Niles Community Health Center — Niles, MI
Niles Community Health Center is a community health center clinic at 1951 Oak St, Niles, MI 49120, open 57 hours a week. That is 12 more hours than the typical Michigan clinic (45 a week). It is run by Lakeland Immediate Care Center, which serves 14,721 patients across 4 clinic locations.
- Address: 1951 Oak St, Niles, MI 49120 · Directions
- Phone: (269) 262-4749
- Weekly hours: 57 (Michigan clinic median: 45)
- Operated by: Lakeland Immediate Care Center (federally qualified health center)
- Care offered by this health center: primary care, dental care, mental health care, substance use treatment, children’s checkups, women’s health, and telehealth
Care and screenings at Lakeland Immediate Care Center
Patients came to Lakeland Immediate Care Center for these services in 2025. The numbers cover the whole health center, not only this clinic.
| Service | Patients | What it counts |
|---|---|---|
| Dental care | 3,905 | patients had dental exams |
| Mental health care | 4,997 | patients treated for depression or anxiety |
| Substance use treatment | 278 | patients in treatment |
| Well-child visits | 1,086 | children had checkups |
| Flu shots | 1,238 | patients vaccinated |
| Cervical cancer screening | 487 | patients tested |
| Breast cancer screening | 1,298 | patients screened |
| Family planning | 600 | patients served |
| Diabetes care | 1,752 | patients with diabetes |
| Blood pressure care | 3,382 | patients with hypertension |
| Asthma care | 589 | patients with asthma |
| HIV testing | 1,335 | patients tested |
| Hepatitis C testing | 1,682 | patients tested |
| Childhood lead tests | 173 | children tested |
Lakeland Immediate Care Center also provides care by telehealth.
Who Lakeland Immediate Care Center serves
14,721 patients used Lakeland Immediate Care Center in 2025. 32% live at or below the poverty line and 73% are at or below twice the poverty line. 124 patients were experiencing homelessness and 429 were veterans.
| Measure | This center | MI median | U.S. median | vs MI |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patients at or below the poverty line | 32% | 54% | 65% | −22 pts |
| Patients at or below 200% of the poverty line | 73% | 87% | 92% | −14 pts |
| Measure | This center | MI median | U.S. median | vs MI |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uninsured patients | 5% | 10% | 14% | −5 pts |
| Medicaid or CHIP patients | 43% | 45% | 42% | −2 pts |
| Medicare patients | 23% | 15% | 11% | +8 pts |
| Privately insured patients | 30% | 25% | 24% | +5 pts |
Quality of care at Lakeland Immediate Care Center
Lakeland Immediate Care Center is at or above the Michigan median on 3 of 7 preventive-care measures. Higher is better on every line.
| Measure | This center | MI median | U.S. median | vs MI |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adults with high blood pressure under control | 73% | 71% | 68% | +2 pts |
| Women 52–74 screened for breast cancer | 61% | 57% | 54% | +4 pts |
| Women 24–64 screened for cervical cancer | 53% | 60% | 54% | −7 pts |
| Adults 46–75 screened for colorectal cancer | 46% | 49% | 44% | −3 pts |
| Patients 12+ screened for depression | 50% | 71% | 77% | −21 pts |
| Adults assessed for tobacco use | 88% | 80% | 86% | +8 pts |
| High-risk adults on statin therapy | 77% | 79% | 79% | −2 pts |
Staffing at Lakeland Immediate Care Center
The health center employs 154 full-time-equivalent staff, including 15 physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and midwives, 20 dental staff and 9 mental health staff. That is 976 patients per clinical provider against the Michigan median of 987 and the U.S. median of 930. Patients made 55,243 visits, about 3.8 per patient.
Patients from ZIP 49120
5,533 Lakeland Immediate Care Center patients live in ZIP 49120, and 4% of them are uninsured. Other health centers also serve this ZIP:
- Intercare Community Health Network — 736 patients from 49120
- Healthlinc, Inc. — 101 patients from 49120
- Family Health Center, Inc. — 26 patients from 49120