Health · Wooster

Wooster, OH health

On most measures Wooster looks like Ohio as a whole. It has fewer adults facing a utility shut-off (6.8% vs 8.3%) and fewer adults facing housing insecurity (9.3% vs 11.3%). Where it trails the state: more adults who have had cancer (9.6% vs 8.7%).

CDC PLACES 2025 · adults 18+ · ZIP code 44691 (all of Wooster)

Report card

How Wooster compares with Ohio

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 Wooster adults…

37 of every 100 Wooster adults have high blood pressure

Ohio: 37 in 100 · too close to call · margin 32.9–40.5%

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

Habits

Everyday habits, side by side with the state

Wooster, betterWooster, worseToo close to callOhio

Get no exerciseshare of adults 25.7% Wooster
OH 26.9%

Sleep under 7 hoursshare of adults 33.3% Wooster
OH 37.9%

Binge drinkshare of adults 17.9% Wooster
OH 16.6%

Smoke cigarettesshare of adults 14.7% Wooster
OH 15.4%

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Care & screenings

Keeping up with care

Share of Wooster adults getting routine care. The full ring is 100%; the dark tick marks Ohio.

Yearly checkup

OH 80%

Dentist visit

OH 63%

Cholesterol check

OH 86%

Colon screening

OH 65%

Mammogram

OH 76%

Taking BP meds

OH 79%

1 in 14

working-age adults has no health insurance

Wooster 7.4% · Ohio 1 in 13 (8%)

Mind & connection

How Wooster adults are doing

1 in 3Wooster adults feel lonely

34.5% · Ohio 35% · too close to call

1 in 4Wooster adults have been diagnosed with depression

25.2% · Ohio 25.4% · too close to call

1 in 5Wooster adults lack social or emotional support

20.3% · Ohio 21.3% · too close to call

1 in 6Wooster adults are in frequent mental distress

17.5% · Ohio 17.5% · 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

Wooster adults worry about having enough food

11.9% · OH 14.1% · better

1 in 11

Wooster adults worry about keeping their housing

9.3% · OH 11.3% · better

1 in 15

Wooster adults were threatened with a utility shut-off

6.8% · OH 8.3% · better

1 in 14

Wooster adults lack reliable transportation

6.9% · OH 7.7% · about the same

9.5% of Wooster adults receive SNAP (food stamps), compared with 11.7% across Ohio.

Disability

Living with a disability

29.4%

of Wooster adults live with a disability (Ohio 29.5%). Thinking or memory is the most common.

Walking or climbing stairs13.4%

Thinking or memory14.1%

Hearing7.2%

Errands alone8%

Vision4.4%

Dressing or bathing3.5%

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

Around Wooster

Wooster 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.

35.6%39.5%· darker is worse for health

Obesity

#2 of 20towns on this map, healthiest first

Wooster35.6%

Wooster36.7%

Wayne36.7%

Franklin37%

Plain37%

East Union38.2%

Clinton38.3%

Care nearby

Wooster Community HospitalWooster · 3.4 mi · ★★★★★ · ER Directions Medicare profile

Aultman Orrville HospitalOrrville · 10.5 mi · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Pomerene HospitalMillersburg · 16.8 mi · ★★★★★ · ER Directions Medicare profile

Lodi Community HospitalLodi · 18.4 mi · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

9th Street DentalAshland · 19.9 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

Ashland Health and WellnessAshland · 20 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

✓ Primary careWooster is not a shortage area

✓ Dental careWooster is not a shortage area

! Mental healthWooster's county is a federal shortage area.Wayne-Holmes MHCA · need score 16 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 Wooster. 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 Wooster

Measure	Wooster	Margin	Ohio
Chronic conditions
High blood pressure	36.6%	32.9–40.5%	37.2%	about the same
High cholesterol	36.8%	32.8–40.8%	36.7%	about the same
Obesity	36.7%	30–43.8%	37.1%	about the same
Arthritis	30.2%	27.1–33.4%	29.8%	about the same
Depression	25.2%	21.8–28.9%	25.4%	about the same
Lost all teeth (65+)	13.2%	10.7–15.8%	15.3%	about the same
Asthma	11.1%	9.8–12.4%	11.1%	about the same
Cancer (not skin)	9.6%	8.8–10.5%	8.7%	worse
Diabetes	12.6%	11–14.2%	13.2%	about the same
COPD	8%	7.2–8.9%	8%	about the same
Heart disease	7.3%	6.6–8.1%	7.1%	about the same
Stroke	3.5%	3.2–3.8%	3.7%	about the same
Habits
Smoke cigarettes	14.7%	12.8–16.7%	15.4%	about the same
Binge drink	17.9%	14.9–21.1%	16.6%	about the same
Get no exercise	25.7%	21.9–29.8%	26.9%	about the same
Sleep under 7 hours	33.3%	27.9–38.8%	37.9%	about the same
Care & screenings
Yearly checkup	79.3%	75.9–82.4%	79.9%	about the same
Dentist visit	62.8%	59.3–66.1%	62.9%	about the same
Cholesterol check	85.2%	83.5–86.9%	86.1%	about the same
Colon screening	66.1%	61.2–70.6%	65.2%	about the same
Mammogram	74.9%	67.5–81.3%	76%	about the same
Taking BP meds	79.1%	76.5–81.5%	79.2%	about the same
No health insurance	7.4%	6.4–8.5%	8%	about the same
Mind & connection
Feel lonely	34.5%	29.4–40%	35%	about the same
Lack emotional support	20.3%	17.2–23.6%	21.3%	about the same
Frequent mental distress	17.5%	15.6–19.5%	17.5%	about the same
Fair or poor health	18.3%	16.2–20.6%	19.4%	about the same
Frequent physical distress	13.8%	12.3–15.4%	13.9%	about the same
Everyday needs
Food insecurity	11.9%	10.2–14%	14.1%	better
Housing insecurity	9.3%	8–10.9%	11.3%	better
Utility shut-off threat	6.8%	5.9–7.8%	8.3%	better
No reliable transportation	6.9%	6.1–7.9%	7.7%	about the same
Receive SNAP	9.5%	8.1–11%	11.7%
Disability
Any disability	29.4%	25.8–33.3%	29.5%
Walking or climbing stairs	13.4%	11.8–15.2%	13.9%
Thinking or memory	14.1%	12.6–15.7%	13.9%
Hearing	7.2%	6.5–8.1%	6.8%
Vision	4.4%	4.1–4.8%	4.8%
Dressing or bathing	3.5%	3.2–3.8%	3.8%
Errands alone	8%	7.2–8.9%	8.1%

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 Wooster door to door.

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

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

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