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ZIP Code 06459

1,212 residents in the 2020 Census, 1,191 adults. CDC PLACES 2025 release.

ZIP 06459 within Lower Connecticut River Valley planning region. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.
19.0%obesity, adults95% interval 15.5–22.8lower · county 29.0%
1.3%diabetes, adults95% interval 1.1–1.5lower · county 9.4%
8.9%high blood pressure, adults95% interval 7.6–10.4lower · county 33.5%
9.4%fair or poor health, adults95% interval 7.3–11.7lower · county 13.5%

ZIP Code 06459, in Lower Connecticut River Valley planning region, Connecticut, has 1,212 residents in the 2020 Census (1,191 adults). CDC's PLACES project estimates 40 health measures for its adult population using a statistical model, not a local survey.

In the 2025 release it estimates that 19.0% of adults have obesity (95% confidence interval 15.5–22.8%), lower than Lower Connecticut River Valley planning region's 29.0%, below the Connecticut figure of 30.5% (site aggregate), lower than the national estimate of 32.8%.

Diagnosed diabetes: 1.3% of adults (95% confidence interval 1.1–1.5%) in the 2025 release, lower than Lower Connecticut River Valley planning region's 9.4%, below the Connecticut figure of 10.2% (site aggregate), lower than the national estimate of 12.0%.

Across the 40 measures published for both, the interval for ZIP Code 06459 lies entirely above the Lower Connecticut River Valley planning region interval for 6 measures, entirely below it for 20 and overlaps it for 14.

Report card: 40 measures by CDC category

Crude prevalence is the estimated share of all adults. CDC: "We don't provide age-adjusted prevalence estimates at census tract and ZCTA levels because some of these areas do not have population in all age groups used in the adjustment process."

estimate with 95% intervalLower Connecticut River Valley planning regionCT figureUS estimate

Health outcomes (12)vs Lower Connecticut River Valley planning region: 1 higher · 9 lower · 2 similar
MeasureEstimate and 95% intervalValueFlagsRelease
All teeth lost among adults aged ≥65 yearsBRFSS 2022 · Adults aged 65 years and older13.2%10.7–16.4Co. ↑St. ↑US ≈2025
Arthritis among adultsBRFSS 20234.2%3.6–4.9Co. ↓St. ↓US ↓2025
Cancer (non-skin) or melanoma among adultsBRFSS 20230.8%0.7–0.9Co. ↓St. ↓US ↓2025
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease among adultsBRFSS 20231.4%1.1–1.8Co. ↓St. ↓US ↓2025
Coronary heart disease among adultsBRFSS 20230.7%0.6–0.8Co. ↓St. ↓US ↓2025
Current asthma among adultsBRFSS 202311.8%10.4–13.3Co. ≈St. ≈US ↑2025
Depression among adultsBRFSS 202328.3%24.8–31.9Co. ≈St. ↑US ↑2025
Diagnosed diabetes among adultsBRFSS 20231.3%1.1–1.5Co. ↓St. ↓US ↓2025
High blood pressure among adultsBRFSS 20238.9%7.6–10.4Co. ↓St. ↓US ↓2025
High cholesterol among adults who have ever been screenedBRFSS 202313.5%11.8–15.4Co. ↓St. ↓US ↓2025
Obesity among adultsBRFSS 202319.0%15.5–22.8Co. ↓St. ↓US ↓2025
Stroke among adultsBRFSS 20230.5%0.4–0.5Co. ↓St. ↓US ↓2025
Prevention (7)vs Lower Connecticut River Valley planning region: 0 higher · 5 lower · 2 similar
MeasureEstimate and 95% intervalValueFlagsRelease
Cholesterol screening among adultsBRFSS 202373.4%68.2–77.7Co. ↓St. ↓US ↓2025
Colorectal cancer screening among adults aged 45–75 yearsBRFSS 2022 · Adults aged 45–75 years50.1%46.1–54.6Co. ↓St. ↓US ↓2025
Current lack of health insurance among adults aged 18-64 yearsBRFSS 2023 · Adults aged 18–64 years7.3%5.5–10.0Co. ≈St. ≈US ↓2025
Mammography use among women aged 50-74 yearsBRFSS 2022 · Women aged 50–74 years74.3%67.8–80.4Co. ≈St. ≈US ≈2025
Visited dentist or dental clinic in the past year among adultsBRFSS 202269.9%66.8–73.2Co. ↓St. ≈US ↑2025
Visits to doctor for routine checkup within the past year among adultsBRFSS 202373.1%69.1–76.8Co. ↓St. ↓US ↓2025
Health risk behaviors (4)vs Lower Connecticut River Valley planning region: 1 higher · 1 lower · 2 similar
MeasureEstimate and 95% intervalValueFlagsRelease
Binge drinking among adultsBRFSS 202321.6%18.5–25.0Co. ↑St. ↑US ↑2025
Current cigarette smoking among adultsBRFSS 20234.9%3.3–6.4Co. ↓St. ↓US ↓2025
No leisure-time physical activity among adultsBRFSS 202315.3%11.8–19.2Co. ≈St. ↓US ↓2025
Short sleep duration among adultsBRFSS 202234.6%30.4–39.5Co. ≈St. ≈US ≈2025
Disability (7)vs Lower Connecticut River Valley planning region: 1 higher · 3 lower · 3 similar
MeasureEstimate and 95% intervalValueFlagsRelease
Any disability among adultsBRFSS 202320.7%16.5–24.9Co. ≈St. ↓US ↓2025
Cognitive disability among adultsBRFSS 202318.5%14.5–22.2Co. ↑St. ↑US ↑2025
Hearing disability among adultsBRFSS 20231.8%1.5–2.1Co. ↓St. ↓US ↓2025
Independent living disability among adultsBRFSS 20237.6%5.8–9.3Co. ≈St. ≈US ≈2025
Mobility disability among adultsBRFSS 20232.1%1.7–2.6Co. ↓St. ↓US ↓2025
Self-care disability among adultsBRFSS 20231.0%0.8–1.2Co. ↓St. ↓US ↓2025
Vision disability among adultsBRFSS 20233.2%2.6–3.8Co. ≈St. ↓US ↓2025
Health status (3)vs Lower Connecticut River Valley planning region: 1 higher · 2 lower · 0 similar
MeasureEstimate and 95% intervalValueFlagsRelease
Fair or poor self-rated health status among adultsBRFSS 20239.4%7.3–11.7Co. ↓St. ↓US ↓2025
Frequent mental distress among adultsBRFSS 202323.8%19.8–27.2Co. ↑St. ↑US ↑2025
Frequent physical distress among adultsBRFSS 20236.9%5.5–8.2Co. ↓St. ↓US ↓2025
Health-related social needs (7)vs Lower Connecticut River Valley planning region: 2 higher · 0 lower · 5 similar
MeasureEstimate and 95% intervalValueFlagsRelease
Food insecurity in the past 12 months among adultsBRFSS 202314.0%10.0–18.8Co. ≈St. ≈US ≈2025
Housing insecurity in the past 12 months among adultsBRFSS 202310.8%7.9–13.5Co. ≈St. ≈US ≈2025
Lack of reliable transportation in the past 12 months among adultsBRFSS 202311.6%8.9–14.2Co. ↑St. ↑US ↑2025
Lack of social and emotional support among adultsBRFSS 202327.2%22.6–31.8Co. ≈St. ≈US ≈2025
Loneliness among adultsBRFSS 202343.5%38.5–48.7Co. ↑St. ↑US ↑2025
Received food stamps in the past 12 months among adultsBRFSS 20238.6%5.7–11.8Co. ≈St. ≈US ≈2025
Utility services shut-off threat in the past 12 months among adultsBRFSS 20236.3%4.8–7.7Co. ≈St. ↓US ≈2025

Flags: Co. = Lower Connecticut River Valley planning region, St. = Connecticut figure (site aggregate, no interval: above, below or in line), US = national estimate. ↑ interval entirely above, ↓ entirely below, ≈ overlapping or containing the reference. Hover a flag for the wording. Release column in colour: not published for this ZIP in the 2025 release, most recent published release shown.

Compared with county, state and nation

MeasureThis ZIPLower Connecticut River Valley planning regionConnecticut (site aggregate)United States
Obesity19.0%
15.5–22.8
29.0%
24.9–33.7 · lower
30.5%
below
32.8%
32.4–33.1 · lower
Diabetes1.3%
1.1–1.5
9.4%
8.3–10.6 · lower
10.2%
below
12.0%
11.8–12.2 · lower
High Blood Pressure8.9%
7.6–10.4
33.5%
30.7–36.5 · lower
32.0%
below
34.4%
34.0–34.7 · lower
Current Asthma11.8%
10.4–13.3
10.7%
9.6–11.8 · similar
11.0%
in line
9.8%
9.6–10.0 · higher
COPD1.4%
1.1–1.8
5.6%
5.1–6.2 · lower
5.6%
below
6.2%
6.1–6.3 · lower
Coronary Heart Disease0.7%
0.6–0.8
6.1%
5.6–6.7 · lower
5.8%
below
6.4%
6.2–6.5 · lower
Depression28.3%
24.8–31.9
22.4%
19.8–25.2 · similar
20.6%
above
20.2%
19.9–20.5 · higher
Current Cigarette Smoking4.9%
3.3–6.4
9.8%
8.5–11.1 · lower
10.6%
below
11.4%
11.2–11.6 · lower
Binge Drinking21.6%
18.5–25.0
16.0%
13.8–18.4 · higher
15.4%
above
15.2%
15.0–15.5 · higher
Physical Inactivity15.3%
11.8–19.2
21.0%
18.4–23.7 · similar
25.1%
below
24.5%
24.2–24.8 · lower
Health Insurance7.3%
5.5–10.0
6.4%
5.6–7.3 · similar
10.0%
in line
11.0%
10.7–11.3 · lower
General Health9.4%
7.3–11.7
13.5%
12.0–15.1 · lower
16.2%
below
19.2%
18.9–19.5 · lower

Twelve headline measures, crude prevalence. State figures are population-weighted county estimates computed by this site and carry no interval; the county and US columns carry CDC's 95% intervals. The full report card above covers all 40.

Estimates by release

What each PLACES release published for ZIP 06459 (crude prevalence with 95% interval). CDC advises that the estimates cannot be used to track local change over time: each release re-models a different survey year onto a fixed population, intervals usually overlap and the interval method changed in 2023. Listed for reference only. The 2022 and 2023 columns use 2010-vintage Census geographies for ZIP Codes and places (the same code may have covered a different area); 2024 onward use 2020 geographies.

Measure2022 release2023 release2024 release2025 release
COPD——1.9%
1.6–2.1
1.4%
1.1–1.8
Coronary Heart Disease——0.8%
0.7–0.9
0.7%
0.6–0.8
Current Asthma——13.2%
11.7–14.8
11.8%
10.4–13.3
Depression——30.8%
27.4–34.6
28.3%
24.8–31.9
Diabetes——1.5%
1.3–1.8
1.3%
1.1–1.5
High Blood Pressure——7.6%
6.5–8.9
8.9%
7.6–10.4
Obesity——21.2%
17.8–25.4
19.0%
15.5–22.8
Health Insurance——7.4%
5.6–10.2
7.3%
5.5–10.0
Binge Drinking——23.8%
20.4–27.6
21.6%
18.5–25.0
Current Cigarette Smoking——6.5%
5.6–7.6
4.9%
3.3–6.4
Physical Inactivity——17.6%
15.2–20.5
15.3%
11.8–19.2
General Health——9.9%
8.8–11.2
9.4%
7.3–11.7

Nearby

All 26 ZIP Codes in Lower Connecticut River Valley planning region and its 14 places · Connecticut (284 ZIP Codes).

Questions and answers

What share of adults in ZIP Code 06459 have obesity, according to PLACES?

PLACES estimates 19.0% (95% confidence interval 15.5–22.8%) in the 2025 release, based on 2023 BRFSS responses modelled onto the area's adult population. It is a modelled estimate for the whole adult population of the area, not a count of diagnoses.

How common is diagnosed diabetes in ZIP Code 06459?

PLACES estimates 1.3% of adults (95% confidence interval 1.1–1.5%) in the 2025 release. The national estimate in the same release is 12.0%.

Is ZIP Code 06459 different from Lower Connecticut River Valley planning region on obesity?

The two 95% confidence intervals do not overlap: the interval for ZIP Code 06459 lies entirely below the one for Lower Connecticut River Valley planning region. This site only says "higher" or "lower" when that is the case.

Can these figures describe a person who lives in ZIP Code 06459?

No. CDC states: "We do not produce estimates for individuals; only aggregated results for counties, places, census tracts, or ZCTAs." The figures describe the expected prevalence across the area's adult population given its demographic make-up and its county and state; they say nothing about any resident.

Can ZIP Code 06459 be ranked or tracked over time with these figures?

CDC advises that the data "should not be used for ranking the overall health of any county, place, census tract, or ZCTA" and that the modelling procedure "does not support using the estimates to track changes at the local level over time". Areas can be compared on individual measures, with their confidence intervals; this site lists estimates by release for reference only.

Where does this data come from?

CDC PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, 2025 release (data updated 4 Dec 2025), which models Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System responses with Census population and American Community Survey data. Earlier releases (2022, 2023, 2024) are shown for reference. Boundaries and ZIP-to-county relationships are from the US Census Bureau.

Provenance

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, 2025 release (data updated 4 Dec 2025), with the 2022, 2023, 2024 releases for reference; US government work, public domain. Dataset on data.cdc.gov. Boundaries and ZIP-to-county relationships: US Census Bureau. Percentages are shown to one decimal as CDC publishes them; state figures are population-weighted means computed by this site. ZCTA-to-county and ZCTA-to-place shares are land-area overlaps from the Census 2020 relationship files. PLACES does not publish age-adjusted figures for ZCTAs. Processing errors are corrected at the next daily build; see corrections. Generated 1 Oct 2026.