Health · Primrose

Primrose, WI health

Primrose differs from Wisconsin on 20 of 40 measures. It has fewer adults facing food insecurity (7.6% vs 12.1%) and fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth (6.9% vs 9.9%).

CDC PLACES 2025 · adults 18+ · ZIP codes 53508, 53572, 53593, 53574

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Not graded

Health Grades cover towns with 1,000 or more residents. CDC's estimates for a place of 575 people are less certain, so we show Primrose's figures without a grade.

Report card

How Primrose 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 Primrose adults…

28 of every 100 Primrose adults have high blood pressure

Wisconsin: 33 in 100 · better · margin 25.7–31.1%

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

Habits

Everyday habits, side by side with the state

Primrose, betterPrimrose, worseToo close to callWisconsin

Get no exerciseshare of adults 20.5% Primrose
WI 26.6%

Sleep under 7 hoursshare of adults 28.2% Primrose
WI 32.6%

Binge drinkshare of adults 20.7% Primrose
WI 19%

Smoke cigarettesshare of adults 10.8% Primrose
WI 13.6%

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Care & screenings

Keeping up with care

Share of Primrose 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 18

working-age adults has no health insurance

Primrose 5.6% · Wisconsin 1 in 13 (8%)

Mind & connection

How Primrose adults are doing

1 in 3Primrose adults feel lonely

28.7% · Wisconsin 30.6% · too close to call

1 in 4Primrose adults have been diagnosed with depression

24.2% · Wisconsin 23.2% · too close to call

1 in 6Primrose adults lack social or emotional support

17.7% · Wisconsin 20.2% · better

1 in 7Primrose adults are in frequent mental distress

14.2% · 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 13

Primrose adults worry about having enough food

7.6% · WI 12.1% · better

1 in 14

Primrose adults worry about keeping their housing

7.1% · WI 9.7% · better

1 in 26

Primrose adults were threatened with a utility shut-off

3.9% · WI 5.5% · better

1 in 21

Primrose adults lack reliable transportation

4.8% · WI 6.7% · better

7.6% of Primrose adults receive SNAP (food stamps), compared with 12.5% across Wisconsin.

Disability

Living with a disability

24.3%

of Primrose adults live with a disability (Wisconsin 29.4%). Thinking or memory is the most common.

Walking or climbing stairs10.1%

Thinking or memory10.6%

Hearing5.7%

Errands alone6.1%

Vision3.1%

Dressing or bathing2.6%

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

Around Primrose

Primrose 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.

30.5%40.3%· darker is worse for health

Obesity

#11 of 19towns on this map, healthiest first

Verona30.5%

Springdale31.9%

Perry34%

Primrose34.4%

Montrose36.1%

New Glarus39.2%

Care nearby

Madison VA Medical CenterMadison · 17.2 mi · ★★★★★ · ER · VA Directions Medicare profile

University of Wi Hospitals & Clinics AuthorityMadison · 17.4 mi · ★★★★★ · ER Directions Medicare profile

Ssm Health St. Mary's Hospital - MadisonMadison · 17.5 mi · ★★★★★ · ER Directions Medicare profile

Unitypoint Health - MeriterMadison · 17.8 mi · ★★★★★ · ER Directions Medicare profile

Children's Dental Center of Madison-FitchburgFitchburg · 14.1 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

Children's Dental Center of Madison-West MadisonMadison · 15.1 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

✓ Primary carePrimrose is not a shortage area

✓ Dental carePrimrose is not a shortage area

✓ Mental healthPrimrose 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 Primrose. 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 Primrose

Measure	Primrose	Margin	Wisconsin
Chronic conditions
High blood pressure	28.4%	25.7–31.1%	33.3%	better
High cholesterol	32%	29.2–34.8%	34.4%	about the same
Obesity	34.4%	30.2–38.8%	37.7%	about the same
Arthritis	22.8%	20.5–25.1%	26.6%	better
Depression	24.2%	21.6–26.9%	23.2%	about the same
Lost all teeth (65+)	6.9%	5.7–8.3%	9.9%	better
Asthma	10.1%	9.1–11.2%	10.8%	about the same
Cancer (not skin)	8.5%	7.8–9.3%	8.6%	about the same
Diabetes	8.7%	7.7–9.9%	11.4%	better
COPD	4.9%	4.3–5.6%	6.5%	better
Heart disease	5.3%	4.7–5.9%	6.6%	better
Stroke	2.6%	2.4–2.9%	3.4%	better
Habits
Smoke cigarettes	10.8%	9.1–12.7%	13.6%	better
Binge drink	20.7%	18.1–23.3%	19%	about the same
Get no exercise	20.5%	17.6–23.5%	26.6%	better
Sleep under 7 hours	28.2%	24.9–31.6%	32.6%	better
Care & screenings
Yearly checkup	75.5%	72.6–78.1%	77.6%	about the same
Dentist visit	74.4%	72.1–76.6%	67.1%	better
Cholesterol check	87.8%	86.2–89.2%	85.9%	better
Colon screening	72.7%	69.4–75.9%	69.4%	about the same
Mammogram	79.9%	74.9–84.3%	80.3%	about the same
Taking BP meds	76.2%	73.3–78.8%	77.8%	about the same
No health insurance	5.6%	4.6–6.9%	8%	better
Mind & connection
Feel lonely	28.7%	25.6–31.9%	30.6%	about the same
Lack emotional support	17.7%	15.5–20.1%	20.2%	better
Frequent mental distress	14.2%	12.6–15.9%	15.5%	about the same
Fair or poor health	13.2%	11.5–15.1%	17.8%	better
Frequent physical distress	11.1%	9.8–12.4%	12.9%	better
Everyday needs
Food insecurity	7.6%	6.3–9.1%	12.1%	better
Housing insecurity	7.1%	6–8.3%	9.7%	better
Utility shut-off threat	3.9%	3.4–4.6%	5.5%	better
No reliable transportation	4.8%	4.2–5.5%	6.7%	better
Receive SNAP	7.6%	6.2–9.1%	12.5%
Disability
Any disability	24.3%	21.5–27.3%	29.4%
Walking or climbing stairs	10.1%	8.8–11.5%	13.4%
Thinking or memory	10.6%	9.4–12%	12.8%
Hearing	5.7%	5.1–6.4%	6.9%
Vision	3.1%	2.8–3.5%	4.5%
Dressing or bathing	2.6%	2.3–2.9%	3.5%
Errands alone	6.1%	5.3–6.9%	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 Primrose door to door.

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

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