Health · Butte Valley

Butte Valley, ND health

Butte Valley differs from North Dakota on 19 of 40 measures. It has fewer binge drinkers (16.8% vs 21.3%) and more adults treating high blood pressure (82.5% vs 76.3%). Where it trails the state: more adults with COPD (9.9% vs 5.9%).

CDC PLACES 2025 · adults 18+ · ZIP codes 58346, 58351, 58348, 58386

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Health Grades cover towns with 1,000 or more residents. CDC's estimates for a place of 33 people are less certain, so we show Butte Valley's figures without a grade.

Report card

How Butte Valley compares with North Dakota

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 Butte Valley adults…

43 of every 100 Butte Valley adults have high blood pressure

North Dakota: 32 in 100 · worse · margin 39–47.9%

Bars show Butte Valley; the black tick is North Dakota. Tap a condition to see it as people.

Habits

Everyday habits, side by side with the state

Butte Valley, betterButte Valley, worseToo close to callNorth Dakota

Get no exerciseshare of adults 28.8% Butte Valley
ND 21.8%

Sleep under 7 hoursshare of adults 34.2% Butte Valley
ND 32.7%

Binge drinkshare of adults 16.8% Butte Valley
ND 21.3%

Smoke cigarettesshare of adults 17.3% Butte Valley
ND 13.1%

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Care & screenings

Keeping up with care

Share of Butte Valley adults getting routine care. The full ring is 100%; the dark tick marks North Dakota.

Yearly checkup

ND 74%

Dentist visit

ND 65%

Cholesterol check

ND 83%

Colon screening

ND 65%

Mammogram

ND 78%

Taking BP meds

ND 76%

1 in 13

working-age adults has no health insurance

Butte Valley 8% · North Dakota 1 in 14 (7.3%)

Mind & connection

How Butte Valley adults are doing

1 in 4Butte Valley adults feel lonely

26.5% · North Dakota 29.6% · too close to call

1 in 5Butte Valley adults have been diagnosed with depression

20.4% · North Dakota 21.3% · too close to call

1 in 5Butte Valley adults lack social or emotional support

20.5% · North Dakota 20.6% · too close to call

1 in 7Butte Valley adults are in frequent mental distress

13.9% · North Dakota 14.2% · 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 7

Butte Valley adults worry about having enough food

13.5% · ND 10.7% · worse

1 in 10

Butte Valley adults worry about keeping their housing

9.7% · ND 8.9% · about the same

1 in 15

Butte Valley adults were threatened with a utility shut-off

6.8% · ND 5.8% · about the same

1 in 14

Butte Valley adults lack reliable transportation

7.4% · ND 6.5% · about the same

9.7% of Butte Valley adults receive SNAP (food stamps), compared with 6.7% across North Dakota.

Disability

Living with a disability

35.3%

of Butte Valley adults live with a disability (North Dakota 27.6%). Walking or climbing stairs is the most common.

Walking or climbing stairs17.7%

Thinking or memory13.6%

Hearing11.6%

Errands alone9.2%

Vision6%

Dressing or bathing5%

Black tick: North Dakota. Shown without a better/worse judgment.

Around Butte Valley

Butte Valley and the towns around it

Pick a measure to shade the map. Darker is worse for health.

39.2%42.3%· darker is worse for health

Obesity

#9 of 12towns on this map, healthiest first

Broe39.2%

Albert39.4%

Beaver39.6%

Butte Valley40.2%

McClellan41.7%

Care nearby

Heart of America Medical CenterRugby · 27.6 mi · ★★★★★ · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Towner County Medical CenterCando · 27.9 mi · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Chi St. Alexius Health Devils LakeDevils Lake · 29.9 mi · ★★★★★ · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Smp Health St. AloisiusHarvey · 32.6 mi · ★★★★★ · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Rolette ClinicRolette · 39.5 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

St. John Health CenterSaint John · 55.8 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

✓ Primary careButte Valley is not a shortage area

✓ Dental careButte Valley is not a shortage area

! Mental healthButte Valley's county is a federal shortage area.Region III Devils Lake Catchment · need score 16 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 Butte Valley. 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 Butte Valley

Measure	Butte Valley	Margin	North Dakota
Chronic conditions
High blood pressure	43.4%	39–47.9%	31.8%	worse
High cholesterol	42%	37.6–46.6%	33.8%	worse
Obesity	40.2%	32.8–48.3%	36.5%	about the same
Arthritis	34.6%	30.8–38.5%	25.3%	worse
Depression	20.4%	17.3–23.8%	21.3%	about the same
Lost all teeth (65+)	15.4%	12.6–18.4%	10.8%	worse
Asthma	10.6%	9.3–12%	10.1%	about the same
Cancer (not skin)	11.1%	10–12.3%	8.2%	worse
Diabetes	14.7%	12.6–16.9%	9.8%	worse
COPD	9.9%	8.4–11.6%	5.9%	worse
Heart disease	10%	8.8–11.2%	6.1%	worse
Stroke	4.9%	4.3–5.4%	3.1%	worse
Habits
Smoke cigarettes	17.3%	14.4–20.5%	13.1%	worse
Binge drink	16.8%	14.1–20.1%	21.3%	better
Get no exercise	28.8%	23.8–33.9%	21.8%	worse
Sleep under 7 hours	34.2%	27.9–41%	32.7%	about the same
Care & screenings
Yearly checkup	78.2%	74.7–81.5%	74.4%	better
Dentist visit	59.3%	55.5–63%	64.5%	worse
Cholesterol check	85.7%	83.7–87.7%	82.7%	better
Colon screening	67.1%	61.9–71.9%	64.9%	about the same
Mammogram	74.8%	66.8–81.6%	78%	about the same
Taking BP meds	82.5%	79.8–84.9%	76.3%	better
No health insurance	8%	6.2–10.1%	7.3%	about the same
Mind & connection
Feel lonely	26.5%	22.5–31.7%	29.6%	about the same
Lack emotional support	20.5%	17.3–24.4%	20.6%	about the same
Frequent mental distress	13.9%	12.1–15.7%	14.2%	about the same
Fair or poor health	22.4%	19.1–26.1%	16.1%	worse
Frequent physical distress	15.4%	13.3–17.5%	11.4%	worse
Everyday needs
Food insecurity	13.5%	11–16.4%	10.7%	worse
Housing insecurity	9.7%	8.1–11.6%	8.9%	about the same
Utility shut-off threat	6.8%	5.8–8.1%	5.8%	about the same
No reliable transportation	7.4%	6.3–8.6%	6.5%	about the same
Receive SNAP	9.7%	7.7–12.1%	6.7%
Disability
Any disability	35.3%	30.4–40.2%	27.6%
Walking or climbing stairs	17.7%	15–20.6%	11.2%
Thinking or memory	13.6%	11.6–15.7%	12.6%
Hearing	11.6%	10.3–13%	7.8%
Vision	6%	5.2–6.8%	4.1%
Dressing or bathing	5%	4.3–5.8%	3.1%
Errands alone	9.2%	7.9–10.6%	7.1%

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 Butte Valley door to door.

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

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

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