Health · Piercefield

Piercefield, NY health

Piercefield differs from New York on 15 of 40 measures. It has fewer uninsured adults (6.1% vs 7.9%) and fewer adults facing housing insecurity (11.5% vs 14.5%). Where it trails the state: more adults with COPD (9.4% vs 6%).

CDC PLACES 2025 · adults 18+ · ZIP codes 12986, 12973, 12922

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Health Grades cover towns with 1,000 or more residents. CDC's estimates for a place of 311 people are less certain, so we show Piercefield's figures without a grade.

Report card

How Piercefield 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 Piercefield adults…

39 of every 100 Piercefield adults have high blood pressure

New York: 33 in 100 · worse · margin 35–42.7%

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

Habits

Everyday habits, side by side with the state

Piercefield, betterPiercefield, worseToo close to callNew York

Get no exerciseshare of adults 29% Piercefield
NY 25.9%

Sleep under 7 hoursshare of adults 35.5% Piercefield
NY 37.9%

Binge drinkshare of adults 16.4% Piercefield
NY 16.3%

Smoke cigarettesshare of adults 15.8% Piercefield
NY 11.3%

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Care & screenings

Keeping up with care

Share of Piercefield 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 16

working-age adults has no health insurance

Piercefield 6.1% · New York 1 in 13 (7.9%)

Mind & connection

How Piercefield adults are doing

1 in 3Piercefield adults feel lonely

31.9% · New York 34.2% · too close to call

1 in 4Piercefield adults have been diagnosed with depression

22.3% · New York 17.5% · worse

1 in 4Piercefield adults lack social or emotional support

23.5% · New York 26.4% · too close to call

1 in 6Piercefield adults are in frequent mental distress

16.9% · 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 7

Piercefield adults worry about having enough food

14.1% · NY 17.2% · better

1 in 9

Piercefield adults worry about keeping their housing

11.5% · NY 14.5% · better

1 in 14

Piercefield adults were threatened with a utility shut-off

7.3% · NY 8.2% · about the same

1 in 13

Piercefield adults lack reliable transportation

7.7% · NY 8.6% · about the same

13.9% of Piercefield adults receive SNAP (food stamps), compared with 14.1% across New York.

Disability

Living with a disability

32.2%

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

Walking or climbing stairs16.4%

Thinking or memory13.7%

Hearing7.9%

Errands alone9.1%

Vision5.3%

Dressing or bathing4.4%

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

Around Piercefield

Piercefield 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 Piercefield.

29.6%44.4%· darker is worse for health

Obesity

#15 of 19towns on this map, healthiest first

Long Lake29.6%

Colton39.8%

Hopkinton39.9%

Tupper Lake40.4%

Piercefield41%

Care nearby

Clifton-Fine HospitalStar Lake · 22.8 mi · ER Directions Medicare profile

Adirondack Medical Center - Saranac LakeSaranac Lake · 24.2 mi · ★★★★★ · ER Directions Medicare profile

Canton-Potsdam HospitalPotsdam · 36.4 mi · ★★★★★ · ER Directions Medicare profile

Gouverneur HospitalGouverneur · 43.8 mi · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Tupper Lake Family HealthTupper Lake · 7 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

Community Health Center of the North CountryCanton · 38 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

! Primary carePiercefield's county is a federal shortage area for some residents.ME - St. Lawrence County · need score 16 of 25

! Dental carePiercefield's county is a federal shortage area for some residents.ME - St. Lawrence County · need score 18 of 25

! Mental healthPiercefield's county is a federal shortage area for some residents.ME - St. Lawrence County · 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 Piercefield. 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 Piercefield

Measure	Piercefield	Margin	New York
Chronic conditions
High blood pressure	38.8%	35–42.7%	32.6%	worse
High cholesterol	39.4%	35.6–43.4%	37.7%	about the same
Obesity	41%	35–47.2%	28.8%	worse
Arthritis	33.2%	29.9–36.5%	24%	worse
Depression	22.3%	19.2–25.7%	17.5%	worse
Lost all teeth (65+)	16%	13.3–19.1%	12.8%	worse
Asthma	11.4%	10.2–12.8%	10.3%	about the same
Cancer (not skin)	10.7%	9.7–11.8%	7.7%	worse
Diabetes	12.7%	10.9–14.5%	11.5%	about the same
COPD	9.4%	8–10.8%	6%	worse
Heart disease	8.2%	7.2–9.3%	6.1%	worse
Stroke	4.2%	3.7–4.7%	3.4%	worse
Habits
Smoke cigarettes	15.8%	13.2–18.6%	11.3%	worse
Binge drink	16.4%	13.8–19.4%	16.3%	about the same
Get no exercise	29%	24.5–33.8%	25.9%	about the same
Sleep under 7 hours	35.5%	30.4–41%	37.9%	about the same
Care & screenings
Yearly checkup	81.3%	78.2–84.1%	80.8%	about the same
Dentist visit	60.5%	57.1–63.9%	63.5%	about the same
Cholesterol check	89.1%	87.5–90.6%	89.2%	about the same
Colon screening	71.8%	67.4–75.9%	66.8%	better
Mammogram	77.3%	70.8–82.9%	78.9%	about the same
Taking BP meds	79.7%	76.9–82.2%	77.2%	about the same
No health insurance	6.1%	4.7–7.5%	7.9%	better
Mind & connection
Feel lonely	31.9%	27.3–36.5%	34.2%	about the same
Lack emotional support	23.5%	20.1–27.1%	26.4%	about the same
Frequent mental distress	16.9%	14.9–19%	15%	about the same
Fair or poor health	19.8%	16.9–23%	18.1%	about the same
Frequent physical distress	15.6%	13.6–17.7%	12.8%	worse
Everyday needs
Food insecurity	14.1%	11.6–17.1%	17.2%	better
Housing insecurity	11.5%	9.6–13.5%	14.5%	better
Utility shut-off threat	7.3%	6.1–8.4%	8.2%	about the same
No reliable transportation	7.7%	6.6–8.9%	8.6%	about the same
Receive SNAP	13.9%	11.2–16.7%	14.1%
Disability
Any disability	32.2%	28.1–36.7%	27.2%
Walking or climbing stairs	16.4%	14.1–19%	13.4%
Thinking or memory	13.7%	11.8–15.8%	12.1%
Hearing	7.9%	6.9–8.9%	5.6%
Vision	5.3%	4.6–6%	5.2%
Dressing or bathing	4.4%	3.8–5.1%	3.8%
Errands alone	9.1%	7.9–10.4%	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 Piercefield 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 Piercefield better or worse.

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