Health · Delight

Delight, NE health

Delight differs from Nebraska on 15 of 40 measures. It has fewer uninsured adults (7.6% vs 9.9%) and fewer adults facing housing insecurity (7.4% vs 9.5%). Where it trails the state: more adults with heart disease (9% vs 6.1%).

CDC PLACES 2025 · adults 18+ · ZIP codes 68825, 68860

Report card

How Delight compares with Nebraska

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 Delight adults…

41 of every 100 Delight adults have high blood pressure

Nebraska: 33 in 100 · worse · margin 37.4–44.7%

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

Habits

Everyday habits, side by side with the state

Delight, betterDelight, worseToo close to callNebraska

Get no exerciseshare of adults 29.1% Delight
NE 24.3%

Sleep under 7 hoursshare of adults 30% Delight
NE 31.3%

Binge drinkshare of adults 17.1% Delight
NE 19.7%

Smoke cigarettesshare of adults 13.3% Delight
NE 13.2%

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Care & screenings

Keeping up with care

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

Yearly checkup

NE 76%

Dentist visit

NE 64%

Cholesterol check

NE 84%

Colon screening

NE 62%

Mammogram

NE 75%

Taking BP meds

NE 78%

1 in 13

working-age adults has no health insurance

Delight 7.6% · Nebraska 1 in 10 (9.9%)

Mind & connection

How Delight adults are doing

1 in 3Delight adults feel lonely

28.6% · Nebraska 29.3% · too close to call

1 in 6Delight adults have been diagnosed with depression

16.2% · Nebraska 18.3% · too close to call

1 in 5Delight adults lack social or emotional support

19% · Nebraska 20.5% · too close to call

1 in 8Delight adults are in frequent mental distress

12.8% · Nebraska 14.1% · 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 10

Delight adults worry about having enough food

10.1% · NE 12.3% · about the same

1 in 14

Delight adults worry about keeping their housing

7.4% · NE 9.5% · better

1 in 19

Delight adults were threatened with a utility shut-off

5.3% · NE 6.4% · better

1 in 18

Delight adults lack reliable transportation

5.6% · NE 6.7% · better

7.5% of Delight adults receive SNAP (food stamps), compared with 8.5% across Nebraska.

Disability

Living with a disability

30.8%

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

Walking or climbing stairs15.5%

Thinking or memory11.5%

Hearing11%

Errands alone7.9%

Vision5%

Dressing or bathing3.9%

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

Around Delight

Delight 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.

37.8%40.7%· darker is worse for health

Obesity

#3 of 13towns on this map, healthiest first

Elim39%

Delight39.1%

Triumph39.1%

Custer39.1%

Grant39.6%

Wood River40.7%

Care nearby

Callaway District HospitalCallaway · 3.4 mi · ER · rural critical access

Jennie M Melham Memorial Medical CenterBroken Bow · 20.5 mi · ★★★★★ · ER · rural critical access

Gothenburg HealthGothenburg · 23.8 mi · ER · rural critical access

Cozad Community HospitalCozad · 26.9 mi · ER · rural critical access

Heartland Health Center - Ravenna ClinicRavenna · 57.1 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees

Heartland Health Center - Grand IslandGrand Island · 86.6 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees

✓ Primary careDelight is not a shortage area

✓ Dental careDelight is not a shortage area

! Mental healthDelight's county is a federal shortage area.Mental Health Catchment Area 3 · 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 Delight. 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 Delight

Measure	Delight	Margin	Nebraska
Chronic conditions
High blood pressure	41.1%	37.4–44.7%	32.6%	worse
High cholesterol	36.2%	32.6–40%	33%	about the same
Obesity	39.1%	33.7–44.8%	37.7%	about the same
Arthritis	31.4%	28.2–34.4%	24%	worse
Depression	16.2%	13.8–18.7%	18.3%	about the same
Lost all teeth (65+)	10.7%	8.7–13.2%	12.4%	about the same
Asthma	9.2%	8.2–10.3%	9%	about the same
Cancer (not skin)	12%	10.9–13.3%	8.3%	worse
Diabetes	13.3%	11.5–15.2%	10.7%	worse
COPD	8.2%	7–9.6%	6.1%	worse
Heart disease	9%	7.9–10.2%	6.1%	worse
Stroke	4.4%	3.9–5%	3.1%	worse
Habits
Smoke cigarettes	13.3%	11–15.6%	13.2%	about the same
Binge drink	17.1%	14.5–19.9%	19.7%	about the same
Get no exercise	29.1%	24.7–33.5%	24.3%	worse
Sleep under 7 hours	30%	24.9–35.5%	31.3%	about the same
Care & screenings
Yearly checkup	79.2%	76.2–82.1%	75.9%	better
Dentist visit	67.3%	63.8–70.5%	64.3%	about the same
Cholesterol check	87%	85.3–88.7%	83.7%	better
Colon screening	64.3%	59.4–69%	62.3%	about the same
Mammogram	75%	67.7–81.4%	75%	about the same
Taking BP meds	83.7%	81.3–85.8%	77.5%	better
No health insurance	7.6%	6–9.5%	9.9%	better
Mind & connection
Feel lonely	28.6%	24.4–33.5%	29.3%	about the same
Lack emotional support	19%	16.1–22.6%	20.5%	about the same
Frequent mental distress	12.8%	11.2–14.4%	14.1%	about the same
Fair or poor health	16.8%	14.2–19.4%	16.1%	about the same
Frequent physical distress	13%	11.4–14.8%	11.6%	about the same
Everyday needs
Food insecurity	10.1%	8.2–12.4%	12.3%	about the same
Housing insecurity	7.4%	6.1–8.8%	9.5%	better
Utility shut-off threat	5.3%	4.4–6.3%	6.4%	better
No reliable transportation	5.6%	4.8–6.6%	6.7%	better
Receive SNAP	7.5%	5.9–9.2%	8.5%
Disability
Any disability	30.8%	26.8–34.7%	27.4%
Walking or climbing stairs	15.5%	13.2–17.9%	12%
Thinking or memory	11.5%	9.9–13.1%	12.1%
Hearing	11%	9.7–12.3%	7.3%
Vision	5%	4.3–5.7%	4.4%
Dressing or bathing	3.9%	3.4–4.4%	3.2%
Errands alone	7.9%	6.7–9%	6.9%

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 Delight door to door.

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

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

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