Health · Vail

Vail, MN health

Vail differs from Minnesota on 9 of 40 measures. It has more adults treating high blood pressure (80.4% vs 76.1%). Where it trails the state: more adults with heart disease (8.3% vs 5.9%).

CDC PLACES 2025 · adults 18+ · ZIP code 56293 (all of Vail)

Report card

How Vail 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 Vail adults…

35 of every 100 Vail adults have high blood pressure

Minnesota: 31 in 100 · worse · margin 31.6–39.3%

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

Habits

Everyday habits, side by side with the state

Vail, betterVail, worseToo close to callMinnesota

Get no exerciseshare of adults 24.7% Vail
MN 22.3%

Sleep under 7 hoursshare of adults 26.1% Vail
MN 29.2%

Binge drinkshare of adults 17.4% Vail
MN 17.8%

Smoke cigarettesshare of adults 14.9% Vail
MN 13.1%

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Care & screenings

Keeping up with care

Share of Vail 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

Vail 7.4% · Minnesota 1 in 13 (7.5%)

Mind & connection

How Vail adults are doing

1 in 3Vail adults feel lonely

29.9% · Minnesota 31.2% · too close to call

1 in 4Vail adults have been diagnosed with depression

23.1% · Minnesota 24.4% · too close to call

1 in 5Vail adults lack social or emotional support

20.3% · Minnesota 21.5% · too close to call

1 in 7Vail 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 9

Vail adults worry about having enough food

10.8% · MN 11.4% · about the same

1 in 12

Vail adults worry about keeping their housing

8.2% · MN 9.3% · about the same

1 in 19

Vail adults were threatened with a utility shut-off

5.3% · MN 5.7% · about the same

1 in 15

Vail adults lack reliable transportation

6.6% · MN 7.1% · about the same

7.8% of Vail adults receive SNAP (food stamps), compared with 7.9% across Minnesota.

Disability

Living with a disability

31%

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

Walking or climbing stairs14.2%

Thinking or memory13.4%

Hearing9.7%

Errands alone8%

Vision4.6%

Dressing or bathing3.7%

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

Around Vail

Vail 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.

35%37.5%· darker is worse for health

Obesity

#1 of 13towns on this map, healthiest first

Vail35%

Sheridan36.1%

New Avon36.4%

Waterbury36.7%

Granite Rock36.7%

Care nearby

Centracare - RedwoodRedwood Falls · 13.1 mi · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Sanford Tracy Medical CenterTracy · 19.3 mi · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Avera Marshall Regional Medical CtrMarshall · 23.7 mi · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Olivia Hospital & ClinicOlivia · 28.7 mi · ★★★★★ · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Access Health - MarshallMarshall · 22.9 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

Access Health - WindomWindom · 37.6 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

! Primary careVail is a federal shortage area.Redwood · need score 15 of 25

! Dental careVail's county is a federal shortage area.Redwood County · need score 7 of 25

! Mental healthVail'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 Vail. 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 Vail

Measure	Vail	Margin	Minnesota
Chronic conditions
High blood pressure	35.3%	31.6–39.3%	31%	worse
High cholesterol	36.6%	32.8–40.7%	33.4%	about the same
Obesity	35%	28.3–42.1%	33.5%	about the same
Arthritis	27.6%	24.6–30.9%	22.3%	worse
Depression	23.1%	20–26.6%	24.4%	about the same
Lost all teeth (65+)	9%	7.2–11.1%	8.9%	about the same
Asthma	9.8%	8.8–11%	9.9%	about the same
Cancer (not skin)	10.8%	9.8–11.9%	8.5%	worse
Diabetes	12.2%	10.6–14.1%	10.1%	worse
COPD	7%	5.9–8.1%	5.4%	worse
Heart disease	8.3%	7.3–9.2%	5.9%	worse
Stroke	4.1%	3.6–4.6%	3.1%	worse
Habits
Smoke cigarettes	14.9%	12.4–17.7%	13.1%	about the same
Binge drink	17.4%	14.8–20.5%	17.8%	about the same
Get no exercise	24.7%	20.5–29.5%	22.3%	about the same
Sleep under 7 hours	26.1%	20.8–32.1%	29.2%	about the same
Care & screenings
Yearly checkup	76.2%	72.9–79.4%	74.8%	about the same
Dentist visit	67.7%	64.2–71%	67.5%	about the same
Cholesterol check	86.2%	84.3–87.9%	85.3%	about the same
Colon screening	70.7%	66.1–75.1%	68.7%	about the same
Mammogram	78.1%	71–84.3%	78.5%	about the same
Taking BP meds	80.4%	77.9–82.7%	76.1%	better
No health insurance	7.4%	5.9–9%	7.5%	about the same
Mind & connection
Feel lonely	29.9%	25–34.9%	31.2%	about the same
Lack emotional support	20.3%	17–23.7%	21.5%	about the same
Frequent mental distress	15.1%	13.3–16.9%	15.1%	about the same
Fair or poor health	17.9%	15.2–20.8%	16%	about the same
Frequent physical distress	13%	11.4–14.9%	11.3%	worse
Everyday needs
Food insecurity	10.8%	8.7–13.1%	11.4%	about the same
Housing insecurity	8.2%	6.8–9.7%	9.3%	about the same
Utility shut-off threat	5.3%	4.4–6.1%	5.7%	about the same
No reliable transportation	6.6%	5.6–7.6%	7.1%	about the same
Receive SNAP	7.8%	6.3–9.6%	7.9%
Disability
Any disability	31%	26.7–35.5%	27.4%
Walking or climbing stairs	14.2%	12.1–16.5%	11.4%
Thinking or memory	13.4%	11.6–15.4%	12.8%
Hearing	9.7%	8.6–10.9%	6.8%
Vision	4.6%	4–5.3%	4%
Dressing or bathing	3.7%	3.2–4.2%	3.1%
Errands alone	8%	6.8–9.1%	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 Vail door to door.

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

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