Health · Earl

Earl, PA health

On every measure CDC estimates, Earl looks like Pennsylvania as a whole: no difference is outside the margin of error.

CDC PLACES 2025 · adults 18+ · ZIP codes 19512, 19518, 19547

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

Report card

How Earl 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 Earl ranks in Pennsylvania

#809 Closest to a top hospitalof 1057 · 13.4 mi

Chronic conditions

Out of every 100 Earl adults…

13 of every 100 Earl adults of those 65+ have lost all their teeth

Pennsylvania: 15 in 100 · too close to call · margin 10.7–16%

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

Habits

Everyday habits, side by side with the state

Earl, betterEarl, worseToo close to callPennsylvania

Sleep under 7 hoursshare of adults 39.4% Earl
PA 37.9%

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Care & screenings

Keeping up with care

Share of Earl 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 Earl

Earl and the towns around it

Care nearby

Pottstown HospitalPottstown · 8.7 mi · ★★★★★ · ER Directions Medicare profile

Physicians Care Surgical HospitalRoyersford · 11.9 mi Directions Medicare profile

Reading HospitalWest Reading · 13.4 mi · ★★★★★ · ER Directions Medicare profile

Lehigh Valley Hospital - MacungieMacungie · 13.5 mi · ER Directions Medicare profile

Chdc BoyertownBoyertown · 3.3 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

Berks Community Health Center at RocklandReading · 11.6 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

✓ Primary careEarl is not a shortage area

✓ Dental careEarl is not a shortage area

✓ Mental healthEarl 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 Earl. 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 Earl

Measure	Earl	Margin	Pennsylvania
Chronic conditions
Lost all teeth (65+)	13.2%	10.7–16%	14.5%	about the same
Habits
Sleep under 7 hours	39.4%	33.3–45.9%	37.9%	about the same
Care & screenings
Dentist visit	66.5%	62.9–69.8%	64.4%	about the same
Colon screening	68.6%	63.7–73.1%	67.5%	about the same
Mammogram	77.5%	70.2–83.7%	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 Earl door to door.

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

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