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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.

Comparing04488Stetson, ME24918Ballard, WV
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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
Stetson04488 · ME
Ballard24918 · WV
ZipVitals Score39.57 Leads39.00
National rank#27,035of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads#27,391of 32,066 US ZIPs
State rank#368of 408 ME ZIPs#183of 697 WV ZIPs
Metro rank#33of 45 ZIPs in its metro areaNot 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 — 04488: Bangor, ME · 24918: 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
Healthcare Access5% of the score 24918 leads · 29-point gap
24918Ballardhealthier than 55% · 54% in West Virginia1 of 2
04488Stetsonhealthier than 26% · 34% in Maine, 16% in its metro area2 of 2
Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the score 24918 leads · 19-point gap
24918Ballardhealthier than 72% · 58% in West Virginia1 of 2
04488Stetsonhealthier than 53% · 31% in Maine, 26% in its metro area2 of 2
Risk Behavior11% of the score 04488 leads · 11-point gap
04488Stetsonhealthier than 23% · 5% in Maine, 5% in its metro area1 of 2
24918Ballardhealthier than 12% · 72% in West Virginia2 of 2
Environmental Hazard14% of the score 04488 leads · 8-point gap
04488Stetsonhealthier than 91% · 85% in Maine, 95% in its metro area1 of 2
24918Ballardhealthier than 83% · 73% in West Virginia2 of 2
Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 24918 leads · 4-point gap
24918Ballardhealthier than 16% · 39% in West Virginia1 of 2
04488Stetsonhealthier than 12% · 17% in Maine, 21% in its metro area2 of 2
Preventive Care13% of the score 04488 leads · 3-point gap
04488Stetsonhealthier than 44% · 6% in Maine, 21% in its metro area1 of 2
24918Ballardhealthier than 41% · 35% in West Virginia2 of 2
Mental Health8% of the score 04488 leads · 1-point gap
04488Stetsonhealthier than 5% · 5% in Maine, 37% in its metro area1 of 2
24918Ballardhealthier than 4% · 68% in West Virginia2 of 2
Disability7% of the score 04488 leads · 1-point gap
04488Stetsonhealthier than 24% · 9% in Maine, 0% in its metro area1 of 2
24918Ballardhealthier than 23% · 73% in West Virginia2 of 2
Chronic Disease Burden21% of the scoretied — no single leader
04488Stetsonhealthier than 13% · 15% in Maine, 0% in its metro area=1 of 2
24918Ballardhealthier than 13% · 82% in West Virginia=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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Stetson vs. Ballard

Stetson 04488 · MELEADS39.57
Ballard 24918 · WV39.00

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

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