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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.

Comparing04971Saint Albans, ME04939Garland, ME2–5 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	Saint Albans04971 · ME	Garland04939 · ME
ZipVitals ScoreComposite of 9 scoring domains	43.31 Leads	42.74
National rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#24,094of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads	#24,604of 32,066 US ZIPs
State rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#320of 408 ME ZIPs	#327of 408 ME ZIPs
Metro rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	Not in a metro area	#25of 45 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	Saint Albans04971 · ME	Garland04939 · ME
ZipVitals Score	43.31 Leads	42.74
National rank	#24,094of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads	#24,604of 32,066 US ZIPs
State rank	#320of 408 ME ZIPs	#327of 408 ME ZIPs
Metro rank	Not in a metro area	#25of 45 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 — 04971: not in a metro area · 04939: Bangor, ME.

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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Healthcare Access5% of the score 04971 leads · 18-point gap
04971Saint Albans		healthier than 64% · 88% in Maine	1 of 2
04939Garland		healthier than 46% · 67% in Maine, 43% in its metro area	2 of 2

Environmental Hazard14% of the score 04939 leads · 8-point gap
04939Garland		healthier than 92% · 86% in Maine, 99% in its metro area	1 of 2
04971Saint Albans		healthier than 84% · 76% in Maine	2 of 2

Preventive Care13% of the score 04939 leads · 7-point gap
04939Garland		healthier than 72% · 35% in Maine, 69% in its metro area	1 of 2
04971Saint Albans		healthier than 65% · 25% in Maine	2 of 2

Chronic Disease Burden21% of the score 04971 leads · 5-point gap
04971Saint Albans		healthier than 16% · 18% in Maine	1 of 2
04939Garland		healthier than 11% · 12% in Maine, 0% in its metro area	2 of 2

Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 04971 leads · 2-point gap
04971Saint Albans		healthier than 9% · 12% in Maine	1 of 2
04939Garland		healthier than 7% · 8% in Maine, 0% in its metro area	2 of 2

Mental Health8% of the score 04939 leads · 2-point gap
04939Garland		healthier than 10% · 16% in Maine, 75% in its metro area	1 of 2
04971Saint Albans		healthier than 8% · 14% in Maine	2 of 2

Risk Behavior11% of the score 04939 leads · 1-point gap
04939Garland		healthier than 38% · 14% in Maine, 26% in its metro area	1 of 2
04971Saint Albans		healthier than 37% · 13% in Maine	2 of 2

Disability7% of the scoretied — no single leader
04971Saint Albans		healthier than 26% · 13% in Maine	=1 of 2
04939Garland		healthier than 26% · 12% in Maine, 11% in its metro area	=1 of 2

Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the scoretied — no single leader
04971Saint AlbansPartial		healthier than 99% · 100% in Maine	=1 of 2
04939GarlandPartial		healthier than 99% · 100% in Maine, 100% 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. 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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Saint Albans vs. Garland

Saint Albans 04971 · MELEADS43.31

Garland 04939 · ME42.74

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

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