Local data
Peninsula Health Snapshot by Town
How does your town compare with its neighbors? Choose a town to see CDC estimates for 11 health measures among its adults, with the lowest and highest values across 26 nearby towns for context.
Reviewed October 24, 2026 · Free to use · No sign-up, no tracking of your town
- 26towns compared
- 11health measures
- CDC PLACES2025 release
- Adults 18+town-level estimates
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The Range Across 26 Towns
Share of adults with each measure, CDC PLACES 2025 release (2023 survey data).
| Measure | Lowest | Middle | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Short sleep (under 7 hours) | 22.6% | 27.7% | 34.5% |
| Ever told they have depression | 14.4% | 19% | 20.8% |
| Frequent mental distress | 10.1% | 12.5% | 17.3% |
| Obesity | 16.3% | 20.8% | 30.6% |
| Diagnosed diabetes | 7.6% | 9.5% | 11.8% |
| No leisure-time physical activity | 12.6% | 17.3% | 26.7% |
| High blood pressure | 23% | 27.2% | 35.2% |
| High cholesterol (among those screened) | 30.6% | 35.9% | 42.2% |
| Coronary heart disease | 3.4% | 4.7% | 7.2% |
| Stroke | 1.8% | 2.5% | 3.4% |
| Current smoking | 5% | 6.9% | 10.8% |
Care Close to Each Town
Each town has its own page with directions to the Menlo Park office and local health context.
Common Questions
Where do these numbers come from?
CDC PLACES produces town-level estimates for adults from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, a large national health survey, combined with census data. The 2025 release reflects survey data from 2023.
Are these numbers about women only?
No. PLACES estimates cover all adults 18 and older in each town. They describe the community, not any one person, and say nothing about an individual's own health.
Why is Menlo Park not on the list?
The 26 towns are the communities around the Menlo Park office covered on the Wellness Architecture city pages. Menlo Park itself is the home base rather than a city page.
Why do small towns sometimes show unusual values?
PLACES values are model-based estimates, so towns with small populations, such as Ladera or Portola Valley, carry more uncertainty. Differences of a point or two between towns are often within that uncertainty.
Sources and How This Tool Works
Values are CDC PLACES place-level, model-based estimates of the share of adults 18 and older with each measure, crude prevalence, from the 2025 release (2023 survey data), pulled for each town in October 2026. The low, middle and high values compare the 26 towns covered on this site. High cholesterol counts adults who were screened. Population is the PLACES estimate for each town.
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, place data, 2025 release
- CDC PLACES methodology
General health information, reviewed October 24, 2026. This tool informs; it does not diagnose, treat or replace care from a licensed clinician, and the linked sources' current versions control. Community estimates do not describe any one person's health. If something feels urgent, call 911 or your doctor.
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