Health · Oconee

Oconee, NE health

Oconee differs from Nebraska on 6 of 40 measures. It has fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth (9.2% vs 12.4%) and fewer adults facing housing insecurity (7.9% vs 9.5%). Where it trails the state: more adults who have had cancer (9.7% vs 8.3%).

CDC PLACES 2025 · adults 18+ · ZIP codes 68647, 68601, 68640

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Health Grades cover towns with 1,000 or more residents. CDC's estimates for a place of 401 people are less certain, so we show Oconee's figures without a grade.

Report card

How Oconee 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 Oconee adults…

35 of every 100 Oconee adults have high blood pressure

Nebraska: 33 in 100 · too close to call · margin 32–38.9%

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

Habits

Everyday habits, side by side with the state

Oconee, betterOconee, worseToo close to callNebraska

Get no exerciseshare of adults 24.6% Oconee
NE 24.3%

Sleep under 7 hoursshare of adults 27.5% Oconee
NE 31.3%

Binge drinkshare of adults 19.5% Oconee
NE 19.7%

Smoke cigarettesshare of adults 13.3% Oconee
NE 13.2%

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Care & screenings

Keeping up with care

Share of Oconee 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 11

working-age adults has no health insurance

Oconee 8.7% · Nebraska 1 in 10 (9.9%)

Mind & connection

How Oconee adults are doing

1 in 4Oconee adults feel lonely

27% · Nebraska 29.3% · too close to call

1 in 6Oconee adults have been diagnosed with depression

16.3% · Nebraska 18.3% · too close to call

1 in 5Oconee adults lack social or emotional support

20.2% · Nebraska 20.5% · too close to call

1 in 8Oconee adults are in frequent mental distress

13.3% · 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

Oconee adults worry about having enough food

10.3% · NE 12.3% · about the same

1 in 13

Oconee adults worry about keeping their housing

7.9% · NE 9.5% · better

1 in 18

Oconee adults were threatened with a utility shut-off

5.5% · NE 6.4% · about the same

1 in 18

Oconee adults lack reliable transportation

5.7% · NE 6.7% · better

7.3% of Oconee adults receive SNAP (food stamps), compared with 8.5% across Nebraska.

Disability

Living with a disability

27.4%

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

Walking or climbing stairs12.4%

Thinking or memory11.3%

Hearing8.1%

Errands alone6.8%

Vision4.2%

Dressing or bathing3.2%

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

Around Oconee

Oconee and the towns around it

Pick a measure to shade the map. Darker is worse for health. Pins are hospitals and community health centers in and near Oconee.

36.8%42.5%· darker is worse for health

Obesity

#12 of 19towns on this map, healthiest first

Monroe40%

Prairie Creek40.3%

Lost Creek40.4%

Oconee40.6%

Genoa40.9%

Butler42%

Columbus42.3%

Care nearby

Genoa Community HospitalGenoa · 7.2 mi · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Columbus Community HospitalColumbus · 11.2 mi · ★★★★★ · ER Directions Medicare profile

Annie Jeffrey Memorial County Health CenterOsceola · 20.7 mi · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Boone County Health CenterAlbion · 25.8 mi · ★★★★★ · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

East Central District Health Department/Good Neighbor Community Health CenterColumbus · 11.5 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

Midtown Health Center - MadisonMadison · 26 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

✓ Primary careOconee is not a shortage area

✓ Dental careOconee is not a shortage area

! Mental healthOconee's county is a federal shortage area.Catchment Area 4 · 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 Oconee. 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 Oconee

Measure	Oconee	Margin	Nebraska
Chronic conditions
High blood pressure	35.4%	32–38.9%	32.6%	about the same
High cholesterol	35.6%	32.2–39.2%	33%	about the same
Obesity	40.6%	35.4–46.1%	37.7%	about the same
Arthritis	26.6%	24–29.5%	24%	about the same
Depression	16.3%	14–18.9%	18.3%	about the same
Lost all teeth (65+)	9.2%	7.5–11.2%	12.4%	better
Asthma	8.9%	7.9–9.9%	9%	about the same
Cancer (not skin)	9.7%	8.8–10.7%	8.3%	worse
Diabetes	11.2%	9.8–12.8%	10.7%	about the same
COPD	6.5%	5.6–7.4%	6.1%	about the same
Heart disease	6.7%	6–7.6%	6.1%	about the same
Stroke	3.4%	3–3.7%	3.1%	about the same
Habits
Smoke cigarettes	13.3%	11.3–15.5%	13.2%	about the same
Binge drink	19.5%	16.8–22.5%	19.7%	about the same
Get no exercise	24.6%	21.2–28.3%	24.3%	about the same
Sleep under 7 hours	27.5%	23.1–32.7%	31.3%	about the same
Care & screenings
Yearly checkup	77.5%	74.4–80.3%	75.9%	about the same
Dentist visit	66.6%	63.5–69.9%	64.3%	about the same
Cholesterol check	85.9%	84.1–87.5%	83.7%	better
Colon screening	67.9%	63.5–72.2%	62.3%	better
Mammogram	78.3%	72–84%	75%	about the same
Taking BP meds	79.3%	76.7–81.9%	77.5%	about the same
No health insurance	8.7%	7.3–10.4%	9.9%	about the same
Mind & connection
Feel lonely	27%	23–31.4%	29.3%	about the same
Lack emotional support	20.2%	17.3–23.6%	20.5%	about the same
Frequent mental distress	13.3%	11.8–14.9%	14.1%	about the same
Fair or poor health	15.1%	13.1–17.3%	16.1%	about the same
Frequent physical distress	12%	10.5–13.5%	11.6%	about the same
Everyday needs
Food insecurity	10.3%	8.6–12.3%	12.3%	about the same
Housing insecurity	7.9%	6.6–9.3%	9.5%	better
Utility shut-off threat	5.5%	4.7–6.4%	6.4%	about the same
No reliable transportation	5.7%	5–6.6%	6.7%	better
Receive SNAP	7.3%	6–8.9%	8.5%
Disability
Any disability	27.4%	24.1–30.9%	27.4%
Walking or climbing stairs	12.4%	10.7–14.2%	12%
Thinking or memory	11.3%	10–12.8%	12.1%
Hearing	8.1%	7.3–9.1%	7.3%
Vision	4.2%	3.7–4.7%	4.4%
Dressing or bathing	3.2%	2.8–3.6%	3.2%
Errands alone	6.8%	6–7.7%	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 Oconee door to door.

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

Why a ZIP codeCDC publishes towns like Oconee by ZIP code. We weight the ZIP codes that cover Oconee 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.