Health · Woodside

Woodside, MN health

Woodside differs from Minnesota on 13 of 40 measures. It has more adults treating high blood pressure (79.6% vs 76.1%). Where it trails the state: more adults with COPD (7.7% vs 5.4%).

CDC PLACES 2025 · adults 18+ · ZIP codes 56361, 56437, 56453

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Health Grades cover towns with 1,000 or more residents. CDC's estimates for a place of 238 people are less certain, so we show Woodside's figures without a grade.

Report card

How Woodside 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 Woodside adults…

34 of every 100 Woodside adults have high blood pressure

Minnesota: 31 in 100 · worse · margin 31.1–37.4%

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

Habits

Everyday habits, side by side with the state

Woodside, betterWoodside, worseToo close to callMinnesota

Get no exerciseshare of adults 26.9% Woodside
MN 22.3%

Sleep under 7 hoursshare of adults 30.3% Woodside
MN 29.2%

Binge drinkshare of adults 17.1% Woodside
MN 17.8%

Smoke cigarettesshare of adults 17.5% Woodside
MN 13.1%

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Care & screenings

Keeping up with care

Share of Woodside 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

Woodside 8% · Minnesota 1 in 13 (7.5%)

Mind & connection

How Woodside adults are doing

1 in 3Woodside adults feel lonely

31.4% · Minnesota 31.2% · too close to call

1 in 4Woodside adults have been diagnosed with depression

24.7% · Minnesota 24.4% · too close to call

1 in 5Woodside adults lack social or emotional support

21.5% · Minnesota 21.5% · too close to call

1 in 6Woodside adults are in frequent mental distress

16.1% · 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 8

Woodside adults worry about having enough food

12.4% · MN 11.4% · about the same

1 in 11

Woodside adults worry about keeping their housing

9.3% · MN 9.3% · about the same

1 in 16

Woodside adults were threatened with a utility shut-off

6.1% · MN 5.7% · about the same

1 in 14

Woodside adults lack reliable transportation

7.4% · MN 7.1% · about the same

9.5% of Woodside adults receive SNAP (food stamps), compared with 7.9% across Minnesota.

Disability

Living with a disability

32.2%

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

Walking or climbing stairs15%

Thinking or memory14.4%

Hearing9.1%

Errands alone8.6%

Vision4.9%

Dressing or bathing4.1%

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

Around Woodside

Woodside 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.

34.7%40.1%· darker is worse for health

Obesity

#5 of 14towns on this map, healthiest first

Elmo34.8%

Woodside36.4%

Eastern36.8%

Oak Valley38.1%

Bertha39.1%

Care nearby

Astera HealthWadena · 14.1 mi · ★★★★★ · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Lakewood Health SystemStaples · 22.6 mi · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Centracare - Long Prairie HospitalLong Prairie · 25.7 mi · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Perham HealthPerham · 30.2 mi · ★★★★★ · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Community Health Service Inc. - WillmarWillmar · 78.4 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

Community Health Service Inc. MoorheadMoorhead · 85.3 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

! Primary careWoodside is a federal shortage area.East Otter Tail · need score 9 of 25

! Dental careWoodside's county is a federal shortage area.Otter Tail County · need score 14 of 25

! Mental healthWoodside's county is a federal shortage area.Region 4 · need score 15 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 Woodside. 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 Woodside

Measure	Woodside	Margin	Minnesota
Chronic conditions
High blood pressure	34.2%	31.1–37.4%	31%	worse
High cholesterol	37.6%	34.3–41.1%	33.4%	worse
Obesity	36.4%	31.3–41.9%	33.5%	about the same
Arthritis	28.2%	25.6–31%	22.3%	worse
Depression	24.7%	21.9–27.9%	24.4%	about the same
Lost all teeth (65+)	10.3%	8.6–12.3%	8.9%	about the same
Asthma	10.4%	9.3–11.5%	9.9%	about the same
Cancer (not skin)	10.3%	9.4–11.2%	8.5%	worse
Diabetes	12.1%	10.6–13.6%	10.1%	worse
COPD	7.7%	6.7–8.8%	5.4%	worse
Heart disease	8%	7.2–8.9%	5.9%	worse
Stroke	4.1%	3.7–4.5%	3.1%	worse
Habits
Smoke cigarettes	17.5%	15.1–20.1%	13.1%	worse
Binge drink	17.1%	14.7–19.7%	17.8%	about the same
Get no exercise	26.9%	23.3–30.9%	22.3%	worse
Sleep under 7 hours	30.3%	25.8–35.1%	29.2%	about the same
Care & screenings
Yearly checkup	75%	71.9–78%	74.8%	about the same
Dentist visit	65%	62–68%	67.5%	about the same
Cholesterol check	85.1%	83.2–86.7%	85.3%	about the same
Colon screening	69.8%	66–73.5%	68.7%	about the same
Mammogram	77.8%	71.8–83.3%	78.5%	about the same
Taking BP meds	79.6%	77.1–81.9%	76.1%	better
No health insurance	8%	6.6–9.6%	7.5%	about the same
Mind & connection
Feel lonely	31.4%	27.6–35.5%	31.2%	about the same
Lack emotional support	21.5%	18.7–24.5%	21.5%	about the same
Frequent mental distress	16.1%	14.4–17.9%	15.1%	about the same
Fair or poor health	19.4%	16.9–22%	16%	worse
Frequent physical distress	13.9%	12.4–15.6%	11.3%	worse
Everyday needs
Food insecurity	12.4%	10.4–14.6%	11.4%	about the same
Housing insecurity	9.3%	8–10.9%	9.3%	about the same
Utility shut-off threat	6.1%	5.3–6.9%	5.7%	about the same
No reliable transportation	7.4%	6.5–8.4%	7.1%	about the same
Receive SNAP	9.5%	7.9–11.3%	7.9%
Disability
Any disability	32.2%	28.7–36.1%	27.4%
Walking or climbing stairs	15%	13.1–17%	11.4%
Thinking or memory	14.4%	12.7–16.1%	12.8%
Hearing	9.1%	8.2–10.1%	6.8%
Vision	4.9%	4.3–5.5%	4%
Dressing or bathing	4.1%	3.6–4.6%	3.1%
Errands alone	8.6%	7.6–9.6%	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 Woodside door to door.

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

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