Health · Pomfret

Pomfret, VT health

Pomfret differs from Vermont on 8 of 33 measures. It has fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth (7.8% vs 10.1%) and fewer binge drinkers (14% vs 16.6%). Where it trails the state: more adults who have had cancer (12.5% vs 9.9%).

CDC PLACES 2025 · adults 18+ · ZIP codes 05091, 05067, 05053, 05068

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Health Grades cover towns with 1,000 or more residents. CDC's estimates for a place of 908 people are less certain, so we show Pomfret's figures without a grade.

Report card

How Pomfret 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 Pomfret adults…

35 of every 100 Pomfret adults have high blood pressure

Vermont: 31 in 100 · too close to call · margin 31.1–38%

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

Habits

Everyday habits, side by side with the state

Pomfret, betterPomfret, worseToo close to callVermont

Get no exerciseshare of adults 18.7% Pomfret
VT 18.9%

Sleep under 7 hoursshare of adults 29.7% Pomfret
VT 28.6%

Binge drinkshare of adults 14% Pomfret
VT 16.6%

Smoke cigarettesshare of adults 9.7% Pomfret
VT 11.2%

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Care & screenings

Keeping up with care

Share of Pomfret 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 21

working-age adults has no health insurance

Pomfret 4.8% · Vermont 1 in 17 (6%)

Mind & connection

How Pomfret adults are doing

1 in 4Pomfret adults have been diagnosed with depression

25.6% · Vermont 26.5% · too close to call

1 in 7Pomfret adults are in frequent mental distress

13.6% · Vermont 15.9% · better

Disability

Living with a disability

25.8%

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

Walking or climbing stairs11.4%

Thinking or memory10.7%

Hearing8.8%

Errands alone6.3%

Vision3.8%

Dressing or bathing3.1%

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

Around Pomfret

Pomfret 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 Pomfret.

24.5%33.9%· darker is worse for health

Obesity

#3 of 18towns on this map, healthiest first

Pomfret27.6%

Woodstock27.6%

Bridgewater28.3%

Barnard28.6%

Hartford28.9%

Sharon29.1%

Royalton29.7%

Care nearby

White River Jct VA Medical CenterWhite River Junction · 9.2 mi · ★★★★★ · ER · VA Directions Medicare profile

Alice Peck Day Memorial HospitalLebanon · 13.1 mi · ★★★★★ · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Mary Hitchcock Memorial HospitalLebanon · 13.6 mi · ★★★★★ · ER Directions Medicare profile

Mt Ascutney HospitalWindsor · 15.6 mi · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Bethel Health CenterBethel · 9.6 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

Ludlow Health CenterLudlow · 22.9 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

✓ Primary carePomfret is not a shortage area

✓ Dental carePomfret is not a shortage area

✓ Mental healthPomfret 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 Pomfret. 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 Pomfret

Measure	Pomfret	Margin	Vermont
Chronic conditions
High blood pressure	34.5%	31.1–38%	31.4%	about the same
High cholesterol	34.8%	31.4–38.1%	32.1%	about the same
Obesity	27.6%	23.2–32.1%	28.6%	about the same
Arthritis	31.5%	28.4–34.6%	27.8%	worse
Depression	25.6%	22.6–28.8%	26.5%	about the same
Lost all teeth (65+)	7.8%	6.2–9.6%	10.1%	better
Asthma	10.7%	9.5–12%	11.1%	about the same
Cancer (not skin)	12.5%	11.3–13.7%	9.9%	worse
Diabetes	9.6%	8.1–11.2%	8.8%	about the same
COPD	6.5%	5.2–7.9%	6.5%	about the same
Heart disease	7%	6.1–8.1%	6.3%	about the same
Stroke	3.7%	3.2–4.2%	3.3%	about the same
Habits
Smoke cigarettes	9.7%	7.4–12.2%	11.2%	about the same
Binge drink	14%	11.8–16.2%	16.6%	better
Get no exercise	18.7%	15–22.5%	18.9%	about the same
Sleep under 7 hours	29.7%	25.7–33.9%	28.6%	about the same
Care & screenings
Yearly checkup	76.7%	73.6–79.6%	76.1%	about the same
Dentist visit	71.6%	68.6–74.5%	69.2%	about the same
Cholesterol check	90%	88.3–91.5%	85.9%	better
Colon screening	75.7%	71.9–79%	69.2%	better
Mammogram	75.4%	69.3–81%	76.1%	about the same
Taking BP meds	80.7%	77.8–83.3%	76.7%	better
No health insurance	4.8%	3.5–6.3%	6%	about the same
Mind & connection
Frequent mental distress	13.6%	11.8–15.6%	15.9%	better
Fair or poor health	13.5%	10.9–16.2%	14.5%	about the same
Frequent physical distress	12%	10.1–13.9%	12.5%	about the same
Disability
Any disability	25.8%	21.9–29.7%	26.4%
Walking or climbing stairs	11.4%	9.3–13.8%	11%
Thinking or memory	10.7%	8.9–12.6%	12.5%
Hearing	8.8%	7.6–10%	7.7%
Vision	3.8%	3.2–4.5%	4%
Dressing or bathing	3.1%	2.5–3.6%	3.1%
Errands alone	6.3%	5.2–7.5%	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 Pomfret door to door.

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

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