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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.

Comparing04085Steep Falls, ME96010Big Bar, 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	Steep Falls04085 · ME	Big Bar96010 · CA
ZipVitals ScoreComposite of 9 scoring domains	45.41 Leads	44.44
National rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#21,976of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads	#22,979of 32,066 US ZIPs
State rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#264of 408 ME ZIPs	#1,339of 1,719 CA ZIPs
Metro rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#82of 82 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	Steep Falls04085 · ME	Big Bar96010 · CA
ZipVitals Score	45.41 Leads	44.44
National rank	#21,976of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads	#22,979of 32,066 US ZIPs
State rank	#264of 408 ME ZIPs	#1,339of 1,719 CA ZIPs
Metro rank	#82of 82 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 — 04085: Portland-South Portland, ME · 96010: 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

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Environmental Hazard14% of the score 04085 leads · 18-point gap
04085Steep Falls		healthier than 30% · 8% in Maine, 23% in its metro area	1 of 2
96010Big Bar		healthier than 12% · 39% in California	2 of 2

Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the score 96010 leads · 13-point gap
96010Big Bar		healthier than 79% · 59% in California	1 of 2
04085Steep Falls		healthier than 66% · 51% in Maine, 58% in its metro area	2 of 2

Preventive Care13% of the score 04085 leads · 10-point gap
04085Steep Falls		healthier than 46% · 6% in Maine, 3% in its metro area	1 of 2
96010Big Bar		healthier than 36% · 59% in California	2 of 2

Disability7% of the score 04085 leads · 10-point gap
04085Steep Falls		healthier than 40% · 32% in Maine, 11% in its metro area	1 of 2
96010Big Bar		healthier than 30% · 28% in California	2 of 2

Mental Health8% of the score 96010 leads · 6-point gap
96010Big Bar		healthier than 12% · 5% in California	1 of 2
04085Steep Falls		healthier than 6% · 7% in Maine, 1% in its metro area	2 of 2

Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 04085 leads · 3-point gap
04085Steep Falls		healthier than 21% · 35% in Maine, 9% in its metro area	1 of 2
96010Big Bar		healthier than 18% · 25% in California	2 of 2

Risk Behavior11% of the score 04085 leads · 3-point gap
04085Steep Falls		healthier than 51% · 23% in Maine, 3% in its metro area	1 of 2
96010Big Bar		healthier than 48% · 26% in California	2 of 2

Healthcare Access5% of the score 04085 leads · 2-point gap
04085Steep Falls		healthier than 19% · 24% in Maine, 19% in its metro area	1 of 2
96010Big Bar		healthier than 17% · 11% in California	2 of 2

Chronic Disease Burden21% of the scoretied — no single leader
04085Steep Falls		healthier than 44% · 65% in Maine, 38% in its metro area	=1 of 2
96010Big Bar		healthier than 44% · 17% in California	=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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Steep Falls vs. Big Bar

Steep Falls 04085 · MELEADS45.41

Big Bar 96010 · CA44.44

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

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