Health · Musselfork

Musselfork, MO health

Musselfork differs from Missouri on 10 of 40 measures. It has more adults treating high blood pressure (80.6% vs 77.2%). Where it trails the state: more adults with COPD (10.8% vs 8%).

CDC PLACES 2025 · adults 18+ · ZIP codes 65261, 64658

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Health Grades cover towns with 1,000 or more residents. CDC's estimates for a place of 261 people are less certain, so we show Musselfork's figures without a grade.

Report card

How Musselfork compares with Missouri

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 Musselfork adults…

41 of every 100 Musselfork adults have high blood pressure

Missouri: 37 in 100 · worse · margin 36.6–44.8%

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

Habits

Everyday habits, side by side with the state

Musselfork, betterMusselfork, worseToo close to callMissouri

Get no exerciseshare of adults 33.1% Musselfork
MO 28.8%

Sleep under 7 hoursshare of adults 37.4% Musselfork
MO 36.5%

Binge drinkshare of adults 14.7% Musselfork
MO 16.3%

Smoke cigarettesshare of adults 18.8% Musselfork
MO 16%

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Care & screenings

Keeping up with care

Share of Musselfork adults getting routine care. The full ring is 100%; the dark tick marks Missouri.

Yearly checkup

MO 78%

Dentist visit

MO 60%

Cholesterol check

MO 85%

Colon screening

MO 64%

Mammogram

MO 75%

Taking BP meds

MO 77%

1 in 11

working-age adults has no health insurance

Musselfork 9% · Missouri 1 in 11 (8.7%)

Mind & connection

How Musselfork adults are doing

1 in 3Musselfork adults feel lonely

29.8% · Missouri 31.7% · too close to call

1 in 4Musselfork adults have been diagnosed with depression

24.4% · Missouri 24.3% · too close to call

1 in 5Musselfork adults lack social or emotional support

19.1% · Missouri 20.1% · too close to call

1 in 6Musselfork adults are in frequent mental distress

17.8% · Missouri 17.5% · 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 7

Musselfork adults worry about having enough food

14.1% · MO 13.7% · about the same

1 in 9

Musselfork adults worry about keeping their housing

11.2% · MO 12.1% · about the same

1 in 12

Musselfork adults were threatened with a utility shut-off

8.6% · MO 9% · about the same

1 in 12

Musselfork adults lack reliable transportation

8.4% · MO 8.4% · about the same

11.9% of Musselfork adults receive SNAP (food stamps), compared with 10.8% across Missouri.

Disability

Living with a disability

40.8%

of Musselfork adults live with a disability (Missouri 36.2%). Walking or climbing stairs is the most common.

Walking or climbing stairs19.8%

Thinking or memory18.8%

Hearing11.1%

Errands alone10.8%

Vision6.1%

Dressing or bathing4.8%

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

Around Musselfork

Musselfork 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.

36.7%39.2%· darker is worse for health

Obesity

#5 of 15towns on this map, healthiest first

Clark37.7%

Musselfork37.8%

Keytesville38%

Salt Creek38.1%

Cockrell39%

Care nearby

Pershing Memorial HospitalBrookfield · 16.1 mi · ★★★★★ · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Macon County Samaritan Memorial HospitalMacon · 26.8 mi · ★★★★★ · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Moberly Regional Medical CenterMoberly · 28.8 mi · ★★★★★ · ER Directions Medicare profile

Carroll County Memorial HospitalCarrollton · 33.6 mi · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Compass HealthMarceline · 10.9 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

Compass HealthSalisbury · 12.1 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

! Primary careMusselfork's county is a federal shortage area.Chariton County · need score 15 of 25

! Dental careMusselfork's county is a federal shortage area for some residents.Low-income residents, Chariton and Linn Counties · need score 16 of 25

! Mental healthMusselfork's county is a federal shortage area for some residents.Low-income residents, MHCA 12 Columbia · need score 17 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 Musselfork. 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 Musselfork

Measure	Musselfork	Margin	Missouri
Chronic conditions
High blood pressure	40.7%	36.6–44.8%	36.5%	worse
High cholesterol	40.8%	36.6–45.1%	37.5%	about the same
Obesity	37.8%	30.5–45.6%	36.6%	about the same
Arthritis	34.3%	30.8–37.6%	28.8%	worse
Depression	24.4%	21.1–28%	24.3%	about the same
Lost all teeth (65+)	18.6%	15.5–22%	15.8%	about the same
Asthma	10.7%	9.5–11.9%	10.6%	about the same
Cancer (not skin)	10.5%	9.5–11.5%	8.6%	worse
Diabetes	14.1%	12.2–16.1%	12.1%	worse
COPD	10.8%	9.5–12.2%	8%	worse
Heart disease	9.1%	8–10%	6.8%	worse
Stroke	4.6%	4.2–5.1%	3.6%	worse
Habits
Smoke cigarettes	18.8%	16–21.8%	16%	about the same
Binge drink	14.7%	12.2–17.5%	16.3%	about the same
Get no exercise	33.1%	28.2–38%	28.8%	about the same
Sleep under 7 hours	37.4%	31.2–43.7%	36.5%	about the same
Care & screenings
Yearly checkup	79.5%	76.3–82.6%	78.4%	about the same
Dentist visit	58%	54.5–61.6%	60.4%	about the same
Cholesterol check	84.6%	82.5–86.5%	84.5%	about the same
Colon screening	63.2%	58.3–67.9%	64%	about the same
Mammogram	72.4%	64.8–79.3%	74.7%	about the same
Taking BP meds	80.6%	78.1–82.9%	77.2%	better
No health insurance	9%	7.3–10.9%	8.7%	about the same
Mind & connection
Feel lonely	29.8%	25.2–34.6%	31.7%	about the same
Lack emotional support	19.1%	16.3–22.2%	20.1%	about the same
Frequent mental distress	17.8%	15.8–19.8%	17.5%	about the same
Fair or poor health	23.9%	20.8–27%	20.5%	worse
Frequent physical distress	16.8%	14.9–18.9%	14.2%	worse
Everyday needs
Food insecurity	14.1%	11.8–16.7%	13.7%	about the same
Housing insecurity	11.2%	9.5–13%	12.1%	about the same
Utility shut-off threat	8.6%	7.4–9.8%	9%	about the same
No reliable transportation	8.4%	7.4–9.6%	8.4%	about the same
Receive SNAP	11.9%	9.9–14.1%	10.8%
Disability
Any disability	40.8%	36.3–45.5%	36.2%
Walking or climbing stairs	19.8%	17.4–22.3%	15.8%
Thinking or memory	18.8%	16.6–21%	17.2%
Hearing	11.1%	9.8–12.3%	8.3%
Vision	6.1%	5.4–6.8%	5.1%
Dressing or bathing	4.8%	4.2–5.4%	3.9%
Errands alone	10.8%	9.5–12.1%	9.2%

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 Musselfork door to door.

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

Why a ZIP codeCDC publishes towns like Musselfork by ZIP code. We weight the ZIP codes that cover Musselfork by how much of its land each one covers.

CDC PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, 2025 release. The Missouri 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.