Health · Bear Lake

Bear Lake, WI health

Bear Lake differs from Wisconsin on 6 of 40 measures. Where it trails the state most: more adults with COPD (8.2% vs 6.5%) and more adults with heart disease (8.1% vs 6.6%).

CDC PLACES 2025 · adults 18+ · ZIP codes 54868, 54813

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Health Grades cover towns with 1,000 or more residents. CDC's estimates for a place of 789 people are less certain, so we show Bear Lake's figures without a grade.

Report card

How Bear Lake 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 Bear Lake adults…

36 of every 100 Bear Lake adults have high blood pressure

Wisconsin: 33 in 100 · too close to call · margin 32.5–39.6%

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

Habits

Everyday habits, side by side with the state

Bear Lake, betterBear Lake, worseToo close to callWisconsin

Get no exerciseshare of adults 29.4% Bear Lake
WI 26.6%

Sleep under 7 hoursshare of adults 32.1% Bear Lake
WI 32.6%

Binge drinkshare of adults 18.4% Bear Lake
WI 19%

Smoke cigarettesshare of adults 15.2% Bear Lake
WI 13.6%

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Care & screenings

Keeping up with care

Share of Bear Lake 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 13

working-age adults has no health insurance

Bear Lake 7.7% · Wisconsin 1 in 13 (8%)

Mind & connection

How Bear Lake adults are doing

1 in 3Bear Lake adults feel lonely

30.1% · Wisconsin 30.6% · too close to call

1 in 4Bear Lake adults have been diagnosed with depression

24% · Wisconsin 23.2% · too close to call

1 in 5Bear Lake adults lack social or emotional support

19.9% · Wisconsin 20.2% · too close to call

1 in 6Bear Lake adults are in frequent mental distress

15.8% · 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 8

Bear Lake adults worry about having enough food

12.2% · WI 12.1% · about the same

1 in 11

Bear Lake adults worry about keeping their housing

9.1% · WI 9.7% · about the same

1 in 18

Bear Lake adults were threatened with a utility shut-off

5.5% · WI 5.5% · about the same

1 in 15

Bear Lake adults lack reliable transportation

6.7% · WI 6.7% · about the same

13.4% of Bear Lake adults receive SNAP (food stamps), compared with 12.5% across Wisconsin.

Disability

Living with a disability

32%

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

Walking or climbing stairs15.7%

Thinking or memory13.8%

Hearing8.4%

Errands alone8.9%

Vision5%

Dressing or bathing4.1%

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

Around Bear Lake

Bear Lake 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.

35.1%39%· darker is worse for health

Obesity

#9 of 15towns on this map, healthiest first

Sarona35.1%

Oak Grove37.6%

Bear Lake38%

Stanfold38.1%

Lakeland38.8%

Care nearby

Marshfield Medical Center - Rice LakeRice Lake · 7.2 mi · ★★★★★ · ER Directions Medicare profile

Cumberland Memorial HospitalCumberland · 9.7 mi · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Indianhead Medical CtrShell Lake · 11.1 mi · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Mayo Clinic Health System-NorthlandBarron · 13.3 mi · ★★★★★ · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Northlakes - Rice Lake NewRice Lake · 6.8 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

Family Health Center - Rice Lake Dental CenterRice Lake · 7.3 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

✓ Primary careBear Lake is not a shortage area

✓ Dental careBear Lake is not a shortage area

! Mental healthBear Lake's county is a federal shortage area.Barron County · need score 16 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 Bear Lake. 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 Bear Lake

Measure	Bear Lake	Margin	Wisconsin
Chronic conditions
High blood pressure	36.1%	32.5–39.6%	33.3%	about the same
High cholesterol	36.2%	32.4–39.8%	34.4%	about the same
Obesity	38%	32–44.1%	37.7%	about the same
Arthritis	29.6%	26.6–32.5%	26.6%	about the same
Depression	24%	20.9–27.2%	23.2%	about the same
Lost all teeth (65+)	11.7%	9.6–14.1%	9.9%	about the same
Asthma	11%	9.7–12.3%	10.8%	about the same
Cancer (not skin)	10%	9.2–10.9%	8.6%	worse
Diabetes	12.9%	11.3–14.6%	11.4%	about the same
COPD	8.2%	7.3–9.2%	6.5%	worse
Heart disease	8.1%	7.3–8.9%	6.6%	worse
Stroke	4.1%	3.7–4.5%	3.4%	worse
Habits
Smoke cigarettes	15.2%	13.2–17.3%	13.6%	about the same
Binge drink	18.4%	15.5–21.5%	19%	about the same
Get no exercise	29.4%	25.4–33.5%	26.6%	about the same
Sleep under 7 hours	32.1%	27–37.6%	32.6%	about the same
Care & screenings
Yearly checkup	78.4%	75.1–81.3%	77.6%	about the same
Dentist visit	63.5%	60.2–66.7%	67.1%	worse
Cholesterol check	86.3%	84.6–87.9%	85.9%	about the same
Colon screening	69.2%	64.8–73.4%	69.4%	about the same
Mammogram	77.4%	70.8–83.2%	80.3%	about the same
Taking BP meds	80.4%	77.6–82.7%	77.8%	about the same
No health insurance	7.7%	6.5–9%	8%	about the same
Mind & connection
Feel lonely	30.1%	26.1–34.5%	30.6%	about the same
Lack emotional support	19.9%	17.1–22.9%	20.2%	about the same
Frequent mental distress	15.8%	14.1–17.6%	15.5%	about the same
Fair or poor health	19.6%	17.3–22%	17.8%	about the same
Frequent physical distress	14.6%	13–16.3%	12.9%	worse
Everyday needs
Food insecurity	12.2%	10.3–14.2%	12.1%	about the same
Housing insecurity	9.1%	7.8–10.6%	9.7%	about the same
Utility shut-off threat	5.5%	4.7–6.3%	5.5%	about the same
No reliable transportation	6.7%	5.9–7.6%	6.7%	about the same
Receive SNAP	13.4%	11.5–15.4%	12.5%
Disability
Any disability	32%	28.4–35.9%	29.4%
Walking or climbing stairs	15.7%	13.7–17.6%	13.4%
Thinking or memory	13.8%	12.3–15.5%	12.8%
Hearing	8.4%	7.5–9.3%	6.9%
Vision	5%	4.5–5.6%	4.5%
Dressing or bathing	4.1%	3.7–4.6%	3.5%
Errands alone	8.9%	8–10%	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 Bear Lake door to door.

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

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