Health · Silver

Silver, MN health

Silver differs from Minnesota on 19 of 40 measures. Where it trails the state most: more older adults who have lost all their teeth (18.6% vs 8.9%) and more smokers (20.3% vs 13.1%).

CDC PLACES 2025 · adults 18+ · ZIP codes 55767, 55757

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Health Grades cover towns with 1,000 or more residents. CDC's estimates for a place of 373 people are less certain, so we show Silver's figures without a grade.

Report card

How Silver 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 Silver adults…

38 of every 100 Silver adults have high blood pressure

Minnesota: 31 in 100 · worse · margin 34.5–41.7%

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

Habits

Everyday habits, side by side with the state

Silver, betterSilver, worseToo close to callMinnesota

Get no exerciseshare of adults 29.9% Silver
MN 22.3%

Sleep under 7 hoursshare of adults 37.1% Silver
MN 29.2%

Binge drinkshare of adults 18.7% Silver
MN 17.8%

Smoke cigarettesshare of adults 20.3% Silver
MN 13.1%

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Care & screenings

Keeping up with care

Share of Silver 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

Silver 9.8% · Minnesota 1 in 13 (7.5%)

Mind & connection

How Silver adults are doing

1 in 3Silver adults feel lonely

32% · Minnesota 31.2% · too close to call

1 in 4Silver adults have been diagnosed with depression

25.8% · Minnesota 24.4% · too close to call

1 in 4Silver adults lack social or emotional support

22.4% · Minnesota 21.5% · too close to call

1 in 6Silver adults are in frequent mental distress

16.2% · 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 6

Silver adults worry about having enough food

15.8% · MN 11.4% · worse

1 in 8

Silver adults worry about keeping their housing

11.9% · MN 9.3% · worse

1 in 12

Silver adults were threatened with a utility shut-off

8.5% · MN 5.7% · worse

1 in 11

Silver adults lack reliable transportation

9.5% · MN 7.1% · worse

13.4% of Silver adults receive SNAP (food stamps), compared with 7.9% across Minnesota.

Disability

Living with a disability

34.9%

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

Walking or climbing stairs16.4%

Thinking or memory15.3%

Hearing9.3%

Errands alone9.2%

Vision5.7%

Dressing or bathing4.7%

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

Around Silver

Silver 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.

37.1%47.2%· darker is worse for health

Obesity

#15 of 17towns on this map, healthiest first

Kalevala38.5%

Split Rock38.6%

Sturgeon Lake38.8%

Silver42.3%

Moose Lake43.3%

Moose Lake47.2%

Care nearby

Essentia Health Moose LakeMoose Lake · 5.2 mi · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Essentia Health SandstoneSandstone · 24.2 mi · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Community Memorial HospitalCloquet · 26.3 mi · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

St. Marys Hospital SuperiorSuperior · 39.4 mi · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Lake Superior Community Health Center White Pine ClinicCarlton · 24.8 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

Scenic Rivers Health ServicesFloodwood · 31.4 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

✓ Primary careSilver is not a shortage area

✓ Dental careSilver is not a shortage area

! Mental healthSilver's county is a federal shortage area for some residents.Low-income residents, Region 3 Arrowhead · 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 Silver. 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 Silver

Measure	Silver	Margin	Minnesota
Chronic conditions
High blood pressure	38.1%	34.5–41.7%	31%	worse
High cholesterol	35.8%	32.1–39.4%	33.4%	about the same
Obesity	42.3%	36.7–47.9%	33.5%	worse
Arthritis	26.5%	23.6–29.4%	22.3%	worse
Depression	25.8%	22.5–29.1%	24.4%	about the same
Lost all teeth (65+)	18.6%	15.5–22%	8.9%	worse
Asthma	10.4%	9.2–11.6%	9.9%	about the same
Cancer (not skin)	9.4%	8.5–10.3%	8.5%	about the same
Diabetes	14.1%	12.3–16%	10.1%	worse
COPD	8.1%	6.9–9.3%	5.4%	worse
Heart disease	8.3%	7.4–9.4%	5.9%	worse
Stroke	4.3%	3.9–4.8%	3.1%	worse
Habits
Smoke cigarettes	20.3%	17–23.5%	13.1%	worse
Binge drink	18.7%	15.8–21.7%	17.8%	about the same
Get no exercise	29.9%	25.5–34.5%	22.3%	worse
Sleep under 7 hours	37.1%	32.2–42.3%	29.2%	worse
Care & screenings
Yearly checkup	73.4%	69.8–76.6%	74.8%	about the same
Dentist visit	57.3%	54–60.6%	67.5%	worse
Cholesterol check	83.5%	81.4–85.5%	85.3%	about the same
Colon screening	66.7%	62.5–70.7%	68.7%	about the same
Mammogram	75.6%	68.8–81.6%	78.5%	about the same
Taking BP meds	77.1%	74.1–79.8%	76.1%	about the same
No health insurance	9.8%	7.9–12%	7.5%	worse
Mind & connection
Feel lonely	32%	27.8–36.2%	31.2%	about the same
Lack emotional support	22.4%	19.3–25.6%	21.5%	about the same
Frequent mental distress	16.2%	14.3–18.2%	15.1%	about the same
Fair or poor health	22%	19–25.2%	16%	worse
Frequent physical distress	14.7%	12.8–16.6%	11.3%	worse
Everyday needs
Food insecurity	15.8%	13.2–18.5%	11.4%	worse
Housing insecurity	11.9%	10.2–13.9%	9.3%	worse
Utility shut-off threat	8.5%	7.3–9.8%	5.7%	worse
No reliable transportation	9.5%	8.3–10.9%	7.1%	worse
Receive SNAP	13.4%	11.3–15.8%	7.9%
Disability
Any disability	34.9%	30.6–39.2%	27.4%
Walking or climbing stairs	16.4%	14.2–18.7%	11.4%
Thinking or memory	15.3%	13.4–17.3%	12.8%
Hearing	9.3%	8.2–10.3%	6.8%
Vision	5.7%	5–6.4%	4%
Dressing or bathing	4.7%	4.1–5.4%	3.1%
Errands alone	9.2%	8.1–10.4%	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 Silver door to door.

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

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