Health · Elba

Elba, WI health

Elba differs from Wisconsin on 5 of 40 measures. It has fewer adults facing food insecurity (9.6% vs 12.1%) and fewer adults without reliable transportation (5.6% vs 6.7%). Where it trails the state: more adults who have had cancer (9.6% vs 8.6%).

CDC PLACES 2025 · adults 18+ · ZIP codes 53925, 53579, 53916

Report card

How Elba 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 Elba adults…

32 of every 100 Elba adults have high blood pressure

Wisconsin: 33 in 100 · too close to call · margin 29.2–35.4%

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

Habits

Everyday habits, side by side with the state

Elba, betterElba, worseToo close to callWisconsin

Get no exerciseshare of adults 25.2% Elba
WI 26.6%

Sleep under 7 hoursshare of adults 32.4% Elba
WI 32.6%

Binge drinkshare of adults 19.1% Elba
WI 19%

Smoke cigarettesshare of adults 13.3% Elba
WI 13.6%

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Care & screenings

Keeping up with care

Share of Elba 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 15

working-age adults has no health insurance

Elba 6.8% · Wisconsin 1 in 13 (8%)

Mind & connection

How Elba adults are doing

1 in 3Elba adults feel lonely

29.5% · Wisconsin 30.6% · too close to call

1 in 4Elba adults have been diagnosed with depression

23.1% · Wisconsin 23.2% · too close to call

1 in 5Elba adults lack social or emotional support

18.7% · Wisconsin 20.2% · too close to call

1 in 7Elba adults are in frequent mental distress

15.1% · 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

Elba adults worry about having enough food

9.6% · WI 12.1% · better

1 in 12

Elba adults worry about keeping their housing

8.2% · WI 9.7% · better

1 in 22

Elba adults were threatened with a utility shut-off

4.6% · WI 5.5% · better

1 in 18

Elba adults lack reliable transportation

5.6% · WI 6.7% · better

9.8% of Elba adults receive SNAP (food stamps), compared with 12.5% across Wisconsin.

Disability

Living with a disability

28.9%

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

Walking or climbing stairs13.1%

Thinking or memory12.2%

Hearing7.2%

Errands alone7.3%

Vision4%

Dressing or bathing3.3%

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

Around Elba

Elba 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.

32.1%43.2%· darker is worse for health

Obesity

#6 of 19towns on this map, healthiest first

Columbus32.1%

Columbus34.2%

Fountain Prairie34.8%

Elba35%

Calamus38.4%

Portland41.8%

Lowell42.5%

Care nearby

Columbus Community HospitalColumbus · 4.3 mi · ★★★★★ · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Marshfield Medical Center - Beaver Dam (Mmc-Bd)Beaver Dam · 10.4 mi · ★★★★★ · ER Directions Medicare profile

Watertown Memorial HospitalWatertown · 15.4 mi · ★★★★★ · ER Directions Medicare profile

Waupun Memorial HospitalWaupun · 23.4 mi · ★★★★★ · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Noble Community Clinics - Beaver DamBeaver Dam · 10.8 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

Noble Community Clinics - Beaver Dam Spring StreetBeaver Dam · 12.3 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

✓ Primary careElba is not a shortage area

✓ Dental careElba is not a shortage area

✓ Mental healthElba 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 Elba. 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 Elba

Measure	Elba	Margin	Wisconsin
Chronic conditions
High blood pressure	32.3%	29.2–35.4%	33.3%	about the same
High cholesterol	34.6%	31.4–37.9%	34.4%	about the same
Obesity	35%	29.6–40.5%	37.7%	about the same
Arthritis	27.8%	25.2–30.3%	26.6%	about the same
Depression	23.1%	20.3–26%	23.2%	about the same
Lost all teeth (65+)	9.3%	7.8–11.1%	9.9%	about the same
Asthma	10.8%	9.7–11.9%	10.8%	about the same
Cancer (not skin)	9.6%	8.7–10.4%	8.6%	worse
Diabetes	10.7%	9.5–12.1%	11.4%	about the same
COPD	6.4%	5.5–7.3%	6.5%	about the same
Heart disease	6.7%	6–7.3%	6.6%	about the same
Stroke	3.3%	3–3.7%	3.4%	about the same
Habits
Smoke cigarettes	13.3%	11.2–15.4%	13.6%	about the same
Binge drink	19.1%	16.4–22%	19%	about the same
Get no exercise	25.2%	21.7–29.1%	26.6%	about the same
Sleep under 7 hours	32.4%	27.5–37.4%	32.6%	about the same
Care & screenings
Yearly checkup	77.1%	74.1–80%	77.6%	about the same
Dentist visit	69%	66.2–71.8%	67.1%	about the same
Cholesterol check	87.4%	85.8–89%	85.9%	about the same
Colon screening	68.9%	65.1–72.6%	69.4%	about the same
Mammogram	78.8%	73.1–83.5%	80.3%	about the same
Taking BP meds	79.1%	76.7–81.3%	77.8%	about the same
No health insurance	6.8%	5.7–8.3%	8%	about the same
Mind & connection
Feel lonely	29.5%	25.6–33.4%	30.6%	about the same
Lack emotional support	18.7%	16.1–21.3%	20.2%	about the same
Frequent mental distress	15.1%	13.4–16.8%	15.5%	about the same
Fair or poor health	16.1%	14.1–18.4%	17.8%	about the same
Frequent physical distress	12.8%	11.3–14.3%	12.9%	about the same
Everyday needs
Food insecurity	9.6%	8–11.4%	12.1%	better
Housing insecurity	8.2%	7–9.6%	9.7%	better
Utility shut-off threat	4.6%	4–5.4%	5.5%	better
No reliable transportation	5.6%	4.8–6.4%	6.7%	better
Receive SNAP	9.8%	8.2–11.8%	12.5%
Disability
Any disability	28.9%	25.4–32.4%	29.4%
Walking or climbing stairs	13.1%	11.3–14.9%	13.4%
Thinking or memory	12.2%	10.8–13.8%	12.8%
Hearing	7.2%	6.5–7.9%	6.9%
Vision	4%	3.5–4.5%	4.5%
Dressing or bathing	3.3%	2.9–3.7%	3.5%
Errands alone	7.3%	6.4–8.3%	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 Elba door to door.

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

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