The town of Pawlet, VT (05741) is located in the heart of rural Vermont’s Green Mountains. The area provides its residents with a peaceful and scenic landscape, but limited access to healthcare services can be an issue for those who live here. The only primary care clinic in the area is Pawlet Family Health Care, which has one full-time doctor and one nurse practitioner on staff. There are several hospitals nearby that provide medical care to people living in the towns of Pawlet and surrounding areas, including Rutland Regional Medical Center, Clarendon Health Center, and Southwestern Vermont Medical Center. In addition to providing emergency care, these hospitals offer specialty services such as cardiology, obstetrics/gynecology, internal medicine, and dermatology. For mental health services, there is Rutland Mental Health Services and Counseling Solutions of Southern Vermont in nearby Rutland. Although the options for healthcare are limited within the area itself, residents have access to quality care through local resources as well as those from neighboring communities.
The health of a city has many different factors. It can refer to air quality, water quality, risk of getting respiratory disease or cancer. The people you live around can also affect your health as some places have lower or higher rates of physical activity, increased alcohol intake, smoking, obesity, and cancer rates.
Physicians per Capita
There are 219 physicians per 100,000 population in Pawlet (zip 05761). The US average is 210 per 100,000 people.
Health Cost Index
The annual BestPlaces Health Cost Index for the Pawlet (zip 05761) area is 97.0 (lower=better). The US average is 100.
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Example: 110 = 10% more expensive than national average.
Water Qualtiy Index
The annual BestPlaces Water Quality Index for the Pawlet (zip 05761) area is 60 (100=best). The US average is 55.
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Note that this is a measure of Watershed quality, not the water that comes from your faucet. The EPA has stated that a healthy watershed is closely related to drinking water quality. The EPA has a complex method of measuring watershed quality using 15 indicators such as pH, chemicals, metals, and bacteria.
Superfund Index
The annual BestPlaces Superfund Index for the Pawlet (zip 05761) area is 91 (100=best). The US average is 87.
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The EPA's Superfund program is responsible for cleaning up some of our nation's most contaminated land. Our index is based on the number of active Superfund sites (over 15,000 in the United States), with particular attention paid to those on the National Priorities List which pose the greatest health danger.
Quick Facts
Commuting can effect your health. The average person in Pawlet (zip 05761) commutes 25.4 minutes one-way, which is shorter than the US average of 26.4 minutes.
Air Quality Index
The annual BestPlaces Air Quality Index for the Pawlet (zip 05761) area is 91 (100=best). The US average is 58.
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This is based on new measures of hazardous air pollutants from the EPA, called the National Air Toxics Assessment. This analysis models respiratory illness and cancer risk down to the zip code level, providing better detail and insight than the previous analysis based solely on results from air monitoring stations.