BY CLAIRE SHOOP Health & wellness Health & Wellness Edition 2025
Readers, welcome to your annual CI Health & Wellness Edition! This brand new guide features the latest updates and resources on health and wellness in your community. Health and wellness includes physical, mental and social well-being, and we have a wide range of stories included in this issue written by our team of local journalists. In our inaugural Health and Wellness Edition, learn more about sleep hygiene, types of gyms and more. Local advertisers share useful information on health and wellness services they oer, too. Be well in 2025!
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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 diered 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 inuence 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%
N
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 RANKINGSCOMMUNITY IMPACT
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