Health · Upper Makefield

Upper Makefield, PA health

On most measures Upper Makefield looks like Pennsylvania as a whole. It has fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth (6.2% vs 14.5%) and more adults seeing a dentist (77.9% vs 64.4%).

CDC PLACES 2025 · adults 18+ · ZIP codes 18940, 18938, 18977

Report card

How Upper Makefield 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

2 better1 close0 worse

Chronic conditions

Out of every 100 Upper Makefield adults…

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

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

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

Habits

Everyday habits, side by side with the state

Upper Makefield, betterUpper Makefield, worseToo close to callPennsylvania

Sleep under 7 hoursshare of adults 32.3% Upper Makefield
PA 37.9%

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Care & screenings

Keeping up with care

Share of Upper Makefield 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 Upper Makefield

Upper Makefield and the towns around it

Care nearby

Capital Health Medical Center - HopewellPennington · 7.8 mi · ★★★★★ · ER

St. Mary Medical CenterLanghorne · 8.1 mi · ★★★★★ · ER

Capital Health Regional Medical CenterTrenton · 10.4 mi · ★★★★★ · ER

Doylestown HospitalDoylestown · 11.1 mi · ★★★★★ · ER

Henry J. Austin Health Center-BellevueTrenton · 9.4 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees

Henry J. Austin Health Center-WarrenTrenton · 10.1 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees

✓ Primary careUpper Makefield is not a shortage area

✓ Dental careUpper Makefield is not a shortage area

✓ Mental healthUpper Makefield 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 Upper Makefield. 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 Upper Makefield

Measure	Upper Makefield	Margin	Pennsylvania
Chronic conditions
Lost all teeth (65+)	6.2%	5–7.8%	14.5%	better
Habits
Sleep under 7 hours	32.3%	26.9–38%	37.9%	about the same
Care & screenings
Dentist visit	77.9%	75.1–80.5%	64.4%	better
Colon screening	74.7%	70.5–78.6%	67.5%	better
Mammogram	80.8%	74.3–86.2%	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 Upper Makefield door to door.

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

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