Health · St. Peter

St. Peter, MN health

St. Peter differs from Minnesota on 10 of 40 measures. It has fewer adults who have had cancer (7.1% vs 8.5%) and fewer adults with high cholesterol (28.4% vs 33.4%). Where it trails the state: more older adults who have lost all their teeth (12.7% vs 8.9%).

CDC PLACES 2025 · adults 18+ · CDC's estimate for St. Peter

Report card

How St. Peter 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. Peter adults…

28 of every 100 St. Peter adults have high blood pressure

Minnesota: 31 in 100 · too close to call · margin 24.3–31%

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

Habits

Everyday habits, side by side with the state

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

Get no exerciseshare of adults 25.2% St. Peter
MN 22.3%

Sleep under 7 hoursshare of adults 31.1% St. Peter
MN 29.2%

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

Smoke cigarettesshare of adults 14.9% St. Peter
MN 13.1%

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Care & screenings

Keeping up with care

Share of St. Peter 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 11

working-age adults has no health insurance

St. Peter 9.1% · Minnesota 1 in 13 (7.5%)

Mind & connection

How St. Peter adults are doing

1 in 3St. Peter adults feel lonely

32.3% · Minnesota 31.2% · too close to call

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

26.3% · Minnesota 24.4% · too close to call

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

22.2% · Minnesota 21.5% · too close to call

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

18.1% · Minnesota 15.1% · worse

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 7

St. Peter adults worry about having enough food

14.9% · MN 11.4% · worse

1 in 9

St. Peter adults worry about keeping their housing

11.4% · MN 9.3% · worse

1 in 14

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

7.3% · MN 5.7% · worse

1 in 11

St. Peter adults lack reliable transportation

9.4% · MN 7.1% · worse

11.1% of St. Peter adults receive SNAP (food stamps), compared with 7.9% across Minnesota.

Disability

Living with a disability

30.8%

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

Walking or climbing stairs11.4%

Thinking or memory16.1%

Hearing6.9%

Errands alone8.7%

Vision4.7%

Dressing or bathing3.4%

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

Around St. Peter

St. Peter 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.

33.3%37.1%· darker is worse for health

Obesity

#2 of 14towns on this map, healthiest first

St. Peter33.6%

Traverse33.7%

Oshawa33.7%

Kasota34.8%

Kasota35%

Care nearby

River's Edge Hospital & ClinicSt. Peter · 1.4 mi · ER · rural critical access

Minnesota Valley Health CenterLe Sueur · 9 mi · ER · rural critical access

Mayo Clinic Health System - MankatoMankato · 11.4 mi · ★★★★★ · ER

Ridgeview Sibley Medical CenterArlington · 20.2 mi · ER · rural critical access

Open Door Health CenterMankato · 11.5 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees

Jordan Dental ClinicJordan · 28.8 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees

✓ Primary careSt. Peter is not a shortage area

✓ Dental careSt. Peter is not a shortage area

! Mental healthSt. Peter's county is a federal shortage area.South Central Region · need score 18 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. Peter. 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. Peter

Measure	St. Peter	Margin	Minnesota
Chronic conditions
High blood pressure	27.5%	24.3–31%	31%	about the same
High cholesterol	28.4%	25.1–32%	33.4%	better
Obesity	33.6%	27.3–40.4%	33.5%	about the same
Arthritis	20.3%	18–23%	22.3%	about the same
Depression	26.3%	22.7–30.3%	24.4%	about the same
Lost all teeth (65+)	12.7%	10.3–15.3%	8.9%	worse
Asthma	10.6%	9.3–11.9%	9.9%	about the same
Cancer (not skin)	7.1%	6.4–7.8%	8.5%	better
Diabetes	9.4%	8.1–10.9%	10.1%	about the same
COPD	5.8%	5–6.6%	5.4%	about the same
Heart disease	5.7%	5.1–6.5%	5.9%	about the same
Stroke	3%	2.7–3.3%	3.1%	about the same
Habits
Smoke cigarettes	14.9%	12.5–17.5%	13.1%	about the same
Binge drink	19.7%	16.6–23.3%	17.8%	about the same
Get no exercise	25.2%	21–29.9%	22.3%	about the same
Sleep under 7 hours	31.1%	25.6–36.9%	29.2%	about the same
Care & screenings
Yearly checkup	71%	66.8–74.8%	74.8%	about the same
Dentist visit	63.6%	60.1–66.8%	67.5%	worse
Cholesterol check	79.1%	76.2–81.8%	85.3%	worse
Colon screening	68.7%	64–73.2%	68.7%	about the same
Mammogram	78.5%	71.5–84.3%	78.5%	about the same
Taking BP meds	73.8%	71–76.3%	76.1%	about the same
No health insurance	9.1%	7.4–11.1%	7.5%	about the same
Mind & connection
Feel lonely	32.3%	27.8–37.3%	31.2%	about the same
Lack emotional support	22.2%	19–25.8%	21.5%	about the same
Frequent mental distress	18.1%	15.8–20.6%	15.1%	worse
Fair or poor health	17.1%	14.6–19.8%	16%	about the same
Frequent physical distress	11.9%	10.3–13.5%	11.3%	about the same
Everyday needs
Food insecurity	14.9%	12.4–18%	11.4%	worse
Housing insecurity	11.4%	9.7–13.4%	9.3%	worse
Utility shut-off threat	7.3%	6.3–8.4%	5.7%	worse
No reliable transportation	9.4%	8.1–10.9%	7.1%	worse
Receive SNAP	11.1%	9.2–13.4%	7.9%
Disability
Any disability	30.8%	26.6–35.5%	27.4%
Walking or climbing stairs	11.4%	9.8–13.3%	11.4%
Thinking or memory	16.1%	13.8–18.8%	12.8%
Hearing	6.9%	6.1–7.8%	6.8%
Vision	4.7%	4.2–5.3%	4%
Dressing or bathing	3.4%	3–3.9%	3.1%
Errands alone	8.7%	7.5–10.1%	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. Peter 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. Peter better or worse.

CDC's own town estimateCDC publishes St. Peter 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.