get no exerciseshare of adults 29.1% Gray
MN 22.3%

Sleep under 7 hoursshare of adults 29.5% Gray
MN 29.2%

Binge drinkshare of adults 16.4% Gray
MN 17.8%

Smoke cigarettesshare of adults 17.1% Gray
MN 13.1%

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Care & screenings

Keeping up with care

Share of Gray 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 10

working-age adults has no health insurance

Gray 9.7% · Minnesota 1 in 13 (7.5%)

Mind & connection

How Gray adults are doing

1 in 3Gray adults feel lonely

29.5% · Minnesota 31.2% · too close to call

1 in 4Gray adults have been diagnosed with depression

24.3% · Minnesota 24.4% · too close to call

1 in 5Gray adults lack social or emotional support

21.5% · Minnesota 21.5% · too close to call

1 in 6Gray adults are in frequent mental distress

16.1% · 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 7

Gray adults worry about having enough food

14.9% · MN 11.4% · worse

1 in 9

Gray adults worry about keeping their housing

11% · MN 9.3% · worse

1 in 14

Gray adults were threatened with a utility shut-off

7.3% · MN 5.7% · worse

1 in 11

Gray adults lack reliable transportation

8.7% · MN 7.1% · worse

11.7% of Gray adults receive SNAP (food stamps), compared with 7.9% across Minnesota.

Disability

Living with a disability

33.6%

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

Walking or climbing stairs16%

Thinking or memory14.9%

Hearing9.2%

Errands alone9.3%

Vision5.6%

Dressing or bathing4.4%

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

Around Gray

Gray 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 Gray.

36%40.9%· darker is worse for health

Obesity

#10 of 17towns on this map, healthiest first

Burke36.9%

Hatfield37.6%

Elmer37.7%

Rock38.7%

Gray39.2%

Sweet39.2%

Pipestone39.3%

Grange39.5%

Care nearby

Pipestone County Medical CenterPipestone · 3.8 mi · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Avera Flandreau Hospital - CahFlandreau · 17.8 mi · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Avera Tyler HospitalTyler · 21.2 mi · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Sanford Luverne Medical CenterLuverne · 21.8 mi · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Access Health-FuldaFulda · 33.1 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

Falls Community HealthSioux Falls · 37.8 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

! Primary careGray is a federal shortage area for some residents.Low-income residents, South Pipestone RSA 93 · need score 16 of 25

! Dental careGray's county is a federal shortage area for some residents.Low-income residents, Pipestone County · need score 13 of 25

! Mental healthGray's county is a federal shortage area.Southwest Central Region MHCA · need score 19 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 Gray. 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 Gray

Measure	Gray	Margin	Minnesota
Chronic conditions
High blood pressure	36.4%	32.4–40.6%	31%	worse
High cholesterol	36.2%	32–40.4%	33.4%	about the same
Obesity	39.2%	31.3–47.2%	33.5%	about the same
Arthritis	27.3%	24.2–30.5%	22.3%	worse
Depression	24.3%	21–28%	24.4%	about the same
Lost all teeth (65+)	14.5%	11.8–17.7%	8.9%	worse
Asthma	10.3%	9.2–11.6%	9.9%	about the same
Cancer (not skin)	9.8%	8.9–10.7%	8.5%	worse
Diabetes	13.1%	11.3–15%	10.1%	worse
COPD	7.8%	6.9–9%	5.4%	worse
Heart disease	8%	7.2–9%	5.9%	worse
Stroke	4.2%	3.8–4.7%	3.1%	worse
Habits
Smoke cigarettes	17.1%	14.6–19.7%	13.1%	worse
Binge drink	16.4%	13.6–19.4%	17.8%	about the same
Get no exercise	29.1%	24.6–34.1%	22.3%	worse
Sleep under 7 hours	29.5%	23.8–36.3%	29.2%	about the same
Care & screenings
Yearly checkup	75.9%	72.2–79.3%	74.8%	about the same
Dentist visit	64.2%	60.8–67.8%	67.5%	about the same
Cholesterol check	84.3%	82.4–86%	85.3%	about the same
Colon screening	67.4%	62.5–72.3%	68.7%	about the same
Mammogram	78.3%	71.4–84.7%	78.5%	about the same
Taking BP meds	79.2%	76.5–81.5%	76.1%	better
No health insurance	9.7%	8.2–11.2%	7.5%	worse
Mind & connection
Feel lonely	29.5%	24.9–34.4%	31.2%	about the same
Lack emotional support	21.5%	18.3–24.9%	21.5%	about the same
Frequent mental distress	16.1%	14.3–18%	15.1%	about the same
Fair or poor health	20.5%	17.9–23.5%	16%	worse
Frequent physical distress	14.3%	12.6–16.2%	11.3%	worse
Everyday needs
Food insecurity	14.9%	12.6–17.2%	11.4%	worse
Housing insecurity	11%	9.4–12.5%	9.3%	worse
Utility shut-off threat	7.3%	6.3–8.3%	5.7%	worse
No reliable transportation	8.7%	7.6–9.8%	7.1%	worse
Receive SNAP	11.7%	9.8–13.6%	7.9%
Disability
Any disability	33.6%	29.4–38%	27.4%
Walking or climbing stairs	16%	13.9–18.4%	11.4%
Thinking or memory	14.9%	13.2–16.8%	12.8%
Hearing	9.2%	8.2–10.3%	6.8%
Vision	5.6%	5–6.2%	4%
Dressing or bathing	4.4%	3.9–4.9%	3.1%
Errands alone	9.3%	8.2–10.5%	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 Gray door to door.

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

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