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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.

Comparing06076Stafford Springs, CT49085St. Joseph, MI2–5 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	Stafford Springs06076 · CT	St. Joseph49085 · MI
ZipVitals ScoreComposite of 9 scoring domains	60.70	61.56 Leads
National rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#4,323of 32,066 US ZIPs	#3,775of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#162of 277 CT ZIPs	#91of 973 MI ZIPs
Metro rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#58of 95 ZIPs in its metro area	#1of 23 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	Stafford Springs06076 · CT	St. Joseph49085 · MI
ZipVitals Score	60.70	61.56 Leads
National rank	#4,323of 32,066 US ZIPs	#3,775of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rank	#162of 277 CT ZIPs	#91of 973 MI ZIPs
Metro rank	#58of 95 ZIPs in its metro area	#1of 23 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 — 06076: Hartford-East Hartford-Middletown, CT · 49085: Niles, MI.

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 06076 leads · 29-point gap
06076Stafford Springs		healthier than 56% · 84% in Connecticut, 93% in its metro area	1 of 2
49085St. Joseph		healthier than 27% · 16% in Michigan, 5% in its metro area	2 of 2

Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 49085 leads · 18-point gap
49085St. Joseph		healthier than 90% · 92% in Michigan, 99% in its metro area	1 of 2
06076Stafford Springs		healthier than 72% · 46% in Connecticut, 35% in its metro area	2 of 2

Healthcare Access5% of the score 06076 leads · 16-point gap
06076Stafford Springs		in the top 0.00% · 100% in Connecticut, 100% in its metro area	1 of 2
49085St. Joseph		healthier than 84% · 86% in Michigan, 99% in its metro area	2 of 2

Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the score 06076 leads · 7-point gap
06076Stafford SpringsPartial		healthier than 94% · 100% in Connecticut, 100% in its metro area	1 of 2
49085St. JosephPartial		healthier than 87% · 59% in Michigan, 84% in its metro area	2 of 2

Mental Health8% of the score 49085 leads · 5-point gap
49085St. Joseph		healthier than 61% · 91% in Michigan, 91% in its metro area	1 of 2
06076Stafford Springs		healthier than 56% · 27% in Connecticut, 25% in its metro area	2 of 2

Preventive Care13% of the score 49085 leads · 4-point gap
49085St. Joseph		healthier than 95% · 92% in Michigan, 90% in its metro area	1 of 2
06076Stafford Springs		healthier than 91% · 39% in Connecticut, 25% in its metro area	2 of 2

Risk Behavior11% of the score 49085 leads · 4-point gap
49085St. Joseph		healthier than 83% · 84% in Michigan, 95% in its metro area	1 of 2
06076Stafford Springs		healthier than 79% · 46% in Connecticut, 40% in its metro area	2 of 2

Chronic Disease Burden21% of the score 06076 leads · 3-point gap
06076Stafford Springs		healthier than 71% · 46% in Connecticut, 51% in its metro area	1 of 2
49085St. Joseph		healthier than 68% · 79% in Michigan, 94% in its metro area	2 of 2

Disability7% of the scoretied — no single leader
06076Stafford Springs		healthier than 84% · 41% in Connecticut, 30% in its metro area	=1 of 2
49085St. Joseph		healthier than 84% · 87% in Michigan, 97% 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. 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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St. Joseph vs. Stafford Springs

St. Joseph 49085 · MILEADS61.56

Stafford Springs 06076 · CT60.70

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

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