Health · Buckingham

Buckingham, PA health

On most measures Buckingham looks like Pennsylvania as a whole. It has fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth (6.3% vs 14.5%) and more adults seeing a dentist (76.5% vs 64.4%).

CDC PLACES 2025 · adults 18+ · ZIP codes 18902, 18938, 18925, 18912

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CDC doesn't publish all seven estimates the grade is built on for Buckingham, so we show its figures without a grade.

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How Buckingham compares with Pennsylvania

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.

How Buckingham ranks in Pennsylvania

#252 Closest to a top hospitalof 1057 · 4.3 mi

Chronic conditions

Out of every 100 Buckingham adults…

6 of every 100 Buckingham adults of those 65+ have lost all their teeth

Pennsylvania: 15 in 100 · better · margin 5–7.8%

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

Habits

Everyday habits, side by side with the state

Buckingham, betterBuckingham, worseToo close to callPennsylvania

Sleep under 7 hoursshare of adults 33.5% Buckingham
PA 37.9%

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Care & screenings

Keeping up with care

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

Dentist visit

PA 64%

Colon screening

PA 68%

Mammogram

PA 78%

Around Buckingham

Buckingham and the towns around it

Care nearby

Doylestown HospitalDoylestown · 4.3 mi · ★★★★★ · ER Directions Medicare profile

Jefferson Lansdale HospitalLansdale · 11.8 mi · ★★★★★ · ER Directions Medicare profile

St. Mary Medical CenterLanghorne · 12.3 mi · ★★★★★ · ER Directions Medicare profile

Jefferson Abington HospitalAbington · 14 mi · ★★★★★ · ER Directions Medicare profile

Henry J. Austin Health Center-BellevueTrenton · 16.3 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

Covenant House Medical CenterPhiladelphia · 18.2 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

✓ Primary careBuckingham is not a shortage area

✓ Dental careBuckingham is not a shortage area

✓ Mental healthBuckingham 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 Buckingham. Nearby towns are shaded from CDC's estimates for their ZIP codes, or CDC's own figure for cities and villages.

All 5 measures for Buckingham

Measure	Buckingham	Margin	Pennsylvania
Chronic conditions
Lost all teeth (65+)	6.3%	5–7.8%	14.5%	better
Habits
Sleep under 7 hours	33.5%	28–39.3%	37.9%	about the same
Care & screenings
Dentist visit	76.5%	73.6–79.2%	64.4%	better
Colon screening	72.4%	68–76.5%	67.5%	better
Mammogram	80.7%	74.2–86.1%	77.7%	about the same

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 Buckingham door to door.

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

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

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