Health & wellness
BY CLAIRE SHOOP
Health & Wellness Edition 2025
Readers, welcome to your annual CI Health & Wellness Edition! Among people who made New Year’s resolutions, more than 79% say they resolved to get healthier, according to a survey by Pew Research. Establishing a new routine, whether it’s increased exercise or improved diet, can be daunting. Fortunately, there are plenty of resources in the community and ample opportunities to get active. This brand new guide features the latest updates and resources on health and wellness in your community. All of the stories were written by our team of local journalists. For our inaugural Health & Wellness Edition, we’ll be looking at different types of gyms for your fitness journey, recapping running events to help you get out into the community and discussing nutrition with professional dietitians from H-E-B Nutrition Services. Here’s to a healthy and happy 2025!
What's inside
A guide to upcoming Austin- area running events (Page 29)
Steve Guntli Editor sguntli@ communityimpact.com
What to know about H-E-B Nutrition Services (Page 31)
True Test in Leander offers hormone therapy (Page 34)
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County health data Williamson County outperformed Travis County on overall health outcomes and health factors. However, both counties were above the state and national averages. Each county differed on individual metrics, with Williamson County showing a lower percent of uninsured residents under age 65, but Travis County reporting better access to exercise.
Snapshot
Health indicators
The data for all counties statewide is updated annually, but includes information from previous years.
These are some of the statistics that influence the overall health and wellness of the county.
Health factor
Health outcome
Williamson
Travis County Williamson County
Texas
Least healthy in U.S. Most healthy in U.S.
Travis
Life expectancy Food insecurity
80.6 years
81 years
77.2 years
12% 5% 11% 23% 92% 15%
10% 9% 11% 18% 89% 13%
14% 8% 13% 18% 82% 20%
Limited access to healthy foods
Health outcomes
Adult smoking
Williamson County
Travis County
Excessive drinking
Access to exercise opportunities
Uninsured (under age 65)
State average National average
Ratio of population to primary care physicians Ratio of population to mental health providers Sleep fewer than 7 hours on average Commute alone for longer than 30 minutes Spend 50% or more of income on housing
1,190:1
1,460:1
1,660:1
Health factors
270:1 30% 37% 16%
610:1 32% 44%
640:1
Williamson County
Travis County
33% 39% 14%
National average
11%
State average
SOURCE: UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN POPULATION HEALTH INSTITUTE 2024 COUNTY HEALTH RANKINGS/COMMUNITY IMPACT
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