Health · Mission

Mission, MN health

Mission differs from Minnesota on 16 of 40 measures. It has fewer adults facing housing insecurity (7.1% vs 9.3%) and fewer lonely adults (26% vs 31.2%). Where it trails the state: more adults with heart disease (8.9% vs 5.9%).

CDC PLACES 2025 · adults 18+ · ZIP codes 56465, 56441, 56442

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Health Grades cover towns with 1,000 or more residents. CDC's estimates for a place of 783 people are less certain, so we show Mission's figures without a grade.

Report card

How Mission 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 Mission adults…

39 of every 100 Mission adults have high blood pressure

Minnesota: 31 in 100 · worse · margin 35.4–42.9%

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

Habits

Everyday habits, side by side with the state

Mission, betterMission, worseToo close to callMinnesota

Get no exerciseshare of adults 25.1% Mission
MN 22.3%

Sleep under 7 hoursshare of adults 27.8% Mission
MN 29.2%

Binge drinkshare of adults 16.4% Mission
MN 17.8%

Smoke cigarettesshare of adults 14.5% Mission
MN 13.1%

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Care & screenings

Keeping up with care

Share of Mission 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 15

working-age adults has no health insurance

Mission 6.5% · Minnesota 1 in 13 (7.5%)

Mind & connection

How Mission adults are doing

1 in 4Mission adults feel lonely

26% · Minnesota 31.2% · better

1 in 5Mission adults have been diagnosed with depression

21.8% · Minnesota 24.4% · too close to call

1 in 5Mission adults lack social or emotional support

18.2% · Minnesota 21.5% · better

1 in 7Mission adults are in frequent mental distress

13.5% · 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 11

Mission adults worry about having enough food

9.5% · MN 11.4% · about the same

1 in 14

Mission adults worry about keeping their housing

7.1% · MN 9.3% · better

1 in 21

Mission adults were threatened with a utility shut-off

4.8% · MN 5.7% · better

1 in 17

Mission adults lack reliable transportation

6% · MN 7.1% · better

7.2% of Mission adults receive SNAP (food stamps), compared with 7.9% across Minnesota.

Disability

Living with a disability

31.9%

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

Walking or climbing stairs15.1%

Thinking or memory12.1%

Hearing9.8%

Errands alone7.6%

Vision4.6%

Dressing or bathing3.8%

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

Around Mission

Mission 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 Mission.

33.3%40%· darker is worse for health

Obesity

#8 of 18towns on this map, healthiest first

Crosslake36.1%

Pelican36.5%

Mission37%

Center37%

Breezy Point37.2%

Wolford37.8%

Perry Lake37.8%

Care nearby

Cuyuna Regional Medical CenterCrosby · 9.5 mi · ★★★★★ · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Essentia Health St. Joseph's Medical CenterBrainerd · 16.6 mi · ★★★★★ · ER Directions Medicare profile

Riverwood Healthcare CenterAitkin · 18.5 mi · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Lakewood Health SystemStaples · 35.8 mi · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Scenic Rivers Health ServicesFloodwood · 60.1 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

Lake Superior Community Health Center White Pine ClinicCarlton · 78.6 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

✓ Primary careMission is not a shortage area

! Dental careMission's county is a federal shortage area.Crow Wing County · need score 10 of 25

! Mental healthMission's county is a federal shortage area.Region 5 Mental Health Service Area · 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 Mission. 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 Mission

Measure	Mission	Margin	Minnesota
Chronic conditions
High blood pressure	39.1%	35.4–42.9%	31%	worse
High cholesterol	36.4%	32.8–40.3%	33.4%	about the same
Obesity	37%	31.6–42.6%	33.5%	about the same
Arthritis	30.5%	27.4–33.8%	22.3%	worse
Depression	21.8%	18.9–24.9%	24.4%	about the same
Lost all teeth (65+)	11%	8.9–13.2%	8.9%	about the same
Asthma	10.1%	8.9–11.3%	9.9%	about the same
Cancer (not skin)	12%	10.9–13.2%	8.5%	worse
Diabetes	12.8%	11.1–14.6%	10.1%	worse
COPD	7.4%	6.3–8.6%	5.4%	worse
Heart disease	8.9%	7.8–10%	5.9%	worse
Stroke	4.3%	3.8–4.8%	3.1%	worse
Habits
Smoke cigarettes	14.5%	12.1–17.3%	13.1%	about the same
Binge drink	16.4%	13.9–19.1%	17.8%	about the same
Get no exercise	25.1%	21.1–29.4%	22.3%	about the same
Sleep under 7 hours	27.8%	23.4–32.4%	29.2%	about the same
Care & screenings
Yearly checkup	78.3%	75.2–81.2%	74.8%	better
Dentist visit	69.7%	66.6–72.6%	67.5%	about the same
Cholesterol check	88.1%	86.5–89.7%	85.3%	better
Colon screening	73%	68.9–76.8%	68.7%	better
Mammogram	79.1%	72.9–84.5%	78.5%	about the same
Taking BP meds	81.4%	78.8–83.9%	76.1%	better
No health insurance	6.5%	5.2–8.2%	7.5%	about the same
Mind & connection
Feel lonely	26%	22.1–30.4%	31.2%	better
Lack emotional support	18.2%	15.4–21.3%	21.5%	better
Frequent mental distress	13.5%	11.9–15.3%	15.1%	about the same
Fair or poor health	17.2%	14.6–20.1%	16%	about the same
Frequent physical distress	12.9%	11.3–14.8%	11.3%	about the same
Everyday needs
Food insecurity	9.5%	7.7–11.7%	11.4%	about the same
Housing insecurity	7.1%	5.9–8.5%	9.3%	better
Utility shut-off threat	4.8%	4–5.6%	5.7%	better
No reliable transportation	6%	5.1–6.9%	7.1%	better
Receive SNAP	7.2%	5.7–8.9%	7.9%
Disability
Any disability	31.9%	27.9–36.1%	27.4%
Walking or climbing stairs	15.1%	12.9–17.4%	11.4%
Thinking or memory	12.1%	10.4–13.9%	12.8%
Hearing	9.8%	8.7–11%	6.8%
Vision	4.6%	3.9–5.2%	4%
Dressing or bathing	3.8%	3.3–4.4%	3.1%
Errands alone	7.6%	6.6–8.8%	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 Mission door to door.

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

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