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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.

Comparing02199Boston, MA90742Sunset Beach, CA2–5 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	Boston02199 · MA	Sunset Beach90742 · CA
ZipVitals ScoreComposite of 9 scoring domains	69.86 Leads	66.38
National rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#619of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads	#1,487of 32,066 US ZIPs
State rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#43of 527 MA ZIPs	#210of 1,719 CA ZIPs
Metro rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#42of 281 ZIPs in its metro area	#65of 371 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	Boston02199 · MA	Sunset Beach90742 · CA
ZipVitals Score	69.86 Leads	66.38
National rank	#619of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads	#1,487of 32,066 US ZIPs
State rank	#43of 527 MA ZIPs	#210of 1,719 CA ZIPs
Metro rank	#42of 281 ZIPs in its metro area	#65of 371 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 — 02199: Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH · 90742: Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA.

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

Healthcare Access5% of the score 02199 leads · 27-point gap
02199Boston		healthier than 74% · 61% in Massachusetts, 63% in its metro area	1 of 2
90742Sunset Beach		healthier than 47% · 29% in California, 4% in its metro area	2 of 2

Chronic Disease Burden21% of the score 02199 leads · 6-point gap
02199Boston		healthier than 95% · 91% in Massachusetts, 87% in its metro area	1 of 2
90742Sunset Beach		healthier than 89% · 67% in California, 36% in its metro area	2 of 2

Preventive Care13% of the score 02199 leads · 6-point gap
02199Boston		healthier than 97% · 61% in Massachusetts, 67% in its metro area	1 of 2
90742Sunset Beach		healthier than 91% · 97% in California, 97% in its metro area	2 of 2

Disability7% of the score 02199 leads · 5-point gap
02199Boston		healthier than 98% · 91% in Massachusetts, 89% in its metro area	1 of 2
90742Sunset Beach		healthier than 93% · 90% in California, 87% in its metro area	2 of 2

Environmental Hazard14% of the score 02199 leads · 3-point gap
02199Boston		healthier than 6% · 2% in Massachusetts, 2% in its metro area	1 of 2
90742Sunset Beach		healthier than 3% · 17% in California, 43% in its metro area	2 of 2

Risk Behavior11% of the score 90742 leads · 3-point gap
90742Sunset Beach		healthier than 95% · 90% in California, 90% in its metro area	1 of 2
02199Boston		healthier than 92% · 75% in Massachusetts, 70% in its metro area	2 of 2

Mental Health8% of the score 90742 leads · 1-point gap
90742Sunset Beach		healthier than 86% · 86% in California, 75% in its metro area	1 of 2
02199Boston		healthier than 85% · 88% in Massachusetts, 85% in its metro area	2 of 2

Social Need / SDOH16% of the scoretied — no single leader
02199Boston		healthier than 96% · 92% in Massachusetts, 88% in its metro area	=1 of 2
90742Sunset Beach		healthier than 96% · 94% in California, 96% in its metro area	=1 of 2

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no leader and no gap — ordered by weight instead

Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the scoreno leader — 90742 cannot be placed here
02199Boston		healthier than 92% · 98% in Massachusetts, 98% in its metro area	1 of 1
90742Sunset Beach	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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Boston vs. Sunset Beach

Boston 02199 · MALEADS69.86

Sunset Beach 90742 · CA66.38

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

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