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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.

Comparing01860Merrimac, MA02832Hope Valley, RI2–5 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	Merrimac01860 · MA	Hope Valley02832 · RI
ZipVitals ScoreComposite of 9 scoring domains	59.74	61.52 Leads
National rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#5,047of 32,066 US ZIPs	#3,791of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#293of 527 MA ZIPs	#33of 77 RI ZIPs
Metro rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#192of 281 ZIPs in its metro area	#40of 112 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	Merrimac01860 · MA	Hope Valley02832 · RI
ZipVitals Score	59.74	61.52 Leads
National rank	#5,047of 32,066 US ZIPs	#3,791of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rank	#293of 527 MA ZIPs	#33of 77 RI ZIPs
Metro rank	#192of 281 ZIPs in its metro area	#40of 112 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 — 01860: Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH · 02832: Providence-Warwick, RI-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 9 domains

Environmental Hazard14% of the score 01860 leads · 13-point gap
01860Merrimac		healthier than 62% · 82% in Massachusetts, 91% in its metro area	1 of 2
02832Hope Valley		healthier than 49% · 67% in Rhode Island, 61% in its metro area	2 of 2

Mental Health8% of the score 02832 leads · 12-point gap
02832Hope Valley		healthier than 64% · 64% in Rhode Island, 75% in its metro area	1 of 2
01860Merrimac		healthier than 52% · 53% in Massachusetts, 40% in its metro area	2 of 2

Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 02832 leads · 11-point gap
02832Hope Valley		healthier than 85% · 84% in Rhode Island, 87% in its metro area	1 of 2
01860Merrimac		healthier than 74% · 48% in Massachusetts, 38% in its metro area	2 of 2

Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the score 02832 leads · 10-point gap
02832Hope Valley		healthier than 74% · 67% in Rhode Island, 78% in its metro area	1 of 2
01860Merrimac		healthier than 64% · 56% in Massachusetts, 60% in its metro area	2 of 2

Healthcare Access5% of the score 02832 leads · 10-point gap
02832Hope Valley		healthier than 63% · 38% in Rhode Island, 37% in its metro area	1 of 2
01860Merrimac		healthier than 53% · 27% in Massachusetts, 31% in its metro area	2 of 2

Chronic Disease Burden21% of the score 02832 leads · 2-point gap
02832Hope Valley		healthier than 69% · 52% in Rhode Island, 54% in its metro area	1 of 2
01860Merrimac		healthier than 67% · 34% in Massachusetts, 16% in its metro area	2 of 2

Preventive Care13% of the score 02832 leads · 2-point gap
02832Hope Valley		healthier than 98% · 44% in Rhode Island, 61% in its metro area	1 of 2
01860Merrimac		healthier than 96% · 48% in Massachusetts, 57% in its metro area	2 of 2

Risk Behavior11% of the scoretied — no single leader
01860Merrimac		healthier than 73% · 40% in Massachusetts, 23% in its metro area	=1 of 2
02832Hope Valley		healthier than 73% · 52% in Rhode Island, 55% in its metro area	=1 of 2

Disability7% of the scoretied — no single leader
01860Merrimac		healthier than 79% · 39% in Massachusetts, 25% in its metro area	=1 of 2
02832Hope Valley		healthier than 79% · 45% in Rhode Island, 49% 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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Hope Valley vs. Merrimac

Hope Valley 02832 · RILEADS61.52

Merrimac 01860 · MA59.74

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

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