Health · Peru

Peru, VT health

Peru differs from Vermont on 7 of 33 measures. It has fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth (7.8% vs 10.1%) and fewer adults in frequent mental distress (13.2% vs 15.9%). Where it trails the state: more adults who have had cancer (11.9% vs 9.9%).

CDC PLACES 2025 · adults 18+ · ZIP codes 05152, 05148

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Not graded

Health Grades cover towns with 1,000 or more residents. CDC's estimates for a place of 434 people are less certain, so we show Peru's figures without a grade.

Report card

How Peru 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 Peru adults…

34 of every 100 Peru adults have high blood pressure

Vermont: 31 in 100 · too close to call · margin 30.6–38.1%

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

Habits

Everyday habits, side by side with the state

Peru, betterPeru, worseToo close to callVermont

Get no exerciseshare of adults 15.9% Peru
VT 18.9%

Sleep under 7 hoursshare of adults 29.2% Peru
VT 28.6%

Binge drinkshare of adults 15.4% Peru
VT 16.6%

Smoke cigarettesshare of adults 8.7% Peru
VT 11.2%

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Care & screenings

Keeping up with care

Share of Peru 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 24

working-age adults has no health insurance

Peru 4.2% · Vermont 1 in 17 (6%)

Mind & connection

How Peru adults are doing

1 in 4Peru adults have been diagnosed with depression

26.6% · Vermont 26.5% · too close to call

1 in 8Peru adults are in frequent mental distress

13.2% · Vermont 15.9% · better

Disability

Living with a disability

24.6%

of Peru adults live with a disability (Vermont 26.4%). Walking or climbing stairs is the most common.

Walking or climbing stairs10.7%

Thinking or memory9.6%

Hearing7.6%

Errands alone5.6%

Vision3.3%

Dressing or bathing2.7%

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

Around Peru

Peru 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.

25.6%36.1%· darker is worse for health

Obesity

#6 of 14towns on this map, healthiest first

Landgrove26.4%

Peru27.6%

Winhall27.9%

Dorset29.7%

Mount Tabor36.1%

Care nearby

Grace Cottage HospitalTownshend · 19.3 mi · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Rutland Regional Medical CenterRutland · 22.2 mi · ★★★★★ · ER Directions Medicare profile

Springfield HospitalSpringfield · 23.9 mi · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Mt Ascutney HospitalWindsor · 30.4 mi · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Mountain Valley Health CenterLondonderry · 5.2 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

Ludlow Health CenterLudlow · 14.5 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

✓ Primary carePeru is not a shortage area

! Dental carePeru's county is a federal shortage area.Bennington County · need score 5 of 25

✓ Mental healthPeru is not a shortage area

Shortage areas: HRSA Health Professional Shortage Areas (a “population” designation covers specific residents, such as those with low incomes). Hospitals: Medicare overall star ratings, 1–5. Distances are straight-line from the center of Peru. 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 Peru

Measure	Peru	Margin	Vermont
Chronic conditions
High blood pressure	34.3%	30.6–38.1%	31.4%	about the same
High cholesterol	34.5%	31–38.1%	32.1%	about the same
Obesity	27.6%	23–32.4%	28.6%	about the same
Arthritis	31%	27.6–34.4%	27.8%	about the same
Depression	26.6%	23.3–30%	26.5%	about the same
Lost all teeth (65+)	7.8%	6.3–9.6%	10.1%	better
Asthma	10.8%	9.5–12.3%	11.1%	about the same
Cancer (not skin)	11.9%	10.8–13.2%	9.9%	worse
Diabetes	8.9%	7.3–10.6%	8.8%	about the same
COPD	5.7%	4.3–7.4%	6.5%	about the same
Heart disease	6.4%	5.4–7.6%	6.3%	about the same
Stroke	3.2%	2.6–3.8%	3.3%	about the same
Habits
Smoke cigarettes	8.7%	6–11.8%	11.2%	about the same
Binge drink	15.4%	13–18.1%	16.6%	about the same
Get no exercise	15.9%	12.3–20.1%	18.9%	about the same
Sleep under 7 hours	29.2%	25.4–33.6%	28.6%	about the same
Care & screenings
Yearly checkup	79.4%	76.2–82.3%	76.1%	better
Dentist visit	75.9%	73.3–78.5%	69.2%	better
Cholesterol check	90.3%	88.5–91.9%	85.9%	better
Colon screening	76.1%	72.7–79.6%	69.2%	better
Mammogram	77.7%	72.2–82.8%	76.1%	about the same
Taking BP meds	78.4%	75.1–81.5%	76.7%	about the same
No health insurance	4.2%	2.9–6.1%	6%	about the same
Mind & connection
Frequent mental distress	13.2%	11.1–15.4%	15.9%	better
Fair or poor health	12.5%	9.6–15.9%	14.5%	about the same
Frequent physical distress	12%	9.8–14.4%	12.5%	about the same
Disability
Any disability	24.6%	20.3–29.5%	26.4%
Walking or climbing stairs	10.7%	8.2–13.5%	11%
Thinking or memory	9.6%	7.6–11.9%	12.5%
Hearing	7.6%	6.5–8.9%	7.7%
Vision	3.3%	2.7–4.1%	4%
Dressing or bathing	2.7%	2.1–3.5%	3.1%
Errands alone	5.6%	4.3–7%	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 Peru door to door.

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

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