Health · Summit Lake

Summit Lake, MN health

Summit Lake differs from Minnesota on 12 of 40 measures. It has more adults treating high blood pressure (80.1% vs 76.1%). Where it trails the state: more adults with COPD (8% vs 5.4%).

CDC PLACES 2025 · adults 18+ · ZIP codes 56165, 56168, 56185

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Health Grades cover towns with 1,000 or more residents. CDC's estimates for a place of 293 people are less certain, so we show Summit Lake's figures without a grade.

Report card

How Summit Lake 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 Summit Lake adults…

35 of every 100 Summit Lake adults have high blood pressure

Minnesota: 31 in 100 · worse · margin 31.3–39.3%

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

Habits

Everyday habits, side by side with the state

Summit Lake, betterSummit Lake, worseToo close to callMinnesota

Get no exerciseshare of adults 29.3% Summit Lake
MN 22.3%

Sleep under 7 hoursshare of adults 29% Summit Lake
MN 29.2%

Binge drinkshare of adults 16.8% Summit Lake
MN 17.8%

Smoke cigarettesshare of adults 17.5% Summit Lake
MN 13.1%

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Care & screenings

Keeping up with care

Share of Summit Lake 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

Summit Lake 9.1% · Minnesota 1 in 13 (7.5%)

Mind & connection

How Summit Lake adults are doing

1 in 3Summit Lake adults feel lonely

29.1% · Minnesota 31.2% · too close to call

1 in 4Summit Lake adults have been diagnosed with depression

23.7% · Minnesota 24.4% · too close to call

1 in 5Summit Lake adults lack social or emotional support

21.5% · Minnesota 21.5% · too close to call

1 in 6Summit Lake adults are in frequent mental distress

15.9% · 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 8

Summit Lake adults worry about having enough food

13.3% · MN 11.4% · about the same

1 in 10

Summit Lake adults worry about keeping their housing

9.8% · MN 9.3% · about the same

1 in 15

Summit Lake adults were threatened with a utility shut-off

6.5% · MN 5.7% · about the same

1 in 13

Summit Lake adults lack reliable transportation

7.8% · MN 7.1% · about the same

10.1% of Summit Lake adults receive SNAP (food stamps), compared with 7.9% across Minnesota.

Disability

Living with a disability

31.7%

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

Walking or climbing stairs15.3%

Thinking or memory14.4%

Hearing9.4%

Errands alone8.6%

Vision5.2%

Dressing or bathing4.3%

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

Around Summit Lake

Summit Lake 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 Summit Lake.

36.9%38.8%· darker is worse for health

Obesity

#12 of 14towns on this map, healthiest first

Bloom37.3%

Larkin37.3%

Dewald38.4%

Summit Lake38.6%

Elk38.8%

Care nearby

Sanford Worthington Medical CenterWorthington · 10 mi · ★★★★★ · ER Directions Medicare profile

Murray County Memorial HospitalSlayton · 18.8 mi · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Osceola Community HospitalSibley · 22.2 mi · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Sanford Luverne Medical CenterLuverne · 24.3 mi · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Access Health - WorthingtonWorthington · 9.5 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

Greater Sioux Community Health CenterSioux Center · 49.3 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

! Primary careSummit Lake's county is a federal shortage area for some residents.Low-income residents, Nobles County · need score 14 of 25

! Dental careSummit Lake's county is a federal shortage area for some residents.Low-income residents, Nobles County · need score 15 of 25

! Mental healthSummit Lake's county is a federal shortage area.Southwest Central Region MHCA · need score 19 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 Summit Lake. 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 Summit Lake

Measure	Summit Lake	Margin	Minnesota
Chronic conditions
High blood pressure	35.3%	31.3–39.3%	31%	worse
High cholesterol	37.2%	33.1–41.3%	33.4%	about the same
Obesity	38.6%	31.6–45.9%	33.5%	about the same
Arthritis	27%	23.9–30.3%	22.3%	worse
Depression	23.7%	20.3–27.2%	24.4%	about the same
Lost all teeth (65+)	10%	8–12.4%	8.9%	about the same
Asthma	10%	8.8–11.3%	9.9%	about the same
Cancer (not skin)	9.9%	8.9–11%	8.5%	worse
Diabetes	13.1%	11.3–15%	10.1%	worse
COPD	8%	6.8–9.5%	5.4%	worse
Heart disease	8.6%	7.5–9.8%	5.9%	worse
Stroke	4.2%	3.7–4.8%	3.1%	worse
Habits
Smoke cigarettes	17.5%	14.6–20.9%	13.1%	worse
Binge drink	16.8%	13.9–20%	17.8%	about the same
Get no exercise	29.3%	24.6–34.5%	22.3%	worse
Sleep under 7 hours	29%	23.3–35.4%	29.2%	about the same
Care & screenings
Yearly checkup	75.3%	71.6–78.8%	74.8%	about the same
Dentist visit	65.4%	61.9–69%	67.5%	about the same
Cholesterol check	84.5%	82.3–86.6%	85.3%	about the same
Colon screening	68.3%	63.4–73.1%	68.7%	about the same
Mammogram	76.2%	68.2–83.1%	78.5%	about the same
Taking BP meds	80.1%	77.3–82.8%	76.1%	better
No health insurance	9.1%	7.1–11.3%	7.5%	about the same
Mind & connection
Feel lonely	29.1%	24.5–34.2%	31.2%	about the same
Lack emotional support	21.5%	18.1–25.3%	21.5%	about the same
Frequent mental distress	15.9%	14–18.1%	15.1%	about the same
Fair or poor health	20%	17–23.5%	16%	worse
Frequent physical distress	14.2%	12.3–16.3%	11.3%	worse
Everyday needs
Food insecurity	13.3%	10.8–16.4%	11.4%	about the same
Housing insecurity	9.8%	8.1–11.8%	9.3%	about the same
Utility shut-off threat	6.5%	5.4–7.6%	5.7%	about the same
No reliable transportation	7.8%	6.6–9.2%	7.1%	about the same
Receive SNAP	10.1%	8.1–12.7%	7.9%
Disability
Any disability	31.7%	27.3–36.4%	27.4%
Walking or climbing stairs	15.3%	13–17.9%	11.4%
Thinking or memory	14.4%	12.4–16.6%	12.8%
Hearing	9.4%	8.3–10.7%	6.8%
Vision	5.2%	4.6–6.1%	4%
Dressing or bathing	4.3%	3.7–5.1%	3.1%
Errands alone	8.6%	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 Summit Lake door to door.

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

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