Health · Bakersfield

Bakersfield, VT health

On most measures Bakersfield looks like Vermont as a whole. Where it trails the state most: more older adults who have lost all their teeth (13.1% vs 10.1%) and more adults with obesity (36.7% vs 28.6%).

CDC PLACES 2025 · adults 18+ · ZIP codes 05450, 05441, 05448

B+Health Grade

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Bakersfield’s Health Grade: B+

On seven CDC health estimates for adults, Bakersfield is healthier than 72% of U.S. towns.

A-Self-rated healthBPhysical distressB-Mental distressB-ObesityADiabetesB+SmokingA-Exercise

All U.S. towns we grade (19,420)Healthier than 72%

Less healthyHealthier

Vermont towns we grade (170)Healthier than 37%

Towns with similar incomes, $63K–$104K (9,596)Healthier than 78%

About what its income would suggest. Bakersfield does about as well against towns with similar incomes as against all towns.

These are estimates. At the ends of CDC’s likely ranges, Bakersfield could be anywhere from C+ to A.

How the Health Grade works

Seven CDC estimates. Adults in fair or poor health, frequent physical distress, frequent mental distress, obesity, diabetes, smoking and no exercise (CDC PLACES, 2025 release). On each one a town earns the share of U.S. towns doing worse, and those shares are averaged. It’s the same score as our Healthiest towns in Vermont ranking.
Graded on a national curve. Every U.S. town with 1,000+ residents and all seven estimates (19,420 places) is lined up by score: A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
Not adjusted for income. Wealthier towns are usually healthier, and the grade shows that as it is. The similar-incomes bar compares Bakersfield with U.S. towns whose median household income is within 25% of its own.
Modeled, not measured. CDC combines national survey answers with each area’s age, sex, race and income mix. Bakersfield’s figures come from the ZIP codes that cover it, weighted by land area. High blood pressure is left out because it tracks age more than anything else. The confidence line recomputes the grade with every estimate at the low, then the high, end of its range.

Report card

How Bakersfield compares with Vermont

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 Bakersfield adults…

34 of every 100 Bakersfield adults have high blood pressure

Vermont: 31 in 100 · too close to call · margin 30.3–36.6%

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

Habits

Everyday habits, side by side with the state

Bakersfield, betterBakersfield, worseToo close to callVermont

Get no exerciseshare of adults 20.7% Bakersfield
VT 18.9%

Sleep under 7 hoursshare of adults 33% Bakersfield
VT 28.6%

Binge drinkshare of adults 17.4% Bakersfield
VT 16.6%

Smoke cigarettesshare of adults 12.7% Bakersfield
VT 11.2%

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Care & screenings

Keeping up with care

Share of Bakersfield adults getting routine care. The full ring is 100%; the dark tick marks Vermont.

Yearly checkup

VT 76%

Dentist visit

VT 69%

Cholesterol check

VT 86%

Colon screening

VT 69%

Mammogram

VT 76%

Taking BP meds

VT 77%

1 in 15

working-age adults has no health insurance

Bakersfield 6.5% · Vermont 1 in 17 (6%)

Mind & connection

How Bakersfield adults are doing

1 in 4Bakersfield adults have been diagnosed with depression

25.5% · Vermont 26.5% · too close to call

1 in 6Bakersfield adults are in frequent mental distress

16.9% · Vermont 15.9% · too close to call

Disability

Living with a disability

26.9%

of Bakersfield adults live with a disability (Vermont 26.4%). Thinking or memory is the most common.

Walking or climbing stairs11.8%

Thinking or memory13.5%

Hearing7.3%

Errands alone7.3%

Vision4.2%

Dressing or bathing3.4%

Black tick: Vermont. Shown without a better/worse judgment.

Around Bakersfield

Bakersfield and the towns around it

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

29%40.1%· darker is worse for health

Obesity

#11 of 19towns on this map, healthiest first

Waterville30.6%

Belvidere31.4%

Fletcher32.3%

Fairfield36%

Bakersfield36.7%

Enosburgh38.1%

Montgomery40.1%

Care nearby

Northwestern Medical CenterSaint Albans · 14.2 mi · ★★★★★ · ER Directions Medicare profile

Copley HospitalMorrisville · 18.8 mi · ★★★★★ · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Univ. of Vermont - Fletcher Allen Health CareBurlington · 29.2 mi · ★★★★★ · ER Directions Medicare profile

North Country Hospital and Health CenterNewport · 30.8 mi · ★★★★★ · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Enosburg Health CenterEnosburg Falls · 8.2 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

Lamoille Health Family Medicine - CambridgeCambridge · 11 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

✓ Primary careBakersfield is not a shortage area

✓ Dental careBakersfield is not a shortage area

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

All 33 measures for Bakersfield

Measure	Bakersfield	Margin	Vermont
Chronic conditions
High blood pressure	33.5%	30.3–36.6%	31.4%	about the same
High cholesterol	33.2%	30–36.2%	32.1%	about the same
Obesity	36.7%	31.6–41.5%	28.6%	worse
Arthritis	28.8%	26–31.5%	27.8%	about the same
Depression	25.5%	22.3–28.4%	26.5%	about the same
Lost all teeth (65+)	13.1%	10.8–15.6%	10.1%	worse
Asthma	11.5%	10.2–12.8%	11.1%	about the same
Cancer (not skin)	9.4%	8.5–10.3%	9.9%	about the same
Diabetes	9.4%	8.1–10.8%	8.8%	about the same
COPD	7%	6–8.1%	6.5%	about the same
Heart disease	6.5%	5.8–7.3%	6.3%	about the same
Stroke	3.3%	3–3.7%	3.3%	about the same
Habits
Smoke cigarettes	12.7%	10.5–15%	11.2%	about the same
Binge drink	17.4%	14.8–20%	16.6%	about the same
Get no exercise	20.7%	17.5–24.1%	18.9%	about the same
Sleep under 7 hours	33%	29–37.1%	28.6%	worse
Care & screenings
Yearly checkup	76.1%	72.8–78.9%	76.1%	about the same
Dentist visit	67.7%	64.7–70.6%	69.2%	about the same
Cholesterol check	85.8%	83.8–87.6%	85.9%	about the same
Colon screening	69.8%	66–73.3%	69.2%	about the same
Mammogram	74.3%	68.3–79.6%	76.1%	about the same
Taking BP meds	75.5%	72.3–78.2%	76.7%	about the same
No health insurance	6.5%	5.2–8%	6%	about the same
Mind & connection
Frequent mental distress	16.9%	14.9–19%	15.9%	about the same
Fair or poor health	15.5%	13.3–17.8%	14.5%	about the same
Frequent physical distress	13.3%	11.7–15.1%	12.5%	about the same
Disability
Any disability	26.9%	23.5–30.3%	26.4%
Walking or climbing stairs	11.8%	10.1–13.7%	11%
Thinking or memory	13.5%	11.7–15.3%	12.5%
Hearing	7.3%	6.4–8.1%	7.7%
Vision	4.2%	3.7–4.7%	4%
Dressing or bathing	3.4%	3–3.8%	3.1%
Errands alone	7.3%	6.3–8.3%	6.8%

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 Bakersfield door to door.

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

Why a ZIP codeCDC publishes towns like Bakersfield by ZIP code. We weight the ZIP codes that cover Bakersfield by how much of its land each one covers.

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