Health · Casper

Casper, WY health

On every measure CDC estimates, Casper looks like Wyoming as a whole: no difference is outside the margin of error.

CDC PLACES 2025 · adults 18+ · CDC's estimate for Casper

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Casper’s Health Grade: B

On seven CDC health estimates for adults, Casper is healthier than 55% of U.S. towns, and than 70% of towns with similar incomes.

BSelf-rated healthB+Physical distressB-Mental distressB-ObesityB+DiabetesC+SmokingC+Exercise

All U.S. towns we grade (19,420)Healthier than 55%

Less healthyHealthier

Wyoming towns we grade (56)Healthier than 47%

Towns with similar incomes, $53K–$88K (9,616)Healthier than 70%

Better than its income would suggest. Casper is healthier than most towns with similar incomes, even though its overall grade is B.

These are estimates. At the ends of CDC’s likely ranges, Casper could be anywhere from C to A−.

How the Health Grade works

Seven CDC estimates. Adults in fair or poor health, frequent physical distress, frequent mental distress, obesity, diabetes, smoking and no exercise (CDC PLACES, 2025 release). On each one a town earns the share of U.S. towns doing worse, and those shares are averaged. It’s the same score as our Healthiest towns in Wyoming ranking.
Graded on a national curve. Every U.S. town with 1,000+ residents and all seven estimates (19,420 places) is lined up by score: A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
Not adjusted for income. Wealthier towns are usually healthier, and the grade shows that as it is. The similar-incomes bar compares Casper with U.S. towns whose median household income is within 25% of its own.
Modeled, not measured. CDC combines national survey answers with each area’s age, sex, race and income mix. Casper uses CDC’s own estimate for it. High blood pressure is left out because it tracks age more than anything else. The confidence line recomputes the grade with every estimate at the low, then the high, end of its range.

Report card

How Casper compares with Wyoming

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 Casper adults…

30 of every 100 Casper adults have high blood pressure

Wyoming: 32 in 100 · too close to call · margin 26.7–32.3%

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

Habits

Everyday habits, side by side with the state

Casper, betterCasper, worseToo close to callWyoming

Get no exerciseshare of adults 26.6% Casper
WY 25.6%

Sleep under 7 hoursshare of adults 33.6% Casper
WY 32.5%

Binge drinkshare of adults 16.3% Casper
WY 15.4%

Smoke cigarettesshare of adults 15.2% Casper
WY 14%

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Care & screenings

Keeping up with care

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

Yearly checkup

WY 70%

Dentist visit

WY 63%

Cholesterol check

WY 82%

Colon screening

WY 59%

Mammogram

WY 68%

Taking BP meds

WY 73%

1 in 8

working-age adults has no health insurance

Casper 11.8% · Wyoming 1 in 9 (11.6%)

Mind & connection

How Casper adults are doing

1 in 4Casper adults have been diagnosed with depression

23.7% · Wyoming 21.6% · too close to call

1 in 6Casper adults are in frequent mental distress

16.9% · Wyoming 15.8% · too close to call

Disability

Living with a disability

32.7%

of Casper adults live with a disability (Wyoming 30.7%). Thinking or memory is the most common.

Walking or climbing stairs13.7%

Thinking or memory15.1%

Hearing7.8%

Errands alone8.2%

Vision4.8%

Dressing or bathing3.7%

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

Around Casper

Casper 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 Casper.

33.9%38.7%· darker is worse for health

Obesity

#5 of 8towns on this map, healthiest first

Red Butte33.9%

Evansville35.6%

Hartrandt36.2%

Casper36.6%

Mills38%

Care in and near Casper

2 hospitals and 3 community health centers in Casper, plus the nearest outside it. Nearest first.

Banner Wyoming Medical CenterCasper · 0.8 mi · ★★★★★ · ER Directions Medicare profile

Summit Medical CenterCasper · 4.6 mi Directions Medicare profile

Memorial Hospital of Converse CountyDouglas · 48 mi · ★★★★★ · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Memorial Hospital of Carbon CountyRawlins · 87.3 mi · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Community Action Partnership of Natrona CountyCasper · 0.3 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees · 2 sites in Casper Directions to nearest site

University of Wyoming Family Medicine Residency CasperCasper · 1.1 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

Community Health Center of Central WyomingCasper · 3.2 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

✓ Primary careCasper is not a shortage area

✓ Dental careCasper is not a shortage area

! Mental healthCasper's county is a federal shortage area.Central Wyoming · 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 Casper. 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 Casper

Measure	Casper	Margin	Wyoming
Chronic conditions
High blood pressure	29.6%	26.7–32.3%	31.7%	about the same
High cholesterol	31.8%	28.7–34.8%	33.8%	about the same
Obesity	36.6%	31.9–41.1%	33.7%	about the same
Arthritis	24.2%	21.8–26.5%	25.4%	about the same
Depression	23.7%	20.7–26.7%	21.6%	about the same
Lost all teeth (65+)	13.5%	11–16.2%	12.8%	about the same
Asthma	10.5%	9.3–11.7%	10.2%	about the same
Cancer (not skin)	8.3%	7.5–9%	8.9%	about the same
Diabetes	11%	9.6–12.3%	10.9%	about the same
COPD	7.3%	6.5–8%	7%	about the same
Heart disease	6.1%	5.5–6.6%	6.5%	about the same
Stroke	3.2%	3–3.5%	3.3%	about the same
Habits
Smoke cigarettes	15.2%	13.2–17.1%	14%	about the same
Binge drink	16.3%	13.7–18.9%	15.4%	about the same
Get no exercise	26.6%	23.2–29.7%	25.6%	about the same
Sleep under 7 hours	33.6%	29.2–38.1%	32.5%	about the same
Care & screenings
Yearly checkup	70.1%	66.5–73.4%	69.7%	about the same
Dentist visit	63%	59.6–66.3%	62.7%	about the same
Cholesterol check	81.1%	78.9–83.2%	82.2%	about the same
Colon screening	60.5%	55.9–64.9%	59.4%	about the same
Mammogram	68.9%	61.6–75.4%	67.8%	about the same
Taking BP meds	72.7%	69.6–75.6%	73%	about the same
No health insurance	11.8%	10.3–13.5%	11.6%	about the same
Mind & connection
Frequent mental distress	16.9%	15–18.7%	15.8%	about the same
Fair or poor health	18.8%	16.7–20.8%	18.3%	about the same
Frequent physical distress	12.9%	11.4–14.3%	13.3%	about the same
Disability
Any disability	32.7%	29.4–35.9%	30.7%
Walking or climbing stairs	13.7%	12.1–15.2%	13.3%
Thinking or memory	15.1%	13.5–16.8%	14.2%
Hearing	7.8%	7–8.6%	8%
Vision	4.8%	4.4–5.2%	4.6%
Dressing or bathing	3.7%	3.3–4%	3.5%
Errands alone	8.2%	7.4–9.1%	7.7%

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 Casper door to door.

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

CDC's own town estimateCDC publishes Casper directly, so these are its own figures.

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