Health · Peculiar

Peculiar, MO health

Peculiar differs from Missouri on 11 of 40 measures. It has fewer adults with heart disease (5.2% vs 6.8%) and fewer adults facing food insecurity (10.6% vs 13.7%). Where it trails the state: fewer adults treating high blood pressure (73.7% vs 77.2%).

CDC PLACES 2025 · adults 18+ · CDC's estimate for Peculiar

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How Peculiar 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 Peculiar adults…

31 of every 100 Peculiar adults have high blood pressure

Missouri: 37 in 100 · better · margin 27.5–34.8%

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

Habits

Everyday habits, side by side with the state

Peculiar, betterPeculiar, worseToo close to callMissouri

Get no exerciseshare of adults 24.5% Peculiar
MO 28.8%

Sleep under 7 hoursshare of adults 40.6% Peculiar
MO 36.5%

Binge drinkshare of adults 17.5% Peculiar
MO 16.3%

Smoke cigarettesshare of adults 15.3% Peculiar
MO 16%

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Care & screenings

Keeping up with care

Share of Peculiar 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 13

working-age adults has no health insurance

Peculiar 8% · Missouri 1 in 11 (8.7%)

Mind & connection

How Peculiar adults are doing

1 in 3Peculiar adults feel lonely

29.6% · Missouri 31.7% · too close to call

1 in 4Peculiar adults have been diagnosed with depression

25.4% · Missouri 24.3% · too close to call

1 in 5Peculiar adults lack social or emotional support

19.6% · Missouri 20.1% · too close to call

1 in 6Peculiar adults are in frequent mental distress

18% · 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 9

Peculiar adults worry about having enough food

10.6% · MO 13.7% · better

1 in 10

Peculiar adults worry about keeping their housing

10.5% · MO 12.1% · about the same

1 in 14

Peculiar adults were threatened with a utility shut-off

7.2% · MO 9% · better

1 in 14

Peculiar adults lack reliable transportation

6.9% · MO 8.4% · better

7.4% of Peculiar adults receive SNAP (food stamps), compared with 10.8% across Missouri.

Disability

Living with a disability

30.4%

of Peculiar adults live with a disability (Missouri 36.2%). Thinking or memory is the most common.

Walking or climbing stairs12%

Thinking or memory16.4%

Hearing6.7%

Errands alone7.7%

Vision3.9%

Dressing or bathing3%

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

Around Peculiar

Peculiar 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.

37%39.9%· darker is worse for health

Obesity

#2 of 4towns on this map, healthiest first

Raymore37%

Peculiar37.3%

Care nearby

Belton Regional Medical CenterBelton · 6 mi · ★★★★★ · ER Directions Medicare profile

Cass Regional Medical CenterHarrisonville · 7.1 mi · ★★★★★ · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Adventhealth South Overland ParkOverland Park · 13.1 mi · ★★★★★ · ER Directions Medicare profile

Lee's Summit Medical CenterLees Summit · 13.8 mi · ★★★★★ · ER Directions Medicare profile

Compass HealthRaymore · 5.5 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

Compass HealthRaymore · 5.6 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

✓ Primary carePeculiar is not a shortage area

✓ Dental carePeculiar is not a shortage area

✓ Mental healthPeculiar is not a shortage area

Shortage areas: HRSA Health Professional Shortage Areas. Hospitals: Medicare overall star ratings, 1–5. Distances are straight-line from the center of Peculiar. 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 Peculiar

Measure	Peculiar	Margin	Missouri
Chronic conditions
High blood pressure	31.1%	27.5–34.8%	36.5%	better
High cholesterol	34.6%	30.9–38.7%	37.5%	about the same
Obesity	37.3%	31.1–43.9%	36.6%	about the same
Arthritis	25.5%	22.6–28.6%	28.8%	better
Depression	25.4%	22–29.2%	24.3%	about the same
Lost all teeth (65+)	14.8%	12.2–17.9%	15.8%	about the same
Asthma	10.5%	9.3–11.9%	10.6%	about the same
Cancer (not skin)	7.9%	7.1–8.7%	8.6%	about the same
Diabetes	9.6%	8.3–11.2%	12.1%	better
COPD	6.5%	5.5–7.7%	8%	better
Heart disease	5.2%	4.5–5.9%	6.8%	better
Stroke	2.8%	2.4–3.1%	3.6%	better
Habits
Smoke cigarettes	15.3%	12.5–18.6%	16%	about the same
Binge drink	17.5%	14.4–20.8%	16.3%	about the same
Get no exercise	24.5%	20.3–29%	28.8%	about the same
Sleep under 7 hours	40.6%	35–46.5%	36.5%	about the same
Care & screenings
Yearly checkup	76.1%	72.1–79.6%	78.4%	about the same
Dentist visit	61.8%	58.3–65.4%	60.4%	about the same
Cholesterol check	84%	81.3–86.4%	84.5%	about the same
Colon screening	63.2%	58.4–68.2%	64%	about the same
Mammogram	74.6%	67.2–81.4%	74.7%	about the same
Taking BP meds	73.7%	70.2–76.7%	77.2%	worse
No health insurance	8%	6.1–10.3%	8.7%	about the same
Mind & connection
Feel lonely	29.6%	25–34.3%	31.7%	about the same
Lack emotional support	19.6%	16.3–23.1%	20.1%	about the same
Frequent mental distress	18%	15.7–20.5%	17.5%	about the same
Fair or poor health	17.1%	14.4–20.2%	20.5%	better
Frequent physical distress	12.6%	10.9–14.6%	14.2%	about the same
Everyday needs
Food insecurity	10.6%	8.3–13.2%	13.7%	better
Housing insecurity	10.5%	8.5–12.7%	12.1%	about the same
Utility shut-off threat	7.2%	5.9–8.5%	9%	better
No reliable transportation	6.9%	5.8–8.2%	8.4%	better
Receive SNAP	7.4%	5.6–9.3%	10.8%
Disability
Any disability	30.4%	26.2–35.1%	36.2%
Walking or climbing stairs	12%	10.2–14.1%	15.8%
Thinking or memory	16.4%	14.1–19.1%	17.2%
Hearing	6.7%	5.9–7.6%	8.3%
Vision	3.9%	3.3–4.4%	5.1%
Dressing or bathing	3%	2.6–3.5%	3.9%
Errands alone	7.7%	6.6–9%	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 Peculiar door to door.

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

CDC's own town estimateCDC publishes Peculiar directly, so these are its own figures.

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.