Health · Wardsboro

Wardsboro, VT health

On most measures Wardsboro looks like Vermont as a whole. It has more adults screened for colon cancer (73.5% vs 69.2%) and more adults getting cholesterol checked (88.8% vs 85.9%). Where it trails the state: more adults who have had cancer (11% vs 9.9%).

CDC PLACES 2025 · adults 18+ · ZIP codes 05355, 05360

Report card

How Wardsboro 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 Wardsboro adults…

33 of every 100 Wardsboro adults have high blood pressure

Vermont: 31 in 100 · too close to call · margin 29.5–36.3%

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

Habits

Everyday habits, side by side with the state

Wardsboro, betterWardsboro, worseToo close to callVermont

Get no exerciseshare of adults 18.6% Wardsboro
VT 18.9%

Sleep under 7 hoursshare of adults 29.4% Wardsboro
VT 28.6%

Binge drinkshare of adults 15.7% Wardsboro
VT 16.6%

Smoke cigarettesshare of adults 12.1% Wardsboro
VT 11.2%

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Care & screenings

Keeping up with care

Share of Wardsboro 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

Wardsboro 5.3% · Vermont 1 in 17 (6%)

Mind & connection

How Wardsboro adults are doing

1 in 4Wardsboro adults have been diagnosed with depression

25.2% · Vermont 26.5% · too close to call

1 in 7Wardsboro adults are in frequent mental distress

14.9% · Vermont 15.9% · too close to call

Disability

Living with a disability

27.1%

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

Walking or climbing stairs11.7%

Thinking or memory11.4%

Hearing8.2%

Errands alone6.6%

Vision3.9%

Dressing or bathing3.3%

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

Around Wardsboro

Wardsboro 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.

24.9%29.5%· darker is worse for health

Obesity

#6 of 15towns on this map, healthiest first

Townshend25%

Stratton25.6%

Wardsboro25.7%

Jamaica26.4%

Newfane27%

Dover27.6%

Care nearby

Grace Cottage HospitalTownshend · 7 mi · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Brattleboro Memorial HospitalBrattleboro · 17.3 mi · ★★★★★ · ER Directions Medicare profile

Southwestern Vermont Medical CenterBennington · 22.8 mi · ★★★★★ · ER Directions Medicare profile

Springfield HospitalSpringfield · 26.3 mi · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Mountain Valley Health CenterLondonderry · 14.9 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

Battenkill Valley Health CenterArlington · 18.1 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

✓ Primary careWardsboro is not a shortage area

✓ Dental careWardsboro is not a shortage area

✓ Mental healthWardsboro 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 Wardsboro. 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 Wardsboro

Measure	Wardsboro	Margin	Vermont
Chronic conditions
High blood pressure	32.7%	29.5–36.3%	31.4%	about the same
High cholesterol	34.5%	31.2–37.9%	32.1%	about the same
Obesity	25.7%	21.5–30.3%	28.6%	about the same
Arthritis	30.3%	27.2–33.5%	27.8%	about the same
Depression	25.2%	22.2–28.5%	26.5%	about the same
Lost all teeth (65+)	10.6%	8.6–12.9%	10.1%	about the same
Asthma	10.7%	9.4–12%	11.1%	about the same
Cancer (not skin)	11%	10–12.3%	9.9%	worse
Diabetes	9.5%	8–11.1%	8.8%	about the same
COPD	7.1%	5.7–8.5%	6.5%	about the same
Heart disease	6.8%	5.8–7.8%	6.3%	about the same
Stroke	3.6%	3.1–4.1%	3.3%	about the same
Habits
Smoke cigarettes	12.1%	9.3–15%	11.2%	about the same
Binge drink	15.7%	13.3–18.3%	16.6%	about the same
Get no exercise	18.6%	15.1–22.3%	18.9%	about the same
Sleep under 7 hours	29.4%	25.4–33.5%	28.6%	about the same
Care & screenings
Yearly checkup	76.1%	72.8–79.2%	76.1%	about the same
Dentist visit	67.7%	64.5–70.7%	69.2%	about the same
Cholesterol check	88.8%	86.9–90.5%	85.9%	better
Colon screening	73.5%	69.8–76.9%	69.2%	better
Mammogram	76%	69.7–81.5%	76.1%	about the same
Taking BP meds	78.8%	75.6–81.8%	76.7%	about the same
No health insurance	5.3%	4–6.9%	6%	about the same
Mind & connection
Frequent mental distress	14.9%	12.9–17.1%	15.9%	about the same
Fair or poor health	15.2%	12.5–18.1%	14.5%	about the same
Frequent physical distress	13.1%	11.1–15.1%	12.5%	about the same
Disability
Any disability	27.1%	23.2–31.2%	26.4%
Walking or climbing stairs	11.7%	9.6–13.9%	11%
Thinking or memory	11.4%	9.6–13.4%	12.5%
Hearing	8.2%	7.1–9.4%	7.7%
Vision	3.9%	3.3–4.6%	4%
Dressing or bathing	3.3%	2.8–3.9%	3.1%
Errands alone	6.6%	5.5–7.7%	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 Wardsboro door to door.

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

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