Health · St. Mathias

St. Mathias, MN health

On most measures St. Mathias looks like Minnesota as a whole. Where it trails the state most: more smokers (15.7% vs 13.1%) and more adults with heart disease (6.9% vs 5.9%).

CDC PLACES 2025 · adults 18+ · ZIP codes 56449, 56401

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Health Grades cover towns with 1,000 or more residents. CDC's estimates for a place of 580 people are less certain, so we show St. Mathias's figures without a grade.

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How St. Mathias 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. Mathias adults…

33 of every 100 St. Mathias adults have high blood pressure

Minnesota: 31 in 100 · too close to call · margin 30.5–36.4%

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

Habits

Everyday habits, side by side with the state

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

Get no exerciseshare of adults 23.2% St. Mathias
MN 22.3%

Sleep under 7 hoursshare of adults 30.8% St. Mathias
MN 29.2%

Binge drinkshare of adults 19.5% St. Mathias
MN 17.8%

Smoke cigarettesshare of adults 15.7% St. Mathias
MN 13.1%

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Care & screenings

Keeping up with care

Share of St. Mathias 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 14

working-age adults has no health insurance

St. Mathias 7% · Minnesota 1 in 13 (7.5%)

Mind & connection

How St. Mathias adults are doing

1 in 4St. Mathias adults feel lonely

27.7% · Minnesota 31.2% · too close to call

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

23.3% · Minnesota 24.4% · too close to call

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

19.9% · Minnesota 21.5% · too close to call

1 in 7St. Mathias adults are in frequent mental distress

15.1% · 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 10

St. Mathias adults worry about having enough food

10.2% · MN 11.4% · about the same

1 in 12

St. Mathias adults worry about keeping their housing

8.5% · MN 9.3% · about the same

1 in 18

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

5.5% · MN 5.7% · about the same

1 in 15

St. Mathias adults lack reliable transportation

6.6% · MN 7.1% · about the same

7.4% of St. Mathias adults receive SNAP (food stamps), compared with 7.9% across Minnesota.

Disability

Living with a disability

28.4%

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

Walking or climbing stairs12%

Thinking or memory12.9%

Hearing7.6%

Errands alone7.1%

Vision3.9%

Dressing or bathing3.3%

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

Around St. Mathias

St. Mathias 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.

36.2%38.9%· darker is worse for health

Obesity

#5 of 16towns on this map, healthiest first

St. Mathias37.5%

Ripley37.5%

Fort Ripley37.7%

Daggett Brook37.9%

Crow Wing38.1%

Care nearby

Essentia Health St. Joseph's Medical CenterBrainerd · 12.9 mi · ★★★★★ · ER Directions Medicare profile

St. Gabriels HospitalLittle Falls · 15.3 mi · ★★★★★ · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Cuyuna Regional Medical CenterCrosby · 25.8 mi · ★★★★★ · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Lakewood Health SystemStaples · 26.2 mi · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Scenic Rivers Health ServicesFloodwood · 82.4 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

Community Health Service Inc. - WillmarWillmar · 83 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

✓ Primary careSt. Mathias is not a shortage area

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

! Mental healthSt. Mathias'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 St. Mathias. 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. Mathias

Measure	St. Mathias	Margin	Minnesota
Chronic conditions
High blood pressure	33.4%	30.5–36.4%	31%	about the same
High cholesterol	32.8%	29.9–35.7%	33.4%	about the same
Obesity	37.5%	32.9–42.6%	33.5%	about the same
Arthritis	25%	22.7–27.5%	22.3%	worse
Depression	23.3%	20.6–26.1%	24.4%	about the same
Lost all teeth (65+)	9.8%	8.1–11.6%	8.9%	about the same
Asthma	10.1%	9.2–11.2%	9.9%	about the same
Cancer (not skin)	9.1%	8.3–9.9%	8.5%	about the same
Diabetes	10.7%	9.4–12%	10.1%	about the same
COPD	6.1%	5.3–7%	5.4%	about the same
Heart disease	6.9%	6.1–7.6%	5.9%	worse
Stroke	3.3%	3–3.7%	3.1%	about the same
Habits
Smoke cigarettes	15.7%	13.3–18.4%	13.1%	worse
Binge drink	19.5%	17–22.3%	17.8%	about the same
Get no exercise	23.2%	19.8–26.7%	22.3%	about the same
Sleep under 7 hours	30.8%	26.7–34.9%	29.2%	about the same
Care & screenings
Yearly checkup	74.4%	71.4–77.3%	74.8%	about the same
Dentist visit	67.2%	64.2–69.8%	67.5%	about the same
Cholesterol check	85.2%	83.4–86.9%	85.3%	about the same
Colon screening	69.8%	66.1–73.2%	68.7%	about the same
Mammogram	79.5%	74.2–84.1%	78.5%	about the same
Taking BP meds	76.5%	73.9–79%	76.1%	about the same
No health insurance	7%	5.7–8.6%	7.5%	about the same
Mind & connection
Feel lonely	27.7%	24.2–31.3%	31.2%	about the same
Lack emotional support	19.9%	17.3–22.6%	21.5%	about the same
Frequent mental distress	15.1%	13.6–16.9%	15.1%	about the same
Fair or poor health	15.9%	13.7–18.3%	16%	about the same
Frequent physical distress	12%	10.6–13.5%	11.3%	about the same
Everyday needs
Food insecurity	10.2%	8.5–12.3%	11.4%	about the same
Housing insecurity	8.5%	7.2–10%	9.3%	about the same
Utility shut-off threat	5.5%	4.7–6.4%	5.7%	about the same
No reliable transportation	6.6%	5.8–7.5%	7.1%	about the same
Receive SNAP	7.4%	6–9%	7.9%
Disability
Any disability	28.4%	25.1–31.9%	27.4%
Walking or climbing stairs	12%	10.3–13.8%	11.4%
Thinking or memory	12.9%	11.4–14.6%	12.8%
Hearing	7.6%	6.8–8.5%	6.8%
Vision	3.9%	3.5–4.4%	4%
Dressing or bathing	3.3%	2.9–3.8%	3.1%
Errands alone	7.1%	6.2–8%	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 St. Mathias 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. Mathias better or worse.

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