Health · Dummerston

Dummerston, VT health

On most measures Dummerston looks like Vermont as a whole. Where it trails the state most: more older adults who have lost all their teeth (12.9% vs 10.1%) and more adults with COPD (7.5% vs 6.5%).

CDC PLACES 2025 · adults 18+ · ZIP codes 05301, 05346

Report card

How Dummerston 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 Dummerston adults…

32 of every 100 Dummerston adults have high blood pressure

Vermont: 31 in 100 · too close to call · margin 28.8–35.1%

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

Habits

Everyday habits, side by side with the state

Dummerston, betterDummerston, worseToo close to callVermont

Get no exerciseshare of adults 19.9% Dummerston
VT 18.9%

Sleep under 7 hoursshare of adults 29.5% Dummerston
VT 28.6%

Binge drinkshare of adults 15.5% Dummerston
VT 16.6%

Smoke cigarettesshare of adults 12.7% Dummerston
VT 11.2%

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Care & screenings

Keeping up with care

Share of Dummerston 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 16

working-age adults has no health insurance

Dummerston 6.3% · Vermont 1 in 17 (6%)

Mind & connection

How Dummerston adults are doing

1 in 4Dummerston adults have been diagnosed with depression

26.9% · Vermont 26.5% · too close to call

1 in 6Dummerston adults are in frequent mental distress

16.3% · Vermont 15.9% · too close to call

Disability

Living with a disability

29%

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

Walking or climbing stairs12.5%

Thinking or memory12.9%

Hearing8.4%

Errands alone7.6%

Vision4.6%

Dressing or bathing3.7%

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

Around Dummerston

Dummerston 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.

25%31.9%· darker is worse for health

Obesity

#6 of 20towns on this map, healthiest first

Putney25.3%

Dummerston26.5%

Marlboro26.9%

Brattleboro27%

Newfane27%

Westmoreland29.2%

Chesterfield29.9%

Care nearby

Brattleboro Memorial HospitalBrattleboro · 5.8 mi · ★★★★★ · ER Directions Medicare profile

Grace Cottage HospitalTownshend · 10.9 mi · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Cheshire Medical CenterKeene · 15.8 mi · ★★★★★ · ER Directions Medicare profile

Baystate Franklin Medical CenterGreenfield · 22.6 mi · ★★★★★ · ER Directions Medicare profile

Baystate Franklin HospitalGreenfield · 22.6 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

Drop in Center Franklin CountyGreenfield · 23 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

✓ Primary careDummerston is not a shortage area

✓ Dental careDummerston is not a shortage area

✓ Mental healthDummerston 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 Dummerston. 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 Dummerston

Measure	Dummerston	Margin	Vermont
Chronic conditions
High blood pressure	31.9%	28.8–35.1%	31.4%	about the same
High cholesterol	33.1%	29.9–36.4%	32.1%	about the same
Obesity	26.5%	22.3–30.9%	28.6%	about the same
Arthritis	29.6%	26.8–32.3%	27.8%	about the same
Depression	26.9%	23.8–30.2%	26.5%	about the same
Lost all teeth (65+)	12.9%	10.5–15.3%	10.1%	worse
Asthma	11.1%	9.9–12.5%	11.1%	about the same
Cancer (not skin)	10.3%	9.4–11.3%	9.9%	about the same
Diabetes	9.7%	8.4–11%	8.8%	about the same
COPD	7.5%	6.6–8.5%	6.5%	worse
Heart disease	6.8%	6–7.5%	6.3%	about the same
Stroke	3.7%	3.3–4%	3.3%	about the same
Habits
Smoke cigarettes	12.7%	10.8–14.7%	11.2%	about the same
Binge drink	15.5%	13.2–18.1%	16.6%	about the same
Get no exercise	19.9%	17–23%	18.9%	about the same
Sleep under 7 hours	29.5%	25.5–33.6%	28.6%	about the same
Care & screenings
Yearly checkup	75%	71.9–78%	76.1%	about the same
Dentist visit	65.5%	62.3–68.4%	69.2%	worse
Cholesterol check	86.4%	84.6–88%	85.9%	about the same
Colon screening	69.8%	65.7–73.4%	69.2%	about the same
Mammogram	76.8%	70.8–81.9%	76.1%	about the same
Taking BP meds	77.9%	74.9–80.5%	76.7%	about the same
No health insurance	6.3%	5.3–7.6%	6%	about the same
Mind & connection
Frequent mental distress	16.3%	14.6–18.3%	15.9%	about the same
Fair or poor health	16.6%	14.6–18.9%	14.5%	worse
Frequent physical distress	13.6%	12–15.2%	12.5%	about the same
Disability
Any disability	29%	25.7–32.4%	26.4%
Walking or climbing stairs	12.5%	10.9–14.2%	11%
Thinking or memory	12.9%	11.4–14.6%	12.5%
Hearing	8.4%	7.5–9.3%	7.7%
Vision	4.6%	4.1–5.1%	4%
Dressing or bathing	3.7%	3.4–4.2%	3.1%
Errands alone	7.6%	6.8–8.6%	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 Dummerston door to door.

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

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