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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.

Comparing08226Ocean City, NJ31561Sea Island, GA2–5 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	Ocean City08226 · NJ	Sea Island31561 · GA
ZipVitals ScoreComposite of 9 scoring domains	63.33	64.80 Leads
National rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#2,788of 32,066 US ZIPs	#2,081of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#294of 583 NJ ZIPs	#39of 711 GA ZIPs
Metro rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#14of 40 ZIPs in its metro area	#1of 13 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	Ocean City08226 · NJ	Sea Island31561 · GA
ZipVitals Score	63.33	64.80 Leads
National rank	#2,788of 32,066 US ZIPs	#2,081of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rank	#294of 583 NJ ZIPs	#39of 711 GA ZIPs
Metro rank	#14of 40 ZIPs in its metro area	#1of 13 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 — 08226: Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ · 31561: Brunswick-St. Simons, GA.

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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Chronic Disease Burden21% of the score 08226 leads · 18-point gap
08226Ocean City		healthier than 50% · 5% in New Jersey, 10% in its metro area	1 of 2
31561Sea Island		healthier than 32% · 42% in Georgia, 55% in its metro area	2 of 2

Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 31561 leads · 6-point gap
31561Sea Island		healthier than 96% · 96% in Georgia, 91% in its metro area	1 of 2
08226Ocean City		healthier than 90% · 57% in New Jersey, 75% in its metro area	2 of 2

Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the score 08226 leads · 5-point gap
08226Ocean City		healthier than 7% · 5% in New Jersey, 20% in its metro area	1 of 2
31561Sea Island		healthier than 2% · 2% in Georgia, 27% in its metro area	2 of 2

Preventive Care13% of the score 31561 leads · 4-point gap
31561Sea Island		in the top 0.3% · 100% in Georgia, 91% in its metro area	1 of 2
08226Ocean City		healthier than 96% · 96% in New Jersey, 85% in its metro area	2 of 2

Risk Behavior11% of the score 31561 leads · 3-point gap
31561Sea Island		healthier than 99% · 100% in Georgia, 100% in its metro area	1 of 2
08226Ocean City		healthier than 96% · 95% in New Jersey, 85% in its metro area	2 of 2

Healthcare Access5% of the score 08226 leads · 3-point gap
08226Ocean City		healthier than 44% · 17% in New Jersey, 55% in its metro area	1 of 2
31561Sea Island		healthier than 41% · 28% in Georgia, 9% in its metro area	2 of 2

Mental Health8% of the score 31561 leads · 2-point gap
31561Sea Island		in the top 0.9% · 100% in Georgia, 100% in its metro area	1 of 2
08226Ocean City		healthier than 97% · 66% in New Jersey, 85% in its metro area	2 of 2

Disability7% of the score 08226 leads · 1-point gap
08226Ocean City		healthier than 82% · 34% in New Jersey, 65% in its metro area	1 of 2
31561Sea Island		healthier than 81% · 88% in Georgia, 91% in its metro area	2 of 2

Environmental Hazard14% of the scoretied — no single leader
08226Ocean City		healthier than 98% · 100% in New Jersey, 100% in its metro area	=1 of 2
31561Sea Island		healthier than 98% · 100% in Georgia, 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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Sea Island vs. Ocean City

Sea Island 31561 · GALEADS64.80

Ocean City 08226 · NJ63.33

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

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