Health · Sharon

Sharon, VT health

On most measures Sharon looks like Vermont as a whole. Where it trails the state most: fewer adults getting a yearly checkup (72.7% vs 76.1%).

CDC PLACES 2025 · adults 18+ · ZIP codes 05065, 05068

Report card

How Sharon 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 Sharon adults…

30 of every 100 Sharon adults have high blood pressure

Vermont: 31 in 100 · too close to call · margin 27–33.5%

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

Habits

Everyday habits, side by side with the state

Sharon, betterSharon, worseToo close to callVermont

Get no exerciseshare of adults 18.3% Sharon
VT 18.9%

Sleep under 7 hoursshare of adults 32.6% Sharon
VT 28.6%

Binge drinkshare of adults 16.4% Sharon
VT 16.6%

Smoke cigarettesshare of adults 11.3% Sharon
VT 11.2%

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Care & screenings

Keeping up with care

Share of Sharon 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 18

working-age adults has no health insurance

Sharon 5.5% · Vermont 1 in 17 (6%)

Mind & connection

How Sharon adults are doing

1 in 4Sharon adults have been diagnosed with depression

27.8% · Vermont 26.5% · too close to call

1 in 6Sharon adults are in frequent mental distress

15.7% · Vermont 15.9% · too close to call

Disability

Living with a disability

24.1%

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

Walking or climbing stairs9.9%

Thinking or memory12.1%

Hearing7%

Errands alone6.3%

Vision3.6%

Dressing or bathing3%

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

Around Sharon

Sharon 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.

21.1%34.8%· darker is worse for health

Obesity

#10 of 18towns on this map, healthiest first

Norwich25.3%

Pomfret27.6%

Sharon29.1%

Royalton29.7%

Strafford33.8%

Care nearby

White River Jct VA Medical CenterWhite River Junction · 10.7 mi · ★★★★★ · ER · VA Directions Medicare profile

Alice Peck Day Memorial HospitalLebanon · 13.3 mi · ★★★★★ · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Gifford Medical CenterRandolph · 14.5 mi · ★★★★★ · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Mt Ascutney HospitalWindsor · 20.7 mi · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Bethel Health CenterBethel · 8.6 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

Chelsea Health CenterChelsea · 14.3 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

✓ Primary careSharon is not a shortage area

✓ Dental careSharon is not a shortage area

✓ Mental healthSharon 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 Sharon. 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 Sharon

Measure	Sharon	Margin	Vermont
Chronic conditions
High blood pressure	30.2%	27–33.5%	31.4%	about the same
High cholesterol	31.4%	28.4–34.6%	32.1%	about the same
Obesity	29.1%	24.5–34.1%	28.6%	about the same
Arthritis	26.8%	24.1–29.7%	27.8%	about the same
Depression	27.8%	24.5–31.2%	26.5%	about the same
Lost all teeth (65+)	9.7%	7.7–11.7%	10.1%	about the same
Asthma	11.1%	9.9–12.6%	11.1%	about the same
Cancer (not skin)	9.6%	8.6–10.5%	9.9%	about the same
Diabetes	8.5%	7.2–9.9%	8.8%	about the same
COPD	6%	4.9–7.3%	6.5%	about the same
Heart disease	5.6%	4.9–6.4%	6.3%	about the same
Stroke	3.1%	2.7–3.5%	3.3%	about the same
Habits
Smoke cigarettes	11.3%	8.7–14.2%	11.2%	about the same
Binge drink	16.4%	13.9–19%	16.6%	about the same
Get no exercise	18.3%	14.9–22.1%	18.9%	about the same
Sleep under 7 hours	32.6%	28.3–37.1%	28.6%	about the same
Care & screenings
Yearly checkup	72.7%	69.3–75.9%	76.1%	worse
Dentist visit	68.5%	65.4–71.5%	69.2%	about the same
Cholesterol check	87.1%	85–89.1%	85.9%	about the same
Colon screening	71.4%	67.4–75.1%	69.2%	about the same
Mammogram	76.7%	70.6–82%	76.1%	about the same
Taking BP meds	76.3%	73.1–79.1%	76.7%	about the same
No health insurance	5.5%	4.1–7%	6%	about the same
Mind & connection
Frequent mental distress	15.7%	13.6–18.1%	15.9%	about the same
Fair or poor health	13.4%	11.1–16.1%	14.5%	about the same
Frequent physical distress	11.8%	10–13.6%	12.5%	about the same
Disability
Any disability	24.1%	20.6–28%	26.4%
Walking or climbing stairs	9.9%	8.1–11.8%	11%
Thinking or memory	12.1%	10.2–14.3%	12.5%
Hearing	7%	6.1–7.9%	7.7%
Vision	3.6%	3.1–4.3%	4%
Dressing or bathing	3%	2.5–3.5%	3.1%
Errands alone	6.3%	5.3–7.5%	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 Sharon door to door.

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

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