Health · Maple Lake

Maple Lake, MN health

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

CDC PLACES 2025 · adults 18+ · CDC's estimate for Maple Lake

B+Health Grade

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Maple Lake’s Health Grade: B+

On seven CDC health estimates for adults, Maple Lake is healthier than 68% of U.S. towns and 51% of Minnesota towns.

B+Self-rated healthA-Physical distressB-Mental distressB-ObesityADiabetesC+SmokingB+Exercise

All U.S. towns we grade (19,420)Healthier than 68%

Less healthyHealthier

Minnesota towns we grade (574)Healthier than 51%

Towns with similar incomes, $70K–$117K (8,782)Healthier than 61%

About what its income would suggest. Maple Lake does about as well against towns with similar incomes as against all towns.

These are estimates. At the ends of CDC’s likely ranges, Maple Lake could be anywhere from C to A.

How the Health Grade works

Seven CDC estimates. Adults in fair or poor health, frequent physical distress, frequent mental distress, obesity, diabetes, smoking and no exercise (CDC PLACES, 2025 release). On each one a town earns the share of U.S. towns doing worse, and those shares are averaged. It’s the same score as our Healthiest towns in Minnesota ranking.
Graded on a national curve. Every U.S. town with 1,000+ residents and all seven estimates (19,420 places) is lined up by score: A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
Not adjusted for income. Wealthier towns are usually healthier, and the grade shows that as it is. The similar-incomes bar compares Maple Lake with U.S. towns whose median household income is within 25% of its own.
Modeled, not measured. CDC combines national survey answers with each area’s age, sex, race and income mix. Maple Lake uses CDC’s own estimate for it. High blood pressure is left out because it tracks age more than anything else. The confidence line recomputes the grade with every estimate at the low, then the high, end of its range.

Report card

How Maple Lake 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 Maple Lake adults…

31 of every 100 Maple Lake adults have high blood pressure

Minnesota: 31 in 100 · too close to call · margin 27.8–34%

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

Habits

Everyday habits, side by side with the state

Maple Lake, betterMaple Lake, worseToo close to callMinnesota

Get no exerciseshare of adults 22.6% Maple Lake
MN 22.3%

Sleep under 7 hoursshare of adults 31.3% Maple Lake
MN 29.2%

Binge drinkshare of adults 19.9% Maple Lake
MN 17.8%

Smoke cigarettesshare of adults 15.1% Maple Lake
MN 13.1%

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Care & screenings

Keeping up with care

Share of Maple Lake 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

Maple Lake 7.8% · Minnesota 1 in 13 (7.5%)

Mind & connection

How Maple Lake adults are doing

1 in 3Maple Lake adults feel lonely

31.1% · Minnesota 31.2% · too close to call

1 in 4Maple Lake adults have been diagnosed with depression

26.5% · Minnesota 24.4% · too close to call

1 in 5Maple Lake adults lack social or emotional support

20.5% · Minnesota 21.5% · too close to call

1 in 6Maple Lake adults are in frequent mental distress

17.1% · 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 9

Maple Lake adults worry about having enough food

11.5% · MN 11.4% · about the same

1 in 10

Maple Lake adults worry about keeping their housing

9.6% · MN 9.3% · about the same

1 in 17

Maple Lake adults were threatened with a utility shut-off

6% · MN 5.7% · about the same

1 in 14

Maple Lake adults lack reliable transportation

7.1% · MN 7.1% · about the same

8.3% of Maple Lake adults receive SNAP (food stamps), compared with 7.9% across Minnesota.

Disability

Living with a disability

29.2%

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

Walking or climbing stairs11.4%

Thinking or memory14.6%

Hearing6.7%

Errands alone7.6%

Vision4%

Dressing or bathing3.2%

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

Around Maple Lake

Maple Lake 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.

36%36.7%· darker is worse for health

Obesity

#14 of 14towns on this map, healthiest first

Corinna36.2%

Maple Lake36.3%

Albion36.3%

Maple Lake36.7%

Care nearby

Buffalo HospitalBuffalo · 7.3 mi · ★★★★★ Directions Medicare profile

Centracare Health - MonticelloMonticello · 12.1 mi · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Centracare - St. Cloud HospitalSaint Cloud · 24.9 mi · ★★★★★ · ER Directions Medicare profile

St. Cloud VA Medical CenterSt. Cloud · 25.6 mi · VA Directions Medicare profile

North Metro ClinicCoon Rapids · 36.4 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

Fremont ClinicMinneapolis · 37.9 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

✓ Primary careMaple Lake is not a shortage area

✓ Dental careMaple Lake is not a shortage area

! Mental healthMaple Lake'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 Maple Lake. 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 Maple Lake

Measure	Maple Lake	Margin	Minnesota
Chronic conditions
High blood pressure	30.9%	27.8–34%	31%	about the same
High cholesterol	32.7%	29.6–35.9%	33.4%	about the same
Obesity	36.7%	32–41.7%	33.5%	about the same
Arthritis	22.8%	20.4–25.3%	22.3%	about the same
Depression	26.5%	23.4–29.8%	24.4%	about the same
Lost all teeth (65+)	10.7%	8.6–13%	8.9%	about the same
Asthma	10.7%	9.5–12%	9.9%	about the same
Cancer (not skin)	7.8%	7.1–8.6%	8.5%	about the same
Diabetes	9.4%	8.1–10.9%	10.1%	about the same
COPD	5.7%	4.7–6.9%	5.4%	about the same
Heart disease	5.5%	4.8–6.3%	5.9%	about the same
Stroke	2.9%	2.5–3.4%	3.1%	about the same
Habits
Smoke cigarettes	15.1%	12.1–18.5%	13.1%	about the same
Binge drink	19.9%	17.1–23%	17.8%	about the same
Get no exercise	22.6%	18.7–27%	22.3%	about the same
Sleep under 7 hours	31.3%	27.1–35.7%	29.2%	about the same
Care & screenings
Yearly checkup	73.6%	70.2–76.9%	74.8%	about the same
Dentist visit	66.3%	63.3–69.3%	67.5%	about the same
Cholesterol check	82.9%	79.9–85.5%	85.3%	about the same
Colon screening	70%	66.2–73.8%	68.7%	about the same
Mammogram	76.7%	70.1–82.5%	78.5%	about the same
Taking BP meds	74.2%	71.4–77%	76.1%	about the same
No health insurance	7.8%	5.9–10.1%	7.5%	about the same
Mind & connection
Feel lonely	31.1%	27–35.6%	31.2%	about the same
Lack emotional support	20.5%	17.3–24%	21.5%	about the same
Frequent mental distress	17.1%	15–19.4%	15.1%	about the same
Fair or poor health	16.6%	13.8–19.9%	16%	about the same
Frequent physical distress	11.9%	10.2–13.7%	11.3%	about the same
Everyday needs
Food insecurity	11.5%	8.8–14.6%	11.4%	about the same
Housing insecurity	9.6%	7.6–11.7%	9.3%	about the same
Utility shut-off threat	6%	4.9–7.2%	5.7%	about the same
No reliable transportation	7.1%	5.8–8.5%	7.1%	about the same
Receive SNAP	8.3%	6.2–10.8%	7.9%
Disability
Any disability	29.2%	25.1–33.7%	27.4%
Walking or climbing stairs	11.4%	9.4–13.7%	11.4%
Thinking or memory	14.6%	12.3–17.1%	12.8%
Hearing	6.7%	5.9–7.6%	6.8%
Vision	4%	3.4–4.7%	4%
Dressing or bathing	3.2%	2.7–3.8%	3.1%
Errands alone	7.6%	6.3–9%	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 Maple Lake door to door.

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

CDC's own town estimateCDC publishes Maple Lake directly, so these are its own figures.

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.