Health · Worcester

Worcester, VT health

On most measures Worcester looks like Vermont as a whole. It has fewer adults sleeping under 7 hours (24% vs 28.6%) and more adults seeing a dentist (74.3% vs 69.2%).

CDC PLACES 2025 · adults 18+ · ZIP code 05682 (all of Worcester)

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Not graded

Health Grades cover towns with 1,000 or more residents. CDC's estimates for a place of 831 people are less certain, so we show Worcester's figures without a grade.

Report card

How Worcester 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 Worcester adults…

30 of every 100 Worcester adults have high blood pressure

Vermont: 31 in 100 · too close to call · margin 27–32.6%

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

Habits

Everyday habits, side by side with the state

Worcester, betterWorcester, worseToo close to callVermont

Get no exerciseshare of adults 16.6% Worcester
VT 18.9%

Sleep under 7 hoursshare of adults 24% Worcester
VT 28.6%

Binge drinkshare of adults 16.4% Worcester
VT 16.6%

Smoke cigarettesshare of adults 10.7% Worcester
VT 11.2%

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Care & screenings

Keeping up with care

Share of Worcester 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

Worcester 5.2% · Vermont 1 in 17 (6%)

Mind & connection

How Worcester adults are doing

1 in 4Worcester adults have been diagnosed with depression

27.2% · Vermont 26.5% · too close to call

1 in 7Worcester adults are in frequent mental distress

14.9% · Vermont 15.9% · too close to call

Disability

Living with a disability

24.5%

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

Walking or climbing stairs9.6%

Thinking or memory11.1%

Hearing7.4%

Errands alone5.9%

Vision3.5%

Dressing or bathing2.8%

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

Around Worcester

Worcester 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 Worcester.

23.6%31.2%· darker is worse for health

Obesity

#7 of 17towns on this map, healthiest first

Middlesex26%

Worcester26.5%

Calais27.3%

Stowe28.1%

Elmore30.4%

Care nearby

Copley HospitalMorrisville · 8.9 mi · ★★★★★ · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Central Vermont Medical CenterBarre · 17.4 mi · ★★★★★ · ER Directions Medicare profile

Northeastern Vermont Regional HospitalSaint Johnsbury · 28.9 mi · ★★★★★ · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Univ. of Vermont - Fletcher Allen Health CareBurlington · 29.8 mi · ★★★★★ · ER Directions Medicare profile

Lamoille Health Family Medicine - StoweStowe · 6.8 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

Northern Counties Dental CenterHardwick · 12.7 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

✓ Primary careWorcester is not a shortage area

✓ Dental careWorcester is not a shortage area

✓ Mental healthWorcester 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 Worcester. 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 Worcester

Measure	Worcester	Margin	Vermont
Chronic conditions
High blood pressure	29.7%	27–32.6%	31.4%	about the same
High cholesterol	33.5%	30.7–36.4%	32.1%	about the same
Obesity	26.5%	22.7–30.5%	28.6%	about the same
Arthritis	28%	25.6–30.6%	27.8%	about the same
Depression	27.2%	24.4–30.2%	26.5%	about the same
Lost all teeth (65+)	10.6%	8.6–12.7%	10.1%	about the same
Asthma	10.9%	9.7–12.1%	11.1%	about the same
Cancer (not skin)	10.2%	9.3–11.1%	9.9%	about the same
Diabetes	8.6%	7.5–9.8%	8.8%	about the same
COPD	5.9%	4.8–7%	6.5%	about the same
Heart disease	5.9%	5.2–6.7%	6.3%	about the same
Stroke	3.1%	2.7–3.5%	3.3%	about the same
Habits
Smoke cigarettes	10.7%	8.3–13.3%	11.2%	about the same
Binge drink	16.4%	14.3–18.7%	16.6%	about the same
Get no exercise	16.6%	13.7–19.8%	18.9%	about the same
Sleep under 7 hours	24%	20.6–27.7%	28.6%	better
Care & screenings
Yearly checkup	75.2%	72.4–78%	76.1%	about the same
Dentist visit	74.3%	71.6–76.9%	69.2%	better
Cholesterol check	87.7%	85.7–89.5%	85.9%	about the same
Colon screening	70.3%	66.4–73.9%	69.2%	about the same
Mammogram	77.8%	71.9–83%	76.1%	about the same
Taking BP meds	77.2%	74.4–79.7%	76.7%	about the same
No health insurance	5.2%	3.9–6.9%	6%	about the same
Mind & connection
Frequent mental distress	14.9%	13–16.8%	15.9%	about the same
Fair or poor health	12.8%	10.6–15.2%	14.5%	about the same
Frequent physical distress	11.4%	9.8–13%	12.5%	about the same
Disability
Any disability	24.5%	21.3–28%	26.4%
Walking or climbing stairs	9.6%	8.1–11.4%	11%
Thinking or memory	11.1%	9.3–13.1%	12.5%
Hearing	7.4%	6.6–8.3%	7.7%
Vision	3.5%	3–4%	4%
Dressing or bathing	2.8%	2.4–3.3%	3.1%
Errands alone	5.9%	4.9–7%	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 Worcester door to door.

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

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