Health · Wright

Wright, WY health

Wright differs from Wyoming on 13 of 33 measures. It has fewer adults who have had cancer (7.5% vs 8.9%). Where it trails the state: more smokers (20.7% vs 14%).

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

C-Health Grade

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Wright’s Health Grade: C−

On seven CDC health estimates for adults, Wright is healthier than 17% of U.S. towns.

C-Self-rated healthC-Physical distressCMental distressC-ObesityC+DiabetesDSmokingC-Exercise

All U.S. towns we grade (19,420)Healthier than 17%

Less healthyHealthier

Wyoming towns we grade (56)Healthier than 7%

Towns with similar incomes, $52K–$87K (9,558)Healthier than 15%

About what its income would suggest. Wright does about as well against towns with similar incomes as against all towns.

These are estimates. At the ends of CDC’s likely ranges, Wright could be anywhere from D− to B−.

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 Wright 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. Wright 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 Wright 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 Wright adults…

34 of every 100 Wright adults have high blood pressure

Wyoming: 32 in 100 · too close to call · margin 30.3–37.9%

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

Habits

Everyday habits, side by side with the state

Wright, betterWright, worseToo close to callWyoming

Get no exerciseshare of adults 31.7% Wright
WY 25.6%

Sleep under 7 hoursshare of adults 35.5% Wright
WY 32.5%

Binge drinkshare of adults 15.5% Wright
WY 15.4%

Smoke cigarettesshare of adults 20.7% Wright
WY 14%

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Care & screenings

Keeping up with care

Share of Wright 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 6

working-age adults has no health insurance

Wright 16% · Wyoming 1 in 9 (11.6%)

Mind & connection

How Wright adults are doing

1 in 4Wright adults have been diagnosed with depression

23.5% · Wyoming 21.6% · too close to call

1 in 6Wright adults are in frequent mental distress

18.1% · Wyoming 15.8% · too close to call

Disability

Living with a disability

36.6%

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

Walking or climbing stairs16.3%

Thinking or memory18.1%

Hearing8.4%

Errands alone10.2%

Vision6.1%

Dressing or bathing4.9%

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

Around Wright

Wright and the towns around it

Care nearby

Campbell County HealthGillette · 37.4 mi · ★★★★★ · ER Directions Medicare profile

Weston County Health ServicesNewcastle · 65.4 mi · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Memorial Hospital of Converse CountyDouglas · 68.6 mi · ★★★★★ · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Crook County HospitalSundance · 71.7 mi · ER · rural critical access Directions Medicare profile

Community Health Center of Central WyomingCasper · 73.5 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

University of Wyoming Family Medicine Residency CasperCasper · 74.2 mi · community health center, sliding-scale fees Directions

✓ Primary careWright is not a shortage area

✓ Dental careWright is not a shortage area

! Mental healthWright's county is a federal shortage area.Northeast Wyoming MHCA · need score 19 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 Wright. 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 Wright

Measure	Wright	Margin	Wyoming
Chronic conditions
High blood pressure	34%	30.3–37.9%	31.7%	about the same
High cholesterol	36%	32.2–39.9%	33.8%	about the same
Obesity	40.3%	34.4–46.6%	33.7%	worse
Arthritis	26.1%	23–29.3%	25.4%	about the same
Depression	23.5%	20.2–27.1%	21.6%	about the same
Lost all teeth (65+)	15.4%	12.5–18.7%	12.8%	about the same
Asthma	10.6%	9.3–12.1%	10.2%	about the same
Cancer (not skin)	7.5%	6.7–8.3%	8.9%	better
Diabetes	12.8%	11–14.7%	10.9%	worse
COPD	9.2%	7.6–11.1%	7%	worse
Heart disease	7.3%	6.3–8.4%	6.5%	about the same
Stroke	3.7%	3.3–4.3%	3.3%	about the same
Habits
Smoke cigarettes	20.7%	17–25%	14%	worse
Binge drink	15.5%	12.7–18.4%	15.4%	about the same
Get no exercise	31.7%	26.7–37.1%	25.6%	worse
Sleep under 7 hours	35.5%	30.2–41.2%	32.5%	about the same
Care & screenings
Yearly checkup	66.3%	61.8–70.5%	69.7%	about the same
Dentist visit	53%	48.9–57%	62.7%	worse
Cholesterol check	78.3%	75.2–81.3%	82.2%	worse
Colon screening	51.8%	46.5–57.1%	59.4%	worse
Mammogram	58.8%	49.8–67%	67.8%	worse
Taking BP meds	71.2%	67.3–74.8%	73%	about the same
No health insurance	16%	12.4–19.9%	11.6%	worse
Mind & connection
Frequent mental distress	18.1%	15.8–20.7%	15.8%	about the same
Fair or poor health	24.4%	20.6–28.8%	18.3%	worse
Frequent physical distress	16.3%	14–18.8%	13.3%	worse
Disability
Any disability	36.6%	31.5–41.8%	30.7%
Walking or climbing stairs	16.3%	13.6–19.2%	13.3%
Thinking or memory	18.1%	15.5–21.1%	14.2%
Hearing	8.4%	7.3–9.6%	8%
Vision	6.1%	5.2–7.2%	4.6%
Dressing or bathing	4.9%	4.1–5.9%	3.5%
Errands alone	10.2%	8.7–12%	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 Wright door to door.

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

CDC's own town estimateCDC publishes Wright 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.