Health · Cabot

Cabot, VT health

Cabot differs from Vermont on 6 of 33 measures. Where it trails the state most: more adults with diabetes (10.7% vs 8.8%) and more adults with heart disease (7.3% vs 6.3%).

CDC PLACES 2025 · adults 18+ · ZIP codes 05647, 05658, 05873

B+Health Grade

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Cabot’s Health Grade: B+

On seven CDC health estimates for adults, Cabot is healthier than 75% of U.S. towns.

A-Self-rated healthBPhysical distressB+Mental distressAObesityB+DiabetesBSmokingA-Exercise

All U.S. towns we grade (19,420)Healthier than 75%

Less healthyHealthier

Vermont towns we grade (170)Healthier than 42%

Towns with similar incomes, $58K–$96K (9,836)Healthier than 87%

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

These are estimates. At the ends of CDC’s likely ranges, Cabot 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 Cabot 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. Cabot’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 Cabot 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 Cabot adults…

34 of every 100 Cabot adults have high blood pressure

Vermont: 31 in 100 · too close to call · margin 30.9–37.1%

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

Habits

Everyday habits, side by side with the state

Cabot, betterCabot, worseToo close to callVermont

Get no exerciseshare of adults 20.7% Cabot
VT 18.9%

Sleep under 7 hoursshare of adults 26.3% Cabot
VT 28.6%

Binge drinkshare of adults 15.2% Cabot
VT 16.6%

Smoke cigarettesshare of adults 13.9% Cabot
VT 11.2%

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Care & screenings

Keeping up with care

Share of Cabot 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

Cabot 6.5% · Vermont 1 in 17 (6%)

Mind & connection

How Cabot adults are doing

1 in 4Cabot adults have been diagnosed with depression

28% · Vermont 26.5% · too close to call

1 in 6Cabot adults are in frequent mental distress

15.9% · Vermont 15.9% · too close to call

Disability

Living with a disability

28.8%

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

Walking or climbing stairs12.4%

Thinking or memory12.9%

Hearing8.6%

Errands alone7.4%

Vision4.6%

Dressing or bathing3.8%

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

Around Cabot

Cabot 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 Cabot.

25.9%31.9%· darker is worse for health

Obesity

#6 of 16towns on this map, healthiest first

Woodbury28%

Marshfield28.7%

Cabot29.3%

Danville29.8%

Peacham30.7%

Walden31.3%

Care nearby

Northeastern Vermont Regional HospitalSaint Johnsbury · 14.3 mi · ★★★★★ · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Central Vermont Medical CenterBarre · 16.5 mi · ★★★★★ · ER Directions Medicare profile

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

Cottage HospitalWoodsville · 21.7 mi · ★★★★★ · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Danville Health CenterDanville · 7.4 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

The Health CenterPlainfield · 10.5 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

✓ Primary careCabot is not a shortage area

✓ Dental careCabot is not a shortage area

✓ Mental healthCabot 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 Cabot. 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 Cabot

Measure	Cabot	Margin	Vermont
Chronic conditions
High blood pressure	34%	30.9–37.1%	31.4%	about the same
High cholesterol	36%	33.1–39%	32.1%	worse
Obesity	29.3%	25.1–33.6%	28.6%	about the same
Arthritis	31.4%	28.7–34.1%	27.8%	worse
Depression	28%	24.9–31.1%	26.5%	about the same
Lost all teeth (65+)	9.9%	8.1–11.9%	10.1%	about the same
Asthma	11.1%	9.9–12.4%	11.1%	about the same
Cancer (not skin)	10.6%	9.6–11.6%	9.9%	about the same
Diabetes	10.7%	9.3–12.3%	8.8%	worse
COPD	8%	6.5–9.5%	6.5%	about the same
Heart disease	7.3%	6.4–8.2%	6.3%	worse
Stroke	3.8%	3.4–4.3%	3.3%	worse
Habits
Smoke cigarettes	13.9%	11–16.9%	11.2%	about the same
Binge drink	15.2%	13.1–17.4%	16.6%	about the same
Get no exercise	20.7%	17–24.7%	18.9%	about the same
Sleep under 7 hours	26.3%	22.7–30.3%	28.6%	about the same
Care & screenings
Yearly checkup	75.6%	72.7–78.2%	76.1%	about the same
Dentist visit	65%	61.8–68%	69.2%	worse
Cholesterol check	86.6%	84.6–88.3%	85.9%	about the same
Colon screening	69%	65.2–72.7%	69.2%	about the same
Mammogram	75.2%	69–80.7%	76.1%	about the same
Taking BP meds	78.8%	76.1–81.1%	76.7%	about the same
No health insurance	6.5%	4.9–8.4%	6%	about the same
Mind & connection
Frequent mental distress	15.9%	13.9–18%	15.9%	about the same
Fair or poor health	16.4%	13.6–19.4%	14.5%	about the same
Frequent physical distress	13.5%	11.6–15.5%	12.5%	about the same
Disability
Any disability	28.8%	24.8–32.7%	26.4%
Walking or climbing stairs	12.4%	10.3–14.6%	11%
Thinking or memory	12.9%	10.9–15%	12.5%
Hearing	8.6%	7.6–9.7%	7.7%
Vision	4.6%	3.9–5.4%	4%
Dressing or bathing	3.8%	3.2–4.5%	3.1%
Errands alone	7.4%	6.2–8.8%	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 Cabot door to door.

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

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