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Line up 2–5 ZIP codes and read the ZipVitals Score, both ranks, and every scoring domain against the same national scale. Descriptive of documented conditions — never a verdict on the people who live there.

Comparing01003Amherst Town, MA01063Northampton, MA2–5 ZIPs · 2 selected

ZipVitals Score and its national and state ranks, compared across 2 ZIP codes. Higher is healthier. The nine scoring domains follow, one table each.
Metric	Amherst Town01003 · MA	Northampton01063 · MA
ZipVitals ScoreComposite of 9 scoring domains	61.89 Leads	60.72
National rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#3,578of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads	#4,306of 32,066 US ZIPs
State rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#218of 527 MA ZIPs	#260of 527 MA ZIPs
Metro rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#12of 25 ZIPs in its metro area	#21of 25 ZIPs in its metro area

ZipVitals Score and its national and state ranks, compared across 2 ZIP codes. Higher is healthier. The nine scoring domains follow, one table each.
Metric	Amherst Town01003 · MA	Northampton01063 · MA
ZipVitals Score	61.89 Leads	60.72
National rank	#3,578of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads	#4,306of 32,066 US ZIPs
State rank	#218of 527 MA ZIPs	#260of 527 MA ZIPs
Metro rank	#12of 25 ZIPs in its metro area	#21of 25 ZIPs in its metro area

ZipVitals Score — Composite of 9 scoring domainsNational rank, State rank and Metro rank — Among ZIPs with a computed score

Metro areas — 01003: Amherst Town-Northampton, MA · 01063: Amherst Town-Northampton, MA.

Where these ZIPs differ, domain by domain

Nine domains make up the ZipVitals Score. Each one is placed on the same national scale, and the domains where these ZIPs are furthest apart come first. Higher is healthier in every one.

Compared with the ZIP codes measured across all nine scoring domains — not with all US ZIP codes. How the score works, and who it compares you with ›

Every ranking, bar and gap below is measured against the same national group. Where a ZIP’s line also mentions its state or its metro area, that figure is measured against a different group — its own — so it is context for that one ZIP and never a comparison between them.

Furthest apart first

all 2 ZIPs can be placed on these 8 domains

Environmental Hazard14% of the score 01003 leads · 77-point gap
01003Amherst Town		healthier than 95% · 99% in Massachusetts, no metro comparison group	1 of 2
01063Northampton		healthier than 18% · 24% in Massachusetts, no metro comparison group	2 of 2

Healthcare Access5% of the score 01003 leads · 29-point gap
01003Amherst Town		healthier than 68% · 53% in Massachusetts, no metro comparison group	1 of 2
01063Northampton		healthier than 39% · 10% in Massachusetts, no metro comparison group	2 of 2

Preventive Care13% of the score 01063 leads · 14-point gap
01063Northampton		healthier than 26% · 5% in Massachusetts, no metro comparison group	1 of 2
01003Amherst Town		healthier than 12% · 2% in Massachusetts, no metro comparison group	2 of 2

Risk Behavior11% of the score 01063 leads · 10-point gap
01063Northampton		healthier than 97% · 90% in Massachusetts, no metro comparison group	1 of 2
01003Amherst Town		healthier than 87% · 61% in Massachusetts, no metro comparison group	2 of 2

Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 01063 leads · 7-point gap
01063Northampton		healthier than 48% · 25% in Massachusetts, no metro comparison group	1 of 2
01003Amherst Town		healthier than 41% · 22% in Massachusetts, no metro comparison group	2 of 2

Chronic Disease Burden21% of the score 01003 leads · 1-point gap
01003Amherst Town		in the top 0.4% · 99% in Massachusetts, no metro comparison group	1 of 2
01063Northampton		in the top 0.7% · 99% in Massachusetts, no metro comparison group	2 of 2

Mental Health8% of the score 01003 leads · 1-point gap
01003Amherst Town		in the bottom 0.9% · 0% in Massachusetts, no metro comparison group	1 of 2
01063Northampton		in the bottom 0.00% · 0% in Massachusetts, no metro comparison group	2 of 2

Disability7% of the score 01003 leads · 1-point gap
01003Amherst Town		healthier than 97% · 89% in Massachusetts, no metro comparison group	1 of 2
01063Northampton		healthier than 96% · 84% in Massachusetts, no metro comparison group	2 of 2

Not every ZIP can be placed here

no leader and no gap — ordered by weight instead

Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the scoreno leader — 01063 cannot be placed here
01003Amherst Town		healthier than 91% · 97% in Massachusetts, no metro comparison group	1 of 1
01063Northampton	not placed — too little of this domain is measured here to compare reliably, though it still counts toward this ZIP’s score

“Of the score” is the domain’s weight in the ZipVitals Score — a property of the score itself, the same on every ZIP. A gap is the distance between the highest and lowest of these ZIPs on that domain’s national scale. Percentages are rounded; higher is healthier in every domain.

Data release 2026 · higher is healthier on every row. How the ZipVitals Score is calculated →

The State rank and Metro rank rows show no “Leads” marker: each ZIP is ranked against the ZIPs in its own state and the ZIPs in its own metro area, so those ranks are not ordered against one another.

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Amherst Town vs. Northampton

Amherst Town 01003 · MALEADS61.89

Northampton 01063 · MA60.72

Data release 2026 · public federal and academic sources · higher is healthier

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