Health · Wayne

Wayne, NJ health

Wayne differs from New Jersey on 18 of 40 measures. It has fewer adults facing a utility shut-off (4.3% vs 7%) and fewer adults facing food insecurity (9.4% vs 14.3%). Where it trails the state: more adults who have had cancer (9.1% vs 7.5%).

CDC PLACES 2025 · adults 18+ · ZIP code 07470 (all of Wayne)

Report card

How Wayne compares with New Jersey

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 Wayne adults…

29 of every 100 Wayne adults have high blood pressure

New Jersey: 33 in 100 · better · margin 26.4–32.5%

Bars show Wayne; the black tick is New Jersey. Tap a condition to see it as people.

Habits

Everyday habits, side by side with the state

Wayne, betterWayne, worseToo close to callNew Jersey

Get no exerciseshare of adults 20.2% Wayne
NJ 24.8%

Sleep under 7 hoursshare of adults 31.5% Wayne
NJ 37.5%

Binge drinkshare of adults 16.9% Wayne
NJ 15.5%

Smoke cigarettesshare of adults 8.1% Wayne
NJ 10.9%

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Care & screenings

Keeping up with care

Share of Wayne adults getting routine care. The full ring is 100%; the dark tick marks New Jersey.

Yearly checkup

NJ 78%

Dentist visit

NJ 66%

Cholesterol check

NJ 89%

Colon screening

NJ 63%

Mammogram

NJ 76%

Taking BP meds

NJ 77%

1 in 13

working-age adults has no health insurance

Wayne 7.5% · New Jersey 1 in 9 (11.3%)

Mind & connection

How Wayne adults are doing

1 in 3Wayne adults feel lonely

33.6% · New Jersey 32.4% · too close to call

1 in 6Wayne adults have been diagnosed with depression

15.6% · New Jersey 15.1% · too close to call

1 in 5Wayne adults lack social or emotional support

21.1% · New Jersey 24% · better

1 in 7Wayne adults are in frequent mental distress

13.5% · New Jersey 14.7% · 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 11

Wayne adults worry about having enough food

9.4% · NJ 14.3% · better

1 in 12

Wayne adults worry about keeping their housing

8.1% · NJ 12.3% · better

1 in 23

Wayne adults were threatened with a utility shut-off

4.3% · NJ 7% · better

1 in 20

Wayne adults lack reliable transportation

5% · NJ 7.4% · better

4.4% of Wayne adults receive SNAP (food stamps), compared with 8.4% across New Jersey.

Disability

Living with a disability

22.7%

of Wayne adults live with a disability (New Jersey 24.8%). Thinking or memory is the most common.

Walking or climbing stairs9.7%

Thinking or memory10.1%

Hearing5.6%

Errands alone5.3%

Vision3.4%

Dressing or bathing2.4%

Black tick: New Jersey. Shown without a better/worse judgment.

Around Wayne

Wayne 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.

20.4%37.5%· darker is worse for health

Obesity

#14 of 28towns on this map, healthiest first

Pequannock22.4%

Fairfield22.6%

Franklin Lakes22.8%

Lincoln Park23.7%

Wayne24.1%

North Haledon25.1%

Oakland25.5%

Little Falls26.1%

Totowa26.5%

Pompton Lakes27.4%

Haledon31.1%

Care nearby

Chilton Medical CenterPompton Plains · 3.6 mi · ★★★★★ · ER Directions Medicare profile

St. Joseph's University Medical CenterPaterson · 5.1 mi · ★★★★★ Directions Medicare profile

St. Mary's General HospitalPassaic · 8.3 mi · ★★★★★ · ER Directions Medicare profile

Valley HospitalParamus · 9.1 mi · ★★★★★ · ER Directions Medicare profile

Paterson Community Health CenterPaterson · 4.1 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

Broadway ClinicPaterson · 4.6 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

✓ Primary careWayne is not a shortage area

✓ Dental careWayne is not a shortage area

✓ Mental healthWayne 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 Wayne. 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 Wayne

Measure	Wayne	Margin	New Jersey
Chronic conditions
High blood pressure	29.4%	26.4–32.5%	32.8%	better
High cholesterol	37.6%	34.2–41%	39.3%	about the same
Obesity	24.1%	20.2–28.4%	28.9%	better
Arthritis	21.6%	19.3–24.1%	22.2%	about the same
Depression	15.6%	13.4–18%	15.1%	about the same
Lost all teeth (65+)	6.5%	5.2–7.9%	9.6%	better
Asthma	8.6%	7.7–9.7%	8.9%	about the same
Cancer (not skin)	9.1%	8.3–10%	7.5%	worse
Diabetes	8.9%	7.8–10.1%	10.9%	better
COPD	4.5%	3.9–5.1%	5.1%	about the same
Heart disease	5.3%	4.7–5.8%	5.6%	about the same
Stroke	2.7%	2.5–2.9%	3.1%	better
Habits
Smoke cigarettes	8.1%	6.9–9.4%	10.9%	better
Binge drink	16.9%	14.4–19.7%	15.5%	about the same
Get no exercise	20.2%	17.5–23.2%	24.8%	better
Sleep under 7 hours	31.5%	27.6–35.6%	37.5%	better
Care & screenings
Yearly checkup	77.3%	74.4–80.3%	78%	about the same
Dentist visit	74.1%	71.5–76.6%	65.9%	better
Cholesterol check	90.6%	89.4–91.8%	89.1%	better
Colon screening	66.4%	62.2–70.3%	63.4%	about the same
Mammogram	80.1%	74.3–85%	75.7%	about the same
Taking BP meds	78.2%	75.5–80.8%	77.2%	about the same
No health insurance	7.5%	6.5–8.6%	11.3%	better
Mind & connection
Feel lonely	33.6%	29.6–37.4%	32.4%	about the same
Lack emotional support	21.1%	18.4–23.9%	24%	better
Frequent mental distress	13.5%	12–15.1%	14.7%	about the same
Fair or poor health	13.4%	11.8–15.2%	17.1%	better
Frequent physical distress	10.9%	9.6–12.2%	12.2%	about the same
Everyday needs
Food insecurity	9.4%	8.1–10.8%	14.3%	better
Housing insecurity	8.1%	7–9.2%	12.3%	better
Utility shut-off threat	4.3%	3.8–5%	7%	better
No reliable transportation	5%	4.4–5.7%	7.4%	better
Receive SNAP	4.4%	3.7–5.1%	8.4%
Disability
Any disability	22.7%	20–25.7%	24.8%
Walking or climbing stairs	9.7%	8.5–11.1%	11.3%
Thinking or memory	10.1%	8.9–11.3%	11.5%
Hearing	5.6%	5–6.2%	5.7%
Vision	3.4%	3–3.7%	4.7%
Dressing or bathing	2.4%	2.2–2.7%	3.3%
Errands alone	5.3%	4.8–6%	6.6%

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 Wayne door to door.

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

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

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