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Cities in Wisconsin by frequent mental distress in adults, local model estimate

Whitewater, WI had the highest frequent mental distress in adults, local model estimate of 96 cities in 2021, at 22.2%. Brookfield, WI had the lowest, at 10.2%. The median was 14%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Highest22.2Whitewater, WI
Lowest10.2Brookfield, WI
Median1496 cities

Top 40 cities, 2021

Whitewater, WI: 22.2 %Whitewater, WI22.2Platteville, WI: 19.7 %Platteville, WI19.7Menomonie, WI: 19.5 %Menomonie, WI19.5Milwaukee, WI: 18.6 %Milwaukee, WI18.6La Crosse, WI: 18.2 %La Crosse, WI18.2River Falls, WI: 18.2 %River Falls, WI18.2Stevens Point, WI: 17.8 %Stevens Point, WI17.8Beloit, WI: 17.1 %Beloit, WI17.1Eau Claire, WI: 17 %Eau Claire, WI17Oshkosh, WI: 16.8 %Oshkosh, WI16.8Racine, WI: 16.8 %Racine, WI16.8Kenosha, WI: 16 %Kenosha, WI16Superior, WI: 15.9 %Superior, WI15.9Green Bay, WI: 15.7 %Green Bay, WI15.7Marinette, WI: 15.7 %Marinette, WI15.7South Milwaukee, WI: 15.7 %South Milwaukee, WI15.7Madison, WI: 15.6 %Madison, WI15.6Fond du Lac, WI: 15.3 %Fond du Lac, WI15.3Watertown, WI: 15.3 %Watertown, WI15.3West Allis, WI: 15.3 %West Allis, WI15.3Beaver Dam, WI: 15 %Beaver Dam, WI15Menasha, WI: 15 %Menasha, WI15Cudahy, WI: 14.9 %Cudahy, WI14.9Reedsburg, WI: 14.9 %Reedsburg, WI14.9Baraboo, WI: 14.8 %Baraboo, WI14.8Waupun, WI: 14.8 %Waupun, WI14.8Wausau, WI: 14.8 %Wausau, WI14.8Appleton, WI: 14.7 %Appleton, WI14.7Fort Atkinson, WI: 14.7 %Fort Atkinson, WI14.7Chippewa Falls, WI: 14.6 %Chippewa Falls, WI14.6Elkhorn, WI: 14.6 %Elkhorn, WI14.6Little Chute, WI: 14.6 %Little Chute, WI14.6Salem Lakes, WI: 14.6 %Salem Lakes, WI14.6Bellevue, WI: 14.5 %Bellevue, WI14.5Hartford, WI: 14.5 %Hartford, WI14.5Janesville, WI: 14.5 %Janesville, WI14.5Two Rivers, WI: 14.5 %Two Rivers, WI14.5Wisconsin Rapids, WI: 14.5 %Wisconsin Rapids, WI14.5Kaukauna, WI: 14.4 %Kaukauna, WI14.4Neenah, WI: 14.4 %Neenah, WI14.4Whitewater, WI: 22.2 %Whitewater, WI22.2Platteville, WI: 19.7 %Platteville, WI19.7Menomonie, WI: 19.5 %Menomonie, WI19.5Milwaukee, WI: 18.6 %Milwaukee, WI18.6La Crosse, WI: 18.2 %La Crosse, WI18.2River Falls, WI: 18.2 %River Falls, WI18.2Stevens Point, WI: 17.8 %Stevens Point, WI17.8Beloit, WI: 17.1 %Beloit, WI17.1Eau Claire, WI: 17 %Eau Claire, WI17Oshkosh, WI: 16.8 %Oshkosh, WI16.8Racine, WI: 16.8 %Racine, WI16.8Kenosha, WI: 16 %Kenosha, WI16Superior, WI: 15.9 %Superior, WI15.9Green Bay, WI: 15.7 %Green Bay, WI15.7Marinette, WI: 15.7 %Marinette, WI15.7South Milwaukee, WI: 15.7 %South Milwaukee, WI15.7Madison, WI: 15.6 %Madison, WI15.6Fond du Lac, WI: 15.3 %Fond du Lac, WI15.3Watertown, WI: 15.3 %Watertown, WI15.3West Allis, WI: 15.3 %West Allis, WI15.3Beaver Dam, WI: 15 %Beaver Dam, WI15Menasha, WI: 15 %Menasha, WI15Cudahy, WI: 14.9 %Cudahy, WI14.9Reedsburg, WI: 14.9 %Reedsburg, WI14.9Baraboo, WI: 14.8 %Baraboo, WI14.8Waupun, WI: 14.8 %Waupun, WI14.8Wausau, WI: 14.8 %Wausau, WI14.8Appleton, WI: 14.7 %Appleton, WI14.7Fort Atkinson, WI: 14.7 %Fort Atkinson, WI14.7Chippewa Falls, WI: 14.6 %Chippewa Falls, WI14.6Elkhorn, WI: 14.6 %Elkhorn, WI14.6Little Chute, WI: 14.6 %Little Chute, WI14.6Salem Lakes, WI: 14.6 %Salem Lakes, WI14.6Bellevue, WI: 14.5 %Bellevue, WI14.5Hartford, WI: 14.5 %Hartford, WI14.5Janesville, WI: 14.5 %Janesville, WI14.5Two Rivers, WI: 14.5 %Two Rivers, WI14.5Wisconsin Rapids, WI: 14.5 %Wisconsin Rapids, WI14.5Kaukauna, WI: 14.4 %Kaukauna, WI14.4Neenah, WI: 14.4 %Neenah, WI14.4
%. Source: CDC, PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83, krqc-563j and later releases), frequent mental distress in adults, crude prevalence. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2021 (%)
1Whitewater, WI22.2
2Platteville, WI19.7
3Menomonie, WI19.5
4Milwaukee, WI18.6
5La Crosse, WI18.2
5River Falls, WI18.2
7Stevens Point, WI17.8
8Beloit, WI17.1
9Eau Claire, WI17
10Oshkosh, WI16.8
10Racine, WI16.8
12Kenosha, WI16
13Superior, WI15.9
14Green Bay, WI15.7
14Marinette, WI15.7
14South Milwaukee, WI15.7
17Madison, WI15.6
18Fond du Lac, WI15.3
18Watertown, WI15.3
18West Allis, WI15.3
21Beaver Dam, WI15
21Menasha, WI15
23Cudahy, WI14.9
23Reedsburg, WI14.9
25Baraboo, WI14.8
25Waupun, WI14.8
25Wausau, WI14.8
28Appleton, WI14.7
28Fort Atkinson, WI14.7
30Chippewa Falls, WI14.6
30Elkhorn, WI14.6
30Little Chute, WI14.6
30Salem Lakes, WI14.6
34Bellevue, WI14.5
34Hartford, WI14.5
34Janesville, WI14.5
34Two Rivers, WI14.5
34Wisconsin Rapids, WI14.5
39Kaukauna, WI14.4
39Neenah, WI14.4
39Waukesha, WI14.4
39Weston, WI14.4
43Oak Creek, WI14.3
43Sheboygan, WI14.3
45De Pere, WI14.2
45Fox Crossing, WI14.2
45New Richmond, WI14.2
48Burlington, WI14
48Howard, WI14
48Manitowoc, WI14
48Monroe, WI14
48West Bend, WI14
53Brown Deer, WI13.9
53Sun Prairie, WI13.9
55DeForest, WI13.8
56Plover, WI13.7
56Stoughton, WI13.7
58Fitchburg, WI13.6
58Greenfield, WI13.6
60Ashwaubenon, WI13.5
60Port Washington, WI13.5
62Oregon, WI13.4
63Holmen, WI13.3
64Pleasant Prairie, WI13.2
65Hudson, WI13.1
65Marshfield, WI13.1
65Sussex, WI13.1
68Windsor, WI13
69Caledonia, WI12.9
69Franklin, WI12.9
71Harrison, WI12.8
71Onalaska, WI12.8
73Hartland, WI12.7
73Mount Pleasant, WI12.7
75Allouez, WI12.6
75Grafton, WI12.6
75Shorewood, WI12.6
78Waunakee, WI12.5
79Oconomowoc, WI12.4
80Germantown, WI12.2
80Muskego, WI12.2
80Suamico, WI12.2
83Greendale, WI12.1
83Wauwatosa, WI12.1
85Hobart, WI12
85Middleton, WI12
87Richfield, WI11.8
87Verona, WI11.8
89Glendale, WI11.7
90Menomonee Falls, WI11.6
90New Berlin, WI11.6
92Cedarburg, WI11.4
93Pewaukee, WI11.3
94Whitefish Bay, WI11.2
95Mequon, WI10.9
96Brookfield, WI10.2

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About this ranking

Percentage of adults who say their mental health was not good on 14 or more of the past 30 days. Model-based estimate for adults aged 18 and over from CDC PLACES. Crude prevalence, not age-adjusted.

US counties and cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). CDC PLACES combines Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) answers with local population data through multilevel regression and poststratification, so a county or city value is a model estimate, not a survey count. The year is the BRFSS survey year, not the release year. CDC says the method does not support tracking change in a place over time, and each annual release can change the model, so values for different years are not strictly comparable. A state is missing in a year when its BRFSS data did not meet standards (Kentucky and Pennsylvania in 2023, Florida in 2021). Connecticut counties appear as its nine planning regions from 2022; its eight former counties are not served. City values for 2021 come from the 2023 release, built on 2010 Census place boundaries; later years use 2020 boundaries.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the cities are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83, krqc-563j and later releases), frequent mental distress in adults, crude prevalence. https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Retrieved 2026-10-12. These data are available free from CDC. Use does not imply endorsement by CDC, ATSDR, HHS or the United States Government.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2025). PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83, krqc-563j and later releases), frequent mental distress in adults, crude prevalence (Cities in Wisconsin by frequent mental distress in adults, local model estimate, 2021) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.cdc.gov/places/

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PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83, krqc-563j and later releases), frequent mental distress in adults, crude prevalence, Cities in Wisconsin by frequent mental distress in adults, local model estimate, 2021. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 12 Dec. 2025, https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-frequent-mental-distress-rate-county-estimate/wisconsin-cities?period=2021. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2025. PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83, krqc-563j and later releases), frequent mental distress in adults, crude prevalence. Cities in Wisconsin by frequent mental distress in adults, local model estimate, 2021. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-frequent-mental-distress-rate-county-estimate/wisconsin-cities?period=2021.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2025) PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83, krqc-563j and later releases), frequent mental distress in adults, crude prevalence, Cities in Wisconsin by frequent mental distress in adults, local model estimate, 2021 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.cdc.gov/places/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-frequent-mental-distress-rate-county-estimate/wisconsin-cities?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest frequent mental distress in adults, local model estimate?

Whitewater, WI, with 22.2% in 2021, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Which city has the lowest frequent mental distress in adults, local model estimate?

Brookfield, WI, with 10.2% in 2021.

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Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83, krqc-563j and later releases), frequent mental distress in adults, crude prevalence. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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