Health · Foster

Foster, PA health

On most measures Foster looks like Pennsylvania as a whole. Where it trails the state most: fewer adults seeing a dentist (60% vs 64.4%).

CDC PLACES 2025 · adults 18+ · ZIP code 17901 (all of Foster)

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Not graded

Health Grades cover towns with 1,000 or more residents. CDC's estimates for a place of 258 people are less certain, so we show Foster's figures without a grade.

Report card

How Foster 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.

Care & screenings

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Chronic conditions

Out of every 100 Foster adults…

17 of every 100 Foster adults of those 65+ have lost all their teeth

Pennsylvania: 15 in 100 · too close to call · margin 13.5–20%

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

Habits

Everyday habits, side by side with the state

Foster, betterFoster, worseToo close to callPennsylvania

Sleep under 7 hoursshare of adults 40% Foster
PA 37.9%

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Care & screenings

Keeping up with care

Share of Foster 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 Foster

Foster and the towns around it

Care nearby

Schuylkill Medical Center - South Jackson StreetPottsville · 8.6 mi · ★★★★★ · ER Directions Medicare profile

Geisinger St. Luke's HospitalOrwigsburg · 15.6 mi · ★★★★★ Directions Medicare profile

Geisinger-Bloomsburg HospitalBloomsburg · 22.4 mi · ★★★★★ · ER Directions Medicare profile

Geisinger Medical CenterDanville · 23 mi · ★★★★★ · ER Directions Medicare profile

Schuylkill Community Health CenterMinersville · 4.8 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

Shenandoah Health CenterShenandoah · 11.9 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

✓ Primary careFoster is not a shortage area

! Dental careFoster's county is a federal shortage area for some residents.Low-income residents, Schuylkill County · need score 16 of 25

✓ Mental healthFoster is not a shortage area

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 Foster. 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 Foster

Measure	Foster	Margin	Pennsylvania
Chronic conditions
Lost all teeth (65+)	16.5%	13.5–20%	14.5%	about the same
Habits
Sleep under 7 hours	40%	32.9–47.6%	37.9%	about the same
Care & screenings
Dentist visit	60%	56.1–63.9%	64.4%	worse
Colon screening	65.7%	60.3–71.1%	67.5%	about the same
Mammogram	76.6%	68.5–83.6%	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 Foster door to door.

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

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