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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.

Comparing01464Shirley, MA06457Middletown, CT2–5 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	Shirley01464 · MA	Middletown06457 · CT
ZipVitals ScoreComposite of 9 scoring domains	60.06 Leads	57.96
National rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#4,819of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads	#6,431of 32,066 US ZIPs
State rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#287of 527 MA ZIPs	#197of 277 CT ZIPs
Metro rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#190of 281 ZIPs in its metro area	#76of 95 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	Shirley01464 · MA	Middletown06457 · CT
ZipVitals Score	60.06 Leads	57.96
National rank	#4,819of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads	#6,431of 32,066 US ZIPs
State rank	#287of 527 MA ZIPs	#197of 277 CT ZIPs
Metro rank	#190of 281 ZIPs in its metro area	#76of 95 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 — 01464: Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH · 06457: Hartford-East Hartford-Middletown, CT.

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 9 domains

Healthcare Access5% of the score 06457 leads · 34-point gap
06457Middletown		healthier than 85% · 78% in Connecticut, 81% in its metro area	1 of 2
01464Shirley		healthier than 51% · 23% in Massachusetts, 26% in its metro area	2 of 2

Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 01464 leads · 11-point gap
01464Shirley		healthier than 62% · 35% in Massachusetts, 25% in its metro area	1 of 2
06457Middletown		healthier than 51% · 28% in Connecticut, 21% in its metro area	2 of 2

Chronic Disease Burden21% of the score 01464 leads · 6-point gap
01464Shirley		healthier than 84% · 68% in Massachusetts, 55% in its metro area	1 of 2
06457Middletown		healthier than 78% · 66% in Connecticut, 73% in its metro area	2 of 2

Preventive Care13% of the score 01464 leads · 6-point gap
01464Shirley		healthier than 88% · 27% in Massachusetts, 34% in its metro area	1 of 2
06457Middletown		healthier than 82% · 29% in Connecticut, 14% in its metro area	2 of 2

Disability7% of the score 01464 leads · 6-point gap
01464Shirley		healthier than 85% · 53% in Massachusetts, 39% in its metro area	1 of 2
06457Middletown		healthier than 79% · 34% in Connecticut, 26% in its metro area	2 of 2

Environmental Hazard14% of the score 01464 leads · 4-point gap
01464Shirley		healthier than 22% · 31% in Massachusetts, 31% in its metro area	1 of 2
06457Middletown		healthier than 18% · 26% in Connecticut, 35% in its metro area	2 of 2

Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the score 01464 leads · 1-point gap
01464Shirley		healthier than 63% · 54% in Massachusetts, 58% in its metro area	1 of 2
06457Middletown		healthier than 62% · 30% in Connecticut, 38% in its metro area	2 of 2

Risk Behavior11% of the scoretied — no single leader
01464Shirley		healthier than 73% · 38% in Massachusetts, 22% in its metro area	=1 of 2
06457Middletown		healthier than 73% · 36% in Connecticut, 29% in its metro area	=1 of 2

Mental Health8% of the scoretied — no single leader
01464Shirley		healthier than 53% · 54% in Massachusetts, 41% in its metro area	=1 of 2
06457Middletown		healthier than 53% · 25% in Connecticut, 23% in its metro area	=1 of 2

“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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Shirley vs. Middletown

Shirley 01464 · MALEADS60.06

Middletown 06457 · CT57.96

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

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