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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.

Comparing03839Rochester, NH05068South Royalton, VT2–5 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	Rochester03839 · NH	South Royalton05068 · VT
ZipVitals ScoreComposite of 9 scoring domains	54.17	54.97 Leads
National rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#10,479of 32,066 US ZIPs	#9,481of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#206of 243 NH ZIPs	#141of 249 VT ZIPs
Metro rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#249of 281 ZIPs in its metro area	Not in a 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	Rochester03839 · NH	South Royalton05068 · VT
ZipVitals Score	54.17	54.97 Leads
National rank	#10,479of 32,066 US ZIPs	#9,481of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rank	#206of 243 NH ZIPs	#141of 249 VT ZIPs
Metro rank	#249of 281 ZIPs in its metro area	Not in a metro area

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

Metro areas — 03839: Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH · 05068: not in a metro area.

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 05068 leads · 32-point gap
05068South Royalton		healthier than 69% · 18% in Vermont	1 of 2
03839Rochester		healthier than 37% · 22% in New Hampshire, 64% in its metro area	2 of 2

Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 03839 leads · 30-point gap
03839Rochester		healthier than 56% · 36% in New Hampshire, 22% in its metro area	1 of 2
05068South Royalton		healthier than 26% · 44% in Vermont	2 of 2

Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the score 05068 leads · 22-point gap
05068South Royalton		healthier than 92% · 55% in Vermont	1 of 2
03839Rochester		healthier than 70% · 36% in New Hampshire, 74% in its metro area	2 of 2

Mental Health8% of the score 05068 leads · 6-point gap
05068South Royalton		healthier than 22% · 12% in Vermont	1 of 2
03839Rochester		healthier than 16% · 2% in New Hampshire, 4% in its metro area	2 of 2

Healthcare Access5% of the score 03839 leads · 3-point gap
03839Rochester		healthier than 59% · 74% in New Hampshire, 40% in its metro area	1 of 2
05068South Royalton		healthier than 56% · 71% in Vermont	2 of 2

Chronic Disease Burden21% of the score 05068 leads · 2-point gap
05068South Royalton		healthier than 76% · 69% in Vermont	1 of 2
03839Rochester		healthier than 74% · 68% in New Hampshire, 27% in its metro area	2 of 2

Disability7% of the score 03839 leads · 2-point gap
03839Rochester		healthier than 78% · 51% in New Hampshire, 22% in its metro area	1 of 2
05068South Royalton		healthier than 76% · 51% in Vermont	2 of 2

Risk Behavior11% of the score 05068 leads · 1-point gap
05068South Royalton		healthier than 79% · 8% in Vermont	1 of 2
03839Rochester		healthier than 78% · 26% in New Hampshire, 31% in its metro area	2 of 2

Preventive Care13% of the scoretied — no single leader
03839Rochester		healthier than 38% · 6% in New Hampshire, 8% in its metro area	=1 of 2
05068South Royalton		healthier than 38% · 6% in Vermont	=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. Not every ZIP sits in a metro area — those show a state figure only. 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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South Royalton vs. Rochester

South Royalton 05068 · VTLEADS54.97

Rochester 03839 · NH54.17

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

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