Health · Billings

Billings, MT health

On most measures Billings looks like Montana as a whole. It has fewer adults with heart disease (5.9% vs 6.6%).

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

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Billings’s Health Grade: B

On seven CDC health estimates for adults, Billings is healthier than 64% of U.S. towns and 52% of Montana towns.

BSelf-rated healthBPhysical distressCMental distressB+ObesityADiabetesBSmokingA-Exercise

All U.S. towns we grade (19,420)Healthier than 64%

Less healthyHealthier

Montana towns we grade (93)Healthier than 52%

Towns with similar incomes, $55K–$92K (9,838)Healthier than 77%

About what its income would suggest. Billings does about as well against towns with similar incomes as against all towns.

These are estimates. At the ends of CDC’s likely ranges, Billings could be anywhere from C+ to A−.

How the Health Grade works

Seven CDC estimates. Adults in fair or poor health, frequent physical distress, frequent mental distress, obesity, diabetes, smoking and no exercise (CDC PLACES, 2025 release). On each one a town earns the share of U.S. towns doing worse, and those shares are averaged. It’s the same score as our Healthiest towns in Montana ranking.
Graded on a national curve. Every U.S. town with 1,000+ residents and all seven estimates (19,420 places) is lined up by score: A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
Not adjusted for income. Wealthier towns are usually healthier, and the grade shows that as it is. The similar-incomes bar compares Billings with U.S. towns whose median household income is within 25% of its own.
Modeled, not measured. CDC combines national survey answers with each area’s age, sex, race and income mix. Billings uses CDC’s own estimate for it. High blood pressure is left out because it tracks age more than anything else. The confidence line recomputes the grade with every estimate at the low, then the high, end of its range.

Report card

How Billings compares with Montana

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 Billings adults…

31 of every 100 Billings adults have high blood pressure

Montana: 32 in 100 · too close to call · margin 28.6–33.9%

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

Habits

Everyday habits, side by side with the state

Billings, betterBillings, worseToo close to callMontana

Get no exerciseshare of adults 21.1% Billings
MT 20.6%

Sleep under 7 hoursshare of adults 34% Billings
MT 31.4%

Binge drinkshare of adults 20% Billings
MT 20.3%

Smoke cigarettesshare of adults 14.1% Billings
MT 13.6%

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Care & screenings

Keeping up with care

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

Yearly checkup

MT 72%

Dentist visit

MT 63%

Cholesterol check

MT 83%

Colon screening

MT 64%

Mammogram

MT 75%

Taking BP meds

MT 73%

1 in 11

working-age adults has no health insurance

Billings 9.4% · Montana 1 in 11 (9.3%)

Mind & connection

How Billings adults are doing

1 in 3Billings adults feel lonely

31.9% · Montana 30.7% · too close to call

1 in 4Billings adults have been diagnosed with depression

27.7% · Montana 24.9% · too close to call

1 in 5Billings adults lack social or emotional support

22.1% · Montana 21.2% · too close to call

1 in 6Billings adults are in frequent mental distress

18% · Montana 17.2% · 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

Billings adults worry about having enough food

12.5% · MT 11.7% · about the same

1 in 10

Billings adults worry about keeping their housing

9.8% · MT 9.1% · about the same

1 in 15

Billings adults were threatened with a utility shut-off

6.8% · MT 6.5% · about the same

1 in 13

Billings adults lack reliable transportation

7.8% · MT 7.5% · about the same

8.8% of Billings adults receive SNAP (food stamps), compared with 8.3% across Montana.

Disability

Living with a disability

31.9%

of Billings adults live with a disability (Montana 30.9%). Thinking or memory is the most common.

Walking or climbing stairs12.5%

Thinking or memory15.2%

Hearing8%

Errands alone8.2%

Vision4.5%

Dressing or bathing3.4%

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

Around Billings

Billings and the towns around it

Care in and near Billings

2 hospitals and 2 community health centers in Billings, plus the nearest outside it. Nearest first.

Intermountain Health St. Vincent Regional HospitalBillings · 1.6 mi · ★★★★★ · ER Directions Medicare profile

Billings Clinic HospitalBillings · 1.9 mi · ★★★★★ · ER Directions Medicare profile

Stillwater Billings ClinicColumbus · 34.8 mi · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Big Horn HospitalHardin · 45.3 mi · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Ag Worker Health & ServicesBillings · 1.9 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

Health Care for the Homeless - MrmBillings · 2.4 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees · 3 sites in Billings Directions to nearest site

✓ Primary careBillings is not a shortage area

! Dental careBillings's county is a federal shortage area for some residents.Yellowstone County · need score 13 of 25

! Mental healthBillings's county is a federal shortage area.Yellowstone County · need score 12 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 Billings. 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 Billings

Measure	Billings	Margin	Montana
Chronic conditions
High blood pressure	31.3%	28.6–33.9%	31.9%	about the same
High cholesterol	31.6%	28.8–34.3%	32.8%	about the same
Obesity	33.9%	29.9–37.9%	31.4%	about the same
Arthritis	27%	24.7–29.3%	28.4%	about the same
Depression	27.7%	24.7–30.6%	24.9%	about the same
Lost all teeth (65+)	12.2%	10.1–14.6%	12.3%	about the same
Asthma	10.8%	9.7–12.1%	11.1%	about the same
Cancer (not skin)	9%	8.2–9.8%	9.3%	about the same
Diabetes	9.5%	8.4–10.7%	9.9%	about the same
COPD	6.5%	5.8–7.1%	7%	about the same
Heart disease	5.9%	5.3–6.4%	6.6%	better
Stroke	3.2%	3–3.5%	3.5%	about the same
Habits
Smoke cigarettes	14.1%	12.5–15.8%	13.6%	about the same
Binge drink	20%	17.5–22.7%	20.3%	about the same
Get no exercise	21.1%	18.5–23.8%	20.6%	about the same
Sleep under 7 hours	34%	30.4–37.8%	31.4%	about the same
Care & screenings
Yearly checkup	74.6%	71.6–77.4%	72.4%	about the same
Dentist visit	62.7%	59.8–65.6%	63.3%	about the same
Cholesterol check	82.5%	80.7–84.2%	82.5%	about the same
Colon screening	66.1%	62.3–69.8%	63.8%	about the same
Mammogram	78.4%	72.7–83.4%	74.8%	about the same
Taking BP meds	72.4%	69.5–75%	73.4%	about the same
No health insurance	9.4%	8.1–10.7%	9.3%	about the same
Mind & connection
Feel lonely	31.9%	28.7–35.2%	30.7%	about the same
Lack emotional support	22.1%	19.6–24.8%	21.2%	about the same
Frequent mental distress	18%	16.2–19.8%	17.2%	about the same
Fair or poor health	18.6%	16.7–20.6%	18.3%	about the same
Frequent physical distress	13.8%	12.4–15.2%	14%	about the same
Everyday needs
Food insecurity	12.5%	11–14.1%	11.7%	about the same
Housing insecurity	9.8%	8.5–11.1%	9.1%	about the same
Utility shut-off threat	6.8%	5.9–7.7%	6.5%	about the same
No reliable transportation	7.8%	7–8.7%	7.5%	about the same
Receive SNAP	8.8%	7.6–10.1%	8.3%
Disability
Any disability	31.9%	28.9–34.7%	30.9%
Walking or climbing stairs	12.5%	11.2–13.9%	12.9%
Thinking or memory	15.2%	13.7–16.7%	14.3%
Hearing	8%	7.2–8.8%	8.6%
Vision	4.5%	4.1–4.8%	4.6%
Dressing or bathing	3.4%	3.1–3.7%	3.5%
Errands alone	8.2%	7.4–9%	8%

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 Billings door to door.

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

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

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