Health · Menands

Menands, NY health

Menands differs from New York on 11 of 40 measures. It has fewer uninsured adults (5.7% vs 7.9%) and fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth (9.8% vs 12.8%).

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

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Menands’s Health Grade: A

On seven CDC health estimates for adults, Menands is healthier than 87% of U.S. towns and 83% of New York towns.

ASelf-rated healthAPhysical distressA-Mental distressA-ObesityADiabetesA-SmokingA-Exercise

All U.S. towns we grade (19,420)Healthier than 87%

Less healthyHealthier

New York towns we grade (1,227)Healthier than 83%

Towns with similar incomes, $60K–$101K (9,798)Healthier than 96%

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

These are estimates. At the ends of CDC’s likely ranges, Menands could be anywhere from B+ 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 New York 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 Menands 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. Menands 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 Menands compares with New York

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 Menands adults…

31 of every 100 Menands adults have high blood pressure

New York: 33 in 100 · too close to call · margin 28.3–34.5%

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

Habits

Everyday habits, side by side with the state

Menands, betterMenands, worseToo close to callNew York

Get no exerciseshare of adults 21.6% Menands
NY 25.9%

Sleep under 7 hoursshare of adults 37.9% Menands
NY 37.9%

Binge drinkshare of adults 17.7% Menands
NY 16.3%

Smoke cigarettesshare of adults 10.8% Menands
NY 11.3%

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Care & screenings

Keeping up with care

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

Yearly checkup

NY 81%

Dentist visit

NY 64%

Cholesterol check

NY 89%

Colon screening

NY 67%

Mammogram

NY 79%

Taking BP meds

NY 77%

1 in 18

working-age adults has no health insurance

Menands 5.7% · New York 1 in 13 (7.9%)

Mind & connection

How Menands adults are doing

1 in 3Menands adults feel lonely

36.6% · New York 34.2% · too close to call

1 in 5Menands adults have been diagnosed with depression

20.1% · New York 17.5% · too close to call

1 in 4Menands adults lack social or emotional support

26% · New York 26.4% · too close to call

1 in 7Menands adults are in frequent mental distress

15.1% · New York 15% · 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

Menands adults worry about having enough food

13.3% · NY 17.2% · better

1 in 8

Menands adults worry about keeping their housing

11.9% · NY 14.5% · better

1 in 14

Menands adults were threatened with a utility shut-off

7.2% · NY 8.2% · about the same

1 in 13

Menands adults lack reliable transportation

7.5% · NY 8.6% · about the same

11.1% of Menands adults receive SNAP (food stamps), compared with 14.1% across New York.

Disability

Living with a disability

24.9%

of Menands adults live with a disability (New York 27.2%). Thinking or memory is the most common.

Walking or climbing stairs10.8%

Thinking or memory11.6%

Hearing4.9%

Errands alone6.9%

Vision4%

Dressing or bathing3.1%

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

Around Menands

Menands 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 Menands.

28.3%35.7%· darker is worse for health

Obesity

#5 of 20towns on this map, healthiest first

Menands29.9%

Colonie30.1%

North Greenbush30.5%

Albany32.9%

Care nearby

St. Peter's HospitalAlbany · 3.3 mi · ★★★★★ · ER Directions Medicare profile

Albany VA Medical CenterAlbany · 3.8 mi · ★★★★★ · ER · VA Directions Medicare profile

Albany Medical Center HospitalAlbany · 3.8 mi · ★★★★★ · ER Directions Medicare profile

Samaritan Hospital of Troy, New YorkTroy · 4.1 mi · ★★★★★ · ER Directions Medicare profile

Whitney Young Health Dental ServicesAlbany · 2.2 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

Hometown Health Centers Dental at State StreetSchenectady · 12.7 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

✓ Primary careMenands is not a shortage area

✓ Dental careMenands is not a shortage area

✓ Mental healthMenands 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 Menands. 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 Menands

Measure	Menands	Margin	New York
Chronic conditions
High blood pressure	31.4%	28.3–34.5%	32.6%	about the same
High cholesterol	34.4%	31.3–37.7%	37.7%	about the same
Obesity	29.9%	25.6–34.4%	28.8%	about the same
Arthritis	22.9%	20.4–25.3%	24%	about the same
Depression	20.1%	17.5–22.8%	17.5%	about the same
Lost all teeth (65+)	9.8%	8.1–11.9%	12.8%	better
Asthma	10.7%	9.6–12%	10.3%	about the same
Cancer (not skin)	7.5%	6.8–8.2%	7.7%	about the same
Diabetes	9.2%	7.9–10.5%	11.5%	better
COPD	5.3%	4.4–6.4%	6%	about the same
Heart disease	5.1%	4.4–5.9%	6.1%	better
Stroke	2.9%	2.5–3.3%	3.4%	better
Habits
Smoke cigarettes	10.8%	8.7–13.1%	11.3%	about the same
Binge drink	17.7%	15.2–20.5%	16.3%	about the same
Get no exercise	21.6%	18.2–25.3%	25.9%	better
Sleep under 7 hours	37.9%	33.4–42.6%	37.9%	about the same
Care & screenings
Yearly checkup	79.2%	76.3–82%	80.8%	about the same
Dentist visit	67.4%	64.4–70.5%	63.5%	better
Cholesterol check	88.7%	86.9–90.3%	89.2%	about the same
Colon screening	72.3%	68.5–76%	66.8%	better
Mammogram	81.7%	76.4–86.5%	78.9%	about the same
Taking BP meds	76%	73.2–78.6%	77.2%	about the same
No health insurance	5.7%	4.4–7.3%	7.9%	better
Mind & connection
Feel lonely	36.6%	32.3–41.5%	34.2%	about the same
Lack emotional support	26%	22.5–29.8%	26.4%	about the same
Frequent mental distress	15.1%	13.2–16.9%	15%	about the same
Fair or poor health	14.6%	12.4–17.3%	18.1%	better
Frequent physical distress	11.4%	9.8–13.1%	12.8%	about the same
Everyday needs
Food insecurity	13.3%	10.7–16.2%	17.2%	better
Housing insecurity	11.9%	9.9–14.2%	14.5%	better
Utility shut-off threat	7.2%	6.1–8.5%	8.2%	about the same
No reliable transportation	7.5%	6.3–8.7%	8.6%	about the same
Receive SNAP	11.1%	8.8–13.6%	14.1%
Disability
Any disability	24.9%	21.6–28.5%	27.2%
Walking or climbing stairs	10.8%	9–12.8%	13.4%
Thinking or memory	11.6%	10–13.6%	12.1%
Hearing	4.9%	4.3–5.6%	5.6%
Vision	4%	3.5–4.7%	5.2%
Dressing or bathing	3.1%	2.6–3.6%	3.8%
Errands alone	6.9%	5.9–8.1%	7.7%

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 Menands door to door.

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

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

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