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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.

Comparing06426Essex, CT03854New Castle, NH
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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
Essex06426 · CT
New Castle03854 · NH
ZipVitals Score68.27 Leads65.71
National rank#954of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads#1,735of 32,066 US ZIPs
State rank#36of 277 CT ZIPs#16of 243 NH ZIPs
Metro rank#9of 95 ZIPs in its metro area#100of 281 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 — 06426: Hartford-East Hartford-Middletown, CT · 03854: Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH.

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 03854 leads · 12-point gap
03854New Castlehealthier than 64% · 77% in New Hampshire, 48% in its metro area1 of 2
06426Essexhealthier than 52% · 16% in Connecticut, 25% in its metro area2 of 2
Environmental Hazard14% of the score 06426 leads · 9-point gap
06426Essexhealthier than 46% · 67% in Connecticut, 77% in its metro area1 of 2
03854New Castlehealthier than 37% · 22% in New Hampshire, 63% in its metro area2 of 2
Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the score 06426 leads · 7-point gap
06426Essexhealthier than 27% · 1% in Connecticut, 1% in its metro area1 of 2
03854New Castlehealthier than 20% · 1% in New Hampshire, 5% in its metro area2 of 2
Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 06426 leads · 4-point gap
06426Essexhealthier than 98% · 99% in Connecticut, 99% in its metro area1 of 2
03854New Castlehealthier than 94% · 97% in New Hampshire, 81% in its metro area2 of 2
Disability7% of the score 06426 leads · 3-point gap
06426Essexhealthier than 89% · 54% in Connecticut, 48% in its metro area1 of 2
03854New Castlehealthier than 86% · 74% in New Hampshire, 42% in its metro area2 of 2
Mental Health8% of the score 06426 leads · 2-point gap
06426Essexhealthier than 98% · 96% in Connecticut, 100% in its metro area1 of 2
03854New Castlehealthier than 96% · 100% in New Hampshire, 99% in its metro area2 of 2
Chronic Disease Burden21% of the score 03854 leads · 1-point gap
03854New Castlehealthier than 48% · 20% in New Hampshire, 4% in its metro area1 of 2
06426Essexhealthier than 47% · 8% in Connecticut, 12% in its metro area2 of 2
Preventive Care13% of the score 06426 leads · 1-point gap
06426Essexin the top 0.08% · 100% in Connecticut, 100% in its metro area1 of 2
03854New Castlein the top 0.6% · 100% in New Hampshire, 93% in its metro area2 of 2
Risk Behavior11% of the scoretied — no single leader
06426Essexin the top 0.6% · 100% in Connecticut, 100% in its metro area=1 of 2
03854New Castlein the top 0.6% · 100% in New Hampshire, 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. 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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Essex vs. New Castle

Essex 06426 · CTLEADS68.27
New Castle 03854 · NH65.71

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

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