Health · Ira

Ira, VT health

On most measures Ira looks like Vermont as a whole. Where it trails the state most: more adults with obesity (35.4% vs 28.6%) and more adults with high blood pressure (34.8% vs 31.4%).

CDC PLACES 2025 · adults 18+ · ZIP codes 05777, 05735

TownTapestry Health GradeNew

Not graded

Health Grades cover towns with 1,000 or more residents. CDC's estimates for a place of 381 people are less certain, so we show Ira's figures without a grade.

Report card

How Ira 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 Ira adults…

35 of every 100 Ira adults have high blood pressure

Vermont: 31 in 100 · worse · margin 31.7–38%

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

Habits

Everyday habits, side by side with the state

Ira, betterIra, worseToo close to callVermont

Get no exerciseshare of adults 21.6% Ira
VT 18.9%

Sleep under 7 hoursshare of adults 30.2% Ira
VT 28.6%

Binge drinkshare of adults 16.6% Ira
VT 16.6%

Smoke cigarettesshare of adults 13.1% Ira
VT 11.2%

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Care & screenings

Keeping up with care

Share of Ira 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

Ira 6.4% · Vermont 1 in 17 (6%)

Mind & connection

How Ira adults are doing

1 in 4Ira adults have been diagnosed with depression

25.9% · Vermont 26.5% · too close to call

1 in 6Ira adults are in frequent mental distress

16.8% · Vermont 15.9% · too close to call

Disability

Living with a disability

29.9%

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

Walking or climbing stairs12.7%

Thinking or memory13.5%

Hearing8.2%

Errands alone7.4%

Vision4.3%

Dressing or bathing3.5%

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

Around Ira

Ira 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.

32.9%37.3%· darker is worse for health

Obesity

#6 of 17towns on this map, healthiest first

Castleton32.9%

Clarendon35%

Ira35.4%

Poultney35.4%

Middletown Springs36%

West Rutland36.1%

Care nearby

Rutland Regional Medical CenterRutland · 7.5 mi · ★★★★★ · ER Directions Medicare profile

Porter HospitalMiddlebury · 30.9 mi · ★★★★★ · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Glens Falls HospitalGlens Falls · 32.6 mi · ★★★★★ · ER Directions Medicare profile

Gifford Medical CenterRandolph · 32.8 mi · ★★★★★ · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Castleton Family Health Center/Chcrr AdminBomoseen · 7 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

Allen Pond Community Health CenterRutland · 7.1 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

✓ Primary careIra is not a shortage area

✓ Dental careIra is not a shortage area

✓ Mental healthIra 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 Ira. 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 Ira

Measure	Ira	Margin	Vermont
Chronic conditions
High blood pressure	34.8%	31.7–38%	31.4%	worse
High cholesterol	32.7%	29.6–35.9%	32.1%	about the same
Obesity	35.4%	30.7–40.4%	28.6%	worse
Arthritis	30.6%	27.9–33.4%	27.8%	worse
Depression	25.9%	22.9–29.2%	26.5%	about the same
Lost all teeth (65+)	11.7%	9.6–14.2%	10.1%	about the same
Asthma	12%	10.7–13.5%	11.1%	about the same
Cancer (not skin)	10.1%	9.1–11%	9.9%	about the same
Diabetes	9.7%	8.3–11.1%	8.8%	about the same
COPD	7.5%	6.5–8.7%	6.5%	about the same
Heart disease	6.8%	6–7.6%	6.3%	about the same
Stroke	3.6%	3.3–3.9%	3.3%	about the same
Habits
Smoke cigarettes	13.1%	10.8–15.5%	11.2%	about the same
Binge drink	16.6%	14.2–19.5%	16.6%	about the same
Get no exercise	21.6%	18.2–25.2%	18.9%	about the same
Sleep under 7 hours	30.2%	26.3–34.5%	28.6%	about the same
Care & screenings
Yearly checkup	77.2%	74.2–80.2%	76.1%	about the same
Dentist visit	66.4%	63.4–69.5%	69.2%	about the same
Cholesterol check	85.6%	83.7–87.6%	85.9%	about the same
Colon screening	67.2%	63.3–71.2%	69.2%	about the same
Mammogram	75.7%	70–81.2%	76.1%	about the same
Taking BP meds	78%	75.2–80.6%	76.7%	about the same
No health insurance	6.4%	5.1–8%	6%	about the same
Mind & connection
Frequent mental distress	16.8%	14.9–19%	15.9%	about the same
Fair or poor health	16.3%	13.9–18.8%	14.5%	about the same
Frequent physical distress	14.1%	12.4–16%	12.5%	about the same
Disability
Any disability	29.9%	26.3–33.6%	26.4%
Walking or climbing stairs	12.7%	11–14.7%	11%
Thinking or memory	13.5%	11.7–15.5%	12.5%
Hearing	8.2%	7.2–9.2%	7.7%
Vision	4.3%	3.8–4.9%	4%
Dressing or bathing	3.5%	3.1–3.9%	3.1%
Errands alone	7.4%	6.4–8.5%	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 Ira door to door.

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

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