Health · St. Lawrence

St. Lawrence, MN health

On most measures St. Lawrence looks like Minnesota as a whole. It has fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth (7% vs 8.9%).

CDC PLACES 2025 · adults 18+ · ZIP codes 55352, 56011

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Health Grades cover towns with 1,000 or more residents. CDC's estimates for a place of 612 people are less certain, so we show St. Lawrence's figures without a grade.

Report card

How St. Lawrence 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 St. Lawrence adults…

32 of every 100 St. Lawrence adults have high blood pressure

Minnesota: 31 in 100 · too close to call · margin 28.5–35.2%

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

Habits

Everyday habits, side by side with the state

St. Lawrence, betterSt. Lawrence, worseToo close to callMinnesota

Get no exerciseshare of adults 24.9% St. Lawrence
MN 22.3%

Sleep under 7 hoursshare of adults 29.4% St. Lawrence
MN 29.2%

Binge drinkshare of adults 19.7% St. Lawrence
MN 17.8%

Smoke cigarettesshare of adults 15.2% St. Lawrence
MN 13.1%

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Care & screenings

Keeping up with care

Share of St. Lawrence 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

St. Lawrence 7.8% · Minnesota 1 in 13 (7.5%)

Mind & connection

How St. Lawrence adults are doing

1 in 3St. Lawrence adults feel lonely

29.2% · Minnesota 31.2% · too close to call

1 in 4St. Lawrence adults have been diagnosed with depression

24.4% · Minnesota 24.4% · too close to call

1 in 5St. Lawrence adults lack social or emotional support

21.8% · Minnesota 21.5% · too close to call

1 in 6St. Lawrence adults are in frequent mental distress

16% · 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

St. Lawrence adults worry about having enough food

11.5% · MN 11.4% · about the same

1 in 10

St. Lawrence adults worry about keeping their housing

9.9% · MN 9.3% · about the same

1 in 16

St. Lawrence adults were threatened with a utility shut-off

6.1% · MN 5.7% · about the same

1 in 14

St. Lawrence adults lack reliable transportation

7.1% · MN 7.1% · about the same

8.2% of St. Lawrence adults receive SNAP (food stamps), compared with 7.9% across Minnesota.

Disability

Living with a disability

26.9%

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

Walking or climbing stairs11.4%

Thinking or memory13.6%

Hearing6.4%

Errands alone7.2%

Vision3.9%

Dressing or bathing3.2%

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

Around St. Lawrence

St. Lawrence 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 St. Lawrence.

32%36.2%· darker is worse for health

Obesity

#12 of 14towns on this map, healthiest first

San Francisco32.4%

Belle Plaine33%

Belle Plaine33.4%

Sand Creek34.1%

St. Lawrence34.3%

Jordan36.2%

Care nearby

Mayo Clinic Health System New PragueNew Prague · 9.5 mi · ★★★★★ · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

St. Francis Regional Medical CenterShakopee · 12.3 mi · ★★★★★ · ER Directions Medicare profile

Ridgeview Medical CenterWaconia · 13.9 mi · ★★★★★ · ER Directions Medicare profile

Minnesota Valley Health CenterLe Sueur · 17.6 mi · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Jordan Dental ClinicJordan · 3.5 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

Axis LakeMinneapolis · 28.8 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

✓ Primary careSt. Lawrence is not a shortage area

✓ Dental careSt. Lawrence is not a shortage area

✓ Mental healthSt. Lawrence is not a shortage area

Shortage areas: HRSA Health Professional Shortage Areas. Hospitals: Medicare overall star ratings, 1–5. Distances are straight-line from the center of St. Lawrence. 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 St. Lawrence

Measure	St. Lawrence	Margin	Minnesota
Chronic conditions
High blood pressure	31.7%	28.5–35.2%	31%	about the same
High cholesterol	32.6%	29.3–36.3%	33.4%	about the same
Obesity	34.3%	29.4–39.7%	33.5%	about the same
Arthritis	21.7%	19.3–24.2%	22.3%	about the same
Depression	24.4%	21.4–27.7%	24.4%	about the same
Lost all teeth (65+)	7%	5.6–8.5%	8.9%	better
Asthma	10.1%	9–11.4%	9.9%	about the same
Cancer (not skin)	7.9%	7.2–8.7%	8.5%	about the same
Diabetes	10%	8.8–11.5%	10.1%	about the same
COPD	5.4%	4.6–6.3%	5.4%	about the same
Heart disease	5.5%	4.9–6.1%	5.9%	about the same
Stroke	2.9%	2.6–3.2%	3.1%	about the same
Habits
Smoke cigarettes	15.2%	12.7–17.8%	13.1%	about the same
Binge drink	19.7%	17–22.8%	17.8%	about the same
Get no exercise	24.9%	21.2–29%	22.3%	about the same
Sleep under 7 hours	29.4%	25.3–33.6%	29.2%	about the same
Care & screenings
Yearly checkup	73.4%	70–76.7%	74.8%	about the same
Dentist visit	67.4%	64.4–70.3%	67.5%	about the same
Cholesterol check	84.7%	82.5–86.6%	85.3%	about the same
Colon screening	69.9%	66–73.6%	68.7%	about the same
Mammogram	78.5%	72.4–83.8%	78.5%	about the same
Taking BP meds	74.2%	71.1–77.2%	76.1%	about the same
No health insurance	7.8%	6.3–9.7%	7.5%	about the same
Mind & connection
Feel lonely	29.2%	25.2–33.2%	31.2%	about the same
Lack emotional support	21.8%	18.7–24.9%	21.5%	about the same
Frequent mental distress	16%	14.1–18.1%	15.1%	about the same
Fair or poor health	17%	14.6–19.6%	16%	about the same
Frequent physical distress	12.1%	10.6–13.7%	11.3%	about the same
Everyday needs
Food insecurity	11.5%	9.2–13.8%	11.4%	about the same
Housing insecurity	9.9%	8.3–11.6%	9.3%	about the same
Utility shut-off threat	6.1%	5.2–7.1%	5.7%	about the same
No reliable transportation	7.1%	6.1–8.2%	7.1%	about the same
Receive SNAP	8.2%	6.4–10.2%	7.9%
Disability
Any disability	26.9%	23.3–30.6%	27.4%
Walking or climbing stairs	11.4%	9.7–13%	11.4%
Thinking or memory	13.6%	11.8–15.5%	12.8%
Hearing	6.4%	5.6–7.1%	6.8%
Vision	3.9%	3.5–4.4%	4%
Dressing or bathing	3.2%	2.8–3.7%	3.1%
Errands alone	7.2%	6.3–8.3%	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 St. Lawrence door to door.

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

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