Health · Minerva

Minerva, NY health

Minerva differs from New York on 15 of 40 measures. It has fewer adults facing housing insecurity (8.8% vs 14.5%) and fewer adults facing food insecurity (10.6% vs 17.2%). Where it trails the state: more adults who have had cancer (12.8% vs 7.7%).

CDC PLACES 2025 · adults 18+ · ZIP codes 12851, 12857, 12852

Report card

How Minerva 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 Minerva adults…

41 of every 100 Minerva adults have high blood pressure

New York: 33 in 100 · worse · margin 36.1–44.7%

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

Habits

Everyday habits, side by side with the state

Minerva, betterMinerva, worseToo close to callNew York

Get no exerciseshare of adults 26.1% Minerva
NY 25.9%

Sleep under 7 hoursshare of adults 33.9% Minerva
NY 37.9%

Binge drinkshare of adults 14.8% Minerva
NY 16.3%

Smoke cigarettesshare of adults 13% Minerva
NY 11.3%

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Care & screenings

Keeping up with care

Share of Minerva 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 20

working-age adults has no health insurance

Minerva 5.1% · New York 1 in 13 (7.9%)

Mind & connection

How Minerva adults are doing

1 in 3Minerva adults feel lonely

29.7% · New York 34.2% · too close to call

1 in 5Minerva adults have been diagnosed with depression

20% · New York 17.5% · too close to call

1 in 5Minerva adults lack social or emotional support

21.5% · New York 26.4% · better

1 in 7Minerva adults are in frequent mental distress

14.4% · 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 9

Minerva adults worry about having enough food

10.6% · NY 17.2% · better

1 in 11

Minerva adults worry about keeping their housing

8.8% · NY 14.5% · better

1 in 18

Minerva adults were threatened with a utility shut-off

5.6% · NY 8.2% · better

1 in 16

Minerva adults lack reliable transportation

6.1% · NY 8.6% · better

9.7% of Minerva adults receive SNAP (food stamps), compared with 14.1% across New York.

Disability

Living with a disability

31.5%

of Minerva adults live with a disability (New York 27.2%). Walking or climbing stairs is the most common.

Walking or climbing stairs16.8%

Thinking or memory11.7%

Hearing8.6%

Errands alone8.1%

Vision4.8%

Dressing or bathing4%

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

Around Minerva

Minerva 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.

29.1%41%· darker is worse for health

Obesity

#14 of 27towns on this map, healthiest first

Long Lake29.6%

Indian Lake30.6%

Chester31.5%

Newcomb32.3%

Minerva34%

Schroon34.4%

North Hudson35%

Care nearby

Adirondack Medical Center - Saranac LakeSaranac Lake · 33.8 mi · ★★★★★ · ER

Elizabethtown Community HospitalElizabethtown · 35.9 mi · ★★★★★ · ER · rural critical access

Glens Falls HospitalGlens Falls · 44.6 mi · ★★★★★ · ER

Porter HospitalMiddlebury · 48.3 mi · ★★★★★ · ER · rural critical access

Indian Lake Health CenterIndian Lake · 8.9 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees

Elderwood at North CreekNorth Creek · 12.5 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees

✓ Primary careMinerva is not a shortage area

! Dental careMinerva's county is a federal shortage area for some residents.ME-Essex County · need score 16 of 25

! Mental healthMinerva's county is a federal shortage area.Essex County · need score 14 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 Minerva. 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 Minerva

Measure	Minerva	Margin	New York
Chronic conditions
High blood pressure	40.5%	36.1–44.7%	32.6%	worse
High cholesterol	41.9%	37.5–46.1%	37.7%	about the same
Obesity	34%	27.7–40.7%	28.8%	about the same
Arthritis	35.2%	31.5–39%	24%	worse
Depression	20%	16.9–23.2%	17.5%	about the same
Lost all teeth (65+)	13.2%	10.7–15.9%	12.8%	about the same
Asthma	10.9%	9.6–12.3%	10.3%	about the same
Cancer (not skin)	12.8%	11.4–14.1%	7.7%	worse
Diabetes	12.6%	10.7–14.7%	11.5%	about the same
COPD	8.9%	7.1–10.8%	6%	worse
Heart disease	9%	7.8–10.4%	6.1%	worse
Stroke	4.4%	3.8–5.1%	3.4%	worse
Habits
Smoke cigarettes	13%	10.1–15.9%	11.3%	about the same
Binge drink	14.8%	12.3–17.4%	16.3%	about the same
Get no exercise	26.1%	21.1–31.5%	25.9%	about the same
Sleep under 7 hours	33.9%	28.5–39.7%	37.9%	about the same
Care & screenings
Yearly checkup	83.3%	80.6–85.9%	80.8%	about the same
Dentist visit	63.8%	60.3–67.3%	63.5%	about the same
Cholesterol check	91.9%	90.5–93.1%	89.2%	better
Colon screening	74.1%	69.8–78.1%	66.8%	better
Mammogram	79.5%	73.1–84.9%	78.9%	about the same
Taking BP meds	81.6%	78.9–84.2%	77.2%	better
No health insurance	5.1%	3.7–6.7%	7.9%	better
Mind & connection
Feel lonely	29.7%	25.4–35.1%	34.2%	about the same
Lack emotional support	21.5%	18.1–25.4%	26.4%	better
Frequent mental distress	14.4%	12.5–16.5%	15%	about the same
Fair or poor health	18.4%	15–22.2%	18.1%	about the same
Frequent physical distress	15%	12.8–17.4%	12.8%	about the same
Everyday needs
Food insecurity	10.6%	8.1–13.7%	17.2%	better
Housing insecurity	8.8%	7–10.9%	14.5%	better
Utility shut-off threat	5.6%	4.5–6.7%	8.2%	better
No reliable transportation	6.1%	5–7.3%	8.6%	better
Receive SNAP	9.7%	7.3–12.6%	14.1%
Disability
Any disability	31.5%	26.6–36.4%	27.2%
Walking or climbing stairs	16.8%	13.8–20%	13.4%
Thinking or memory	11.7%	9.8–13.8%	12.1%
Hearing	8.6%	7.5–9.9%	5.6%
Vision	4.8%	4–5.7%	5.2%
Dressing or bathing	4%	3.3–4.8%	3.8%
Errands alone	8.1%	6.8–9.7%	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 Minerva 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 Minerva better or worse.

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

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.