Health · Amnicon

Amnicon, WI health

Amnicon differs from Wisconsin on 5 of 40 measures. It has fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth (7.1% vs 9.9%) and fewer uninsured adults (6.3% vs 8%).

CDC PLACES 2025 · adults 18+ · ZIP codes 54874, 54864

Report card

How Amnicon compares with Wisconsin

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 Amnicon adults…

35 of every 100 Amnicon adults have high blood pressure

Wisconsin: 33 in 100 · too close to call · margin 31.4–39.6%

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

Habits

Everyday habits, side by side with the state

Amnicon, betterAmnicon, worseToo close to callWisconsin

Get no exerciseshare of adults 25.9% Amnicon
WI 26.6%

Sleep under 7 hoursshare of adults 33.9% Amnicon
WI 32.6%

Binge drinkshare of adults 19% Amnicon
WI 19%

Smoke cigarettesshare of adults 14.3% Amnicon
WI 13.6%

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Care & screenings

Keeping up with care

Share of Amnicon adults getting routine care. The full ring is 100%; the dark tick marks Wisconsin.

Yearly checkup

WI 78%

Dentist visit

WI 67%

Cholesterol check

WI 86%

Colon screening

WI 69%

Mammogram

WI 80%

Taking BP meds

WI 78%

1 in 16

working-age adults has no health insurance

Amnicon 6.3% · Wisconsin 1 in 13 (8%)

Mind & connection

How Amnicon adults are doing

1 in 3Amnicon adults feel lonely

29% · Wisconsin 30.6% · too close to call

1 in 4Amnicon adults have been diagnosed with depression

23.7% · Wisconsin 23.2% · too close to call

1 in 5Amnicon adults lack social or emotional support

19% · Wisconsin 20.2% · too close to call

1 in 6Amnicon adults are in frequent mental distress

15.6% · Wisconsin 15.5% · too close to call

Everyday needs

Making ends meet

Needs that shape health as much as any doctor visit: food, housing, utilities and a way to get around.

1 in 10

Amnicon adults worry about having enough food

9.8% · WI 12.1% · better

1 in 12

Amnicon adults worry about keeping their housing

8.1% · WI 9.7% · about the same

1 in 21

Amnicon adults were threatened with a utility shut-off

4.8% · WI 5.5% · about the same

1 in 18

Amnicon adults lack reliable transportation

5.6% · WI 6.7% · better

10.2% of Amnicon adults receive SNAP (food stamps), compared with 12.5% across Wisconsin.

Disability

Living with a disability

29.2%

of Amnicon adults live with a disability (Wisconsin 29.4%). Walking or climbing stairs is the most common.

Walking or climbing stairs13.1%

Thinking or memory12.3%

Hearing7.2%

Errands alone7.4%

Vision4%

Dressing or bathing3.4%

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

Around Amnicon

Amnicon 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.

40.6%41.4%· darker is worse for health

Obesity

#8 of 15towns on this map, healthiest first

Parkland40.8%

Poplar40.8%

Oakland40.8%

Amnicon41.1%

Hawthorne41.1%

Lakeside41.2%

Maple41.3%

Care nearby

St. Marys Hospital SuperiorSuperior · 13.7 mi · ER · rural critical access

Essentia Health St. Mary's Medical CenterDuluth · 18 mi · ★★★★★ · ER

Essentia Health DuluthDuluth · 18 mi

St. Lukes HospitalDuluth · 18.1 mi · ★★★★★ · ER

Northlakes - PoplarPoplar · 3.2 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees

Lschc Superior ClinicSuperior · 12 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees

✓ Primary careAmnicon is not a shortage area

✓ Dental careAmnicon is not a shortage area

! Mental healthAmnicon's county is a federal shortage area.Ashland/Bayfield/Douglas/Iron/Sawyer/Washburn Counties · need score 17 of 25

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 Amnicon. Nearby towns are shaded from CDC's estimates for their ZIP codes, or CDC's own figure for cities and villages.

All 40 measures for Amnicon

Measure	Amnicon	Margin	Wisconsin
Chronic conditions
High blood pressure	35.4%	31.4–39.6%	33.3%	about the same
High cholesterol	36.5%	32.3–40.8%	34.4%	about the same
Obesity	41.1%	34–48.6%	37.7%	about the same
Arthritis	28.3%	25–31.8%	26.6%	about the same
Depression	23.7%	20.3–27.5%	23.2%	about the same
Lost all teeth (65+)	7.1%	5.8–8.9%	9.9%	better
Asthma	11%	9.7–12.4%	10.8%	about the same
Cancer (not skin)	9.3%	8.3–10.3%	8.6%	about the same
Diabetes	11.4%	9.8–13.2%	11.4%	about the same
COPD	6.6%	5.7–7.7%	6.5%	about the same
Heart disease	6.8%	6–7.7%	6.6%	about the same
Stroke	3.4%	3–3.8%	3.4%	about the same
Habits
Smoke cigarettes	14.3%	11.9–17.1%	13.6%	about the same
Binge drink	19%	15.7–22.5%	19%	about the same
Get no exercise	25.9%	21.5–30.8%	26.6%	about the same
Sleep under 7 hours	33.9%	28.4–39.9%	32.6%	about the same
Care & screenings
Yearly checkup	78.3%	74.7–81.6%	77.6%	about the same
Dentist visit	68.5%	65.5–71.8%	67.1%	about the same
Cholesterol check	87.8%	86–89.4%	85.9%	better
Colon screening	69.5%	65.2–74%	69.4%	about the same
Mammogram	80%	73.8–85.6%	80.3%	about the same
Taking BP meds	78.4%	75.2–81.3%	77.8%	about the same
No health insurance	6.3%	5.1–7.8%	8%	better
Mind & connection
Feel lonely	29%	24.7–33.6%	30.6%	about the same
Lack emotional support	19%	16.1–22.2%	20.2%	about the same
Frequent mental distress	15.6%	13.7–17.7%	15.5%	about the same
Fair or poor health	16.6%	14.1–19.5%	17.8%	about the same
Frequent physical distress	13.4%	11.6–15.3%	12.9%	about the same
Everyday needs
Food insecurity	9.8%	8–12%	12.1%	better
Housing insecurity	8.1%	6.7–9.7%	9.7%	about the same
Utility shut-off threat	4.8%	4–5.6%	5.5%	about the same
No reliable transportation	5.6%	4.8–6.5%	6.7%	better
Receive SNAP	10.2%	8.3–12.2%	12.5%
Disability
Any disability	29.2%	25.1–33.8%	29.4%
Walking or climbing stairs	13.1%	11.2–15.3%	13.4%
Thinking or memory	12.3%	10.7–14.1%	12.8%
Hearing	7.2%	6.3–8.3%	6.9%
Vision	4%	3.5–4.5%	4.5%
Dressing or bathing	3.4%	3–3.9%	3.5%
Errands alone	7.4%	6.4–8.5%	7.9%

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 Amnicon door to door.

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

Why a ZIP codeCDC publishes towns like Amnicon by ZIP code. We weight the ZIP codes that cover Amnicon by how much of its land each one covers.

CDC PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, 2025 release. The Wisconsin 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.