Health · Sandgate

Sandgate, VT health

Sandgate differs from Vermont on 6 of 33 measures. It has more adults screened for colon cancer (73.8% vs 69.2%) and more adults seeing a dentist (72.6% vs 69.2%). Where it trails the state: more adults with arthritis (31.9% vs 27.8%).

CDC PLACES 2025 · adults 18+ · ZIP code 05250 (all of Sandgate)

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Not graded

Health Grades cover towns with 1,000 or more residents. CDC's estimates for a place of 435 people are less certain, so we show Sandgate's figures without a grade.

Report card

How Sandgate 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 Sandgate adults…

36 of every 100 Sandgate adults have high blood pressure

Vermont: 31 in 100 · worse · margin 32–39.2%

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

Habits

Everyday habits, side by side with the state

Sandgate, betterSandgate, worseToo close to callVermont

Get no exerciseshare of adults 18.5% Sandgate
VT 18.9%

Sleep under 7 hoursshare of adults 30.9% Sandgate
VT 28.6%

Binge drinkshare of adults 15.6% Sandgate
VT 16.6%

Smoke cigarettesshare of adults 11.5% Sandgate
VT 11.2%

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Care & screenings

Keeping up with care

Share of Sandgate 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 19

working-age adults has no health insurance

Sandgate 5.3% · Vermont 1 in 17 (6%)

Mind & connection

How Sandgate adults are doing

1 in 3Sandgate adults have been diagnosed with depression

28.8% · Vermont 26.5% · too close to call

1 in 7Sandgate adults are in frequent mental distress

15.3% · Vermont 15.9% · too close to call

Disability

Living with a disability

27.6%

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

Walking or climbing stairs12.2%

Thinking or memory11.4%

Hearing8.1%

Errands alone6.7%

Vision3.9%

Dressing or bathing3.3%

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

Around Sandgate

Sandgate 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.

27.9%35.8%· darker is worse for health

Obesity

#6 of 11towns on this map, healthiest first

Manchester30.3%

Sandgate30.6%

Arlington30.6%

Rupert31.2%

Care nearby

Southwestern Vermont Medical CenterBennington · 21.6 mi · ★★★★★ · ER Directions Medicare profile

Glens Falls HospitalGlens Falls · 24.9 mi · ★★★★★ · ER Directions Medicare profile

Grace Cottage HospitalTownshend · 26.4 mi · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Rutland Regional Medical CenterRutland · 30.7 mi · ★★★★★ · ER Directions Medicare profile

Battenkill Valley Health CenterArlington · 7.8 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

✓ Primary careSandgate is not a shortage area

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

✓ Mental healthSandgate 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 Sandgate. 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 Sandgate

Measure	Sandgate	Margin	Vermont
Chronic conditions
High blood pressure	35.5%	32–39.2%	31.4%	worse
High cholesterol	34%	30.5–37.6%	32.1%	about the same
Obesity	30.6%	25.6–35.7%	28.6%	about the same
Arthritis	31.9%	28.6–35.2%	27.8%	worse
Depression	28.8%	25.3–32.4%	26.5%	about the same
Lost all teeth (65+)	10%	8.1–12.1%	10.1%	about the same
Asthma	11.5%	10.1–13%	11.1%	about the same
Cancer (not skin)	11.3%	10.2–12.4%	9.9%	worse
Diabetes	9.7%	8.2–11.3%	8.8%	about the same
COPD	6.9%	5.6–8.2%	6.5%	about the same
Heart disease	6.9%	6–7.9%	6.3%	about the same
Stroke	3.5%	3.1–4%	3.3%	about the same
Habits
Smoke cigarettes	11.5%	9.1–14.2%	11.2%	about the same
Binge drink	15.6%	13.1–18.3%	16.6%	about the same
Get no exercise	18.5%	15.2–22.2%	18.9%	about the same
Sleep under 7 hours	30.9%	27–35.4%	28.6%	about the same
Care & screenings
Yearly checkup	78.2%	75.1–81.1%	76.1%	about the same
Dentist visit	72.6%	69.9–75.4%	69.2%	better
Cholesterol check	88.7%	86.9–90.3%	85.9%	better
Colon screening	73.8%	70.3–77.5%	69.2%	better
Mammogram	76.1%	70.4–81.7%	76.1%	about the same
Taking BP meds	77.3%	74.1–80.3%	76.7%	about the same
No health insurance	5.3%	4.1–6.8%	6%	about the same
Mind & connection
Frequent mental distress	15.3%	13.3–17.4%	15.9%	about the same
Fair or poor health	14.7%	12.2–17.4%	14.5%	about the same
Frequent physical distress	13.6%	11.7–15.6%	12.5%	about the same
Disability
Any disability	27.6%	23.8–31.6%	26.4%
Walking or climbing stairs	12.2%	10.1–14.4%	11%
Thinking or memory	11.4%	9.7–13.2%	12.5%
Hearing	8.1%	7.1–9.2%	7.7%
Vision	3.9%	3.3–4.5%	4%
Dressing or bathing	3.3%	2.7–3.8%	3.1%
Errands alone	6.7%	5.6–7.8%	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 Sandgate door to door.

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

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