Health · Buffalo

Buffalo, PA health

On most measures Buffalo looks like Pennsylvania as a whole. It has fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth (10.1% vs 14.5%) and more adults screened for colon cancer (72.2% vs 67.5%).

CDC PLACES 2025 · adults 18+ · ZIP codes 16055, 16229

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

Report card

How Buffalo 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 Buffalo ranks in Pennsylvania

#411 Closest to a top hospitalof 1057 · 6.2 mi

Chronic conditions

Out of every 100 Buffalo adults…

10 of every 100 Buffalo adults of those 65+ have lost all their teeth

Pennsylvania: 15 in 100 · better · margin 8.2–12.4%

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

Habits

Everyday habits, side by side with the state

Buffalo, betterBuffalo, worseToo close to callPennsylvania

Sleep under 7 hoursshare of adults 37.5% Buffalo
PA 37.9%

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Care & screenings

Keeping up with care

Share of Buffalo 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 Buffalo

Buffalo and the towns around it

Care nearby

Allegheny Valley HospitalNatrona · 6.2 mi · ★★★★★ · ER Directions Medicare profile

Acmh HospitalKittanning · 11.7 mi · ★★★★★ · ER Directions Medicare profile

UPMC PassavantPittsburgh · 17.1 mi · ★★★★★ · ER Directions Medicare profile

UPMC St. MargaretPittsburgh · 17.3 mi · ★★★★★ · ER Directions Medicare profile

Community Health ClinicNew Kensington · 9.8 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

Lincoln-Lemington Medical and Dental OfficePittsburgh · 18.2 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

✓ Primary careBuffalo is not a shortage area

✓ Dental careBuffalo is not a shortage area

✓ Mental healthBuffalo 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 Buffalo. 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 Buffalo

Measure	Buffalo	Margin	Pennsylvania
Chronic conditions
Lost all teeth (65+)	10.1%	8.2–12.4%	14.5%	better
Habits
Sleep under 7 hours	37.5%	31.7–43.9%	37.9%	about the same
Care & screenings
Dentist visit	68.4%	65–71.7%	64.4%	better
Colon screening	72.2%	67.9–76.3%	67.5%	better
Mammogram	80.5%	73.9–86.1%	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 Buffalo door to door.

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

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