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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.

Comparing05045Fairlee, VT05043East Thetford, 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	Fairlee05045 · VT	East Thetford05043 · VT
ZipVitals ScoreComposite of 9 scoring domains	58.20	63.32 Leads
National rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#6,227of 32,066 US ZIPs	#2,793of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#88of 249 VT ZIPs	#26of 249 VT ZIPs
Metro rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	Not in a 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	Fairlee05045 · VT	East Thetford05043 · VT
ZipVitals Score	58.20	63.32 Leads
National rank	#6,227of 32,066 US ZIPs	#2,793of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rank	#88of 249 VT ZIPs	#26of 249 VT ZIPs
Metro rank	Not in a 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 — 05045: not in a metro area · 05043: 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

Chronic Disease Burden21% of the score 05043 leads · 17-point gap
05043East Thetford		healthier than 79% · 75% in Vermont	1 of 2
05045Fairlee		healthier than 62% · 39% in Vermont	2 of 2

Environmental Hazard14% of the score 05043 leads · 17-point gap
05043East Thetford		healthier than 67% · 16% in Vermont	1 of 2
05045Fairlee		healthier than 50% · 5% in Vermont	2 of 2

Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 05043 leads · 13-point gap
05043East Thetford		healthier than 39% · 62% in Vermont	1 of 2
05045Fairlee		healthier than 26% · 43% in Vermont	2 of 2

Mental Health8% of the score 05043 leads · 11-point gap
05043East Thetford		healthier than 64% · 88% in Vermont	1 of 2
05045Fairlee		healthier than 53% · 67% in Vermont	2 of 2

Disability7% of the score 05043 leads · 11-point gap
05043East Thetford		healthier than 92% · 89% in Vermont	1 of 2
05045Fairlee		healthier than 81% · 63% in Vermont	2 of 2

Healthcare Access5% of the score 05043 leads · 7-point gap
05043East Thetford		healthier than 56% · 71% in Vermont	1 of 2
05045Fairlee		healthier than 49% · 66% in Vermont	2 of 2

Preventive Care13% of the score 05043 leads · 6-point gap
05043East Thetford		healthier than 85% · 70% in Vermont	1 of 2
05045Fairlee		healthier than 79% · 56% in Vermont	2 of 2

Risk Behavior11% of the score 05043 leads · 2-point gap
05043East Thetford		healthier than 97% · 80% in Vermont	1 of 2
05045Fairlee		healthier than 95% · 70% in Vermont	2 of 2

Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the scoretied — no single leader
05045FairleePartial		healthier than 97% · 93% in Vermont	=1 of 2
05043East ThetfordPartial		healthier than 97% · 90% 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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East Thetford vs. Fairlee

East Thetford 05043 · VTLEADS63.32

Fairlee 05045 · VT58.20

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

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