Health · Blinsmon

Blinsmon, SD health

Blinsmon differs from South Dakota on 9 of 33 measures. It has fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth (8.8% vs 12.7%) and fewer uninsured adults (6.6% vs 8.8%). Where it trails the state: more adults who have had cancer (11.4% vs 9.2%).

CDC PLACES 2025 · adults 18+ · ZIP codes 57065, 57022, 57028, 56144
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Health Grades cover towns with 1,000 or more residents. CDC's estimates for a place of 61 people are less certain, so we show Blinsmon's figures without a grade.

Report card

How Blinsmon compares with South Dakota

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.

Chronic conditions

Out of every 100 Blinsmon adults…

36 of every 100 Blinsmon adults have high blood pressure
South Dakota: 33 in 100 · too close to call · margin 32.3–40.2%

Bars show Blinsmon; the black tick is South Dakota. Tap a condition to see it as people.

Habits

Everyday habits, side by side with the state

Blinsmon, betterBlinsmon, worseToo close to callSouth Dakota
Get no exerciseshare of adults 22.5% Blinsmon
SD 24.1%
Sleep under 7 hoursshare of adults 28.4% Blinsmon
SD 29.7%
Binge drinkshare of adults 17.2% Blinsmon
SD 18.8%
Smoke cigarettesshare of adults 13.5% Blinsmon
SD 15.2%
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Care & screenings

Keeping up with care

Share of Blinsmon adults getting routine care. The full ring is 100%; the dark tick marks South Dakota.

79%
Yearly checkup
SD 77%
73%
Dentist visit
SD 69%
89%
Cholesterol check
SD 85%
70%
Colon screening
SD 66%
79%
Mammogram
SD 77%
80%
Taking BP meds
SD 76%
1 in 15
working-age adults has no health insurance
Blinsmon 6.6% · South Dakota 1 in 11 (8.8%)
Mind & connection

How Blinsmon adults are doing

1 in 5Blinsmon adults have been diagnosed with depression
19.4% · South Dakota 21.2% · too close to call
1 in 8Blinsmon adults are in frequent mental distress
13.2% · South Dakota 15.3% · better
Disability

Living with a disability

28%

of Blinsmon adults live with a disability (South Dakota 30.1%). Walking or climbing stairs is the most common.

Walking or climbing stairs12.9%
Thinking or memory11.3%
Hearing8.7%
Errands alone6.6%
Vision4%
Dressing or bathing3.3%

Black tick: South Dakota. Shown without a better/worse judgment.

Around Blinsmon

Blinsmon and the towns around it

Pick a measure to shade the map. Darker is worse for health. Pins are hospitals and community health centers in and near Blinsmon.

Enterprise: 34.5% Grovena: 34.9% Trent: 33.7% Alliance: 37.4% Logan: 35.9% Egan: 34.3% Dell Rapids: 35.2% Lynn: 33.6% Flandreau: 35% Egan: 35% Lone Rock: 36% Eden: 38.2% Highland: 37.1% Edison: 37.1% Blinsmon: 33.8% Blinsmon Enterprise Grovena Trent Alliance Logan Avera Dells Area Hospital - Cah · Dell Rapids · 7.7 miH Avera Flandreau Hospital - Cah · Flandreau · 11 miH Pipestone County Medical Center · Pipestone · 14.9 miH
33.6%38.2%· darker is worse for health

Obesity

#3 of 15towns on this map, healthiest first
Trent33.7%
Blinsmon33.8%
Enterprise34.5%
Grovena34.9%
Logan35.9%
Alliance37.4%
6 places to get careNearest ER 7.7 mi

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

Getting care

Care in and near Blinsmon

No hospital or community health center in Blinsmon itself. These are the nearest.

HNearest ERAvera Dells Area Hospital - CahDell Rapids · 7.7 miDirections →
+Low-cost careFalls Community HealthSioux Falls · 24.4 mi · sliding-scale feesDirections →
7.7 mi
Avera Dells Area Hospital - Cah
Dell Rapids · not rated
ERRural critical access
11 mi
Avera Flandreau Hospital - Cah
Flandreau · not rated
ERRural critical access
14.9 mi
Pipestone County Medical Center
Pipestone · not rated
ERRural critical access
24 mi
Sanford Luverne Medical Center
Luverne · not rated
ERRural critical access
24.4 mi
Falls Community Health
Sioux Falls · community health center
Sliding-scale fees
30.2 mi
Rural Health Care
4 sites · nearest in Brookings
Sliding-scale fees
Directions to nearest
! Primary careBlinsmon's county is a federal shortage area for some residents.AI/AN-Moody County · need score 7 of 25
✓ Dental careBlinsmon is not a shortage area
! Mental healthBlinsmon's county is a federal shortage area.Community Counseling Service (CCS) - MHCA 3A · need score 19 of 25

Hospitals: Medicare overall star ratings, 1–5. Community health centers charge on a sliding scale by income. Distances are straight-line from the center of Blinsmon. Shortage areas: HRSA Health Professional Shortage Areas (a “population” designation covers specific residents, such as those with low incomes).

All 33 measures for Blinsmon
MeasureBlinsmonMarginSouth Dakota
Chronic conditions
High blood pressure36.2%32.3–40.2%33.3%about the same
High cholesterol37.8%33.8–41.9%34%about the same
Obesity33.8%27.2–40.9%35.9%about the same
Arthritis29.3%26–32.6%25.8%worse
Depression19.4%16.6–22.4%21.2%about the same
Lost all teeth (65+)8.8%7–10.6%12.7%better
Asthma9.7%8.6–10.9%10.1%about the same
Cancer (not skin)11.4%10.4–12.5%9.2%worse
Diabetes12.4%10.7–14.2%11.7%about the same
COPD6.8%5.7–8%6.7%about the same
Heart disease7.6%6.7–8.6%6.8%about the same
Stroke3.7%3.3–4.2%3.5%about the same
Habits
Smoke cigarettes13.5%11.2–16.1%15.2%about the same
Binge drink17.2%14.5–20.1%18.8%about the same
Get no exercise22.5%18.5–26.7%24.1%about the same
Sleep under 7 hours28.4%22.7–34.4%29.7%about the same
Care & screenings
Yearly checkup79.2%76–82.1%76.5%about the same
Dentist visit73.4%70.3–76.4%69.2%better
Cholesterol check88.9%87.3–90.5%84.8%better
Colon screening70.3%65.6–74.5%65.5%better
Mammogram79.3%72.3–84.9%76.6%about the same
Taking BP meds79.8%76.9–82.4%75.9%better
No health insurance6.6%5.3–8.3%8.8%better
Mind & connection
Frequent mental distress13.2%11.6–14.9%15.3%better
Fair or poor health15.7%13.4–18.4%17.3%about the same
Frequent physical distress12.2%10.6–13.9%12.3%about the same
Disability
Any disability28%24.1–32.2%30.1%
Walking or climbing stairs12.9%10.9–15%12.9%
Thinking or memory11.3%9.8–13%13.7%
Hearing8.7%7.7–9.9%8.2%
Vision4%3.5–4.6%4.7%
Dressing or bathing3.3%2.9–3.8%3.5%
Errands alone6.6%5.7–7.6%7.8%
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 Blinsmon door to door.
Close calls stay grayEvery figure has a margin of error. When the South Dakota figure falls inside it, we don't call Blinsmon better or worse.
Why a ZIP codeCDC publishes towns like Blinsmon by ZIP code. We weight the ZIP codes that cover Blinsmon by how much of its land each one covers.

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

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