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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.

Comparing08242Rio Grande, NJ08260North Wildwood, NJ
2–5 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
Rio Grande08242 · NJ
North Wildwood08260 · NJ
ZipVitals Score56.63 Leads56.57
National rank#7,618of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads#7,689of 32,066 US ZIPs
State rank#439of 583 NJ ZIPs#441of 583 NJ ZIPs
Metro rank#27of 40 ZIPs in its metro area#28of 40 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 — 08242: Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ · 08260: Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ.

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 8 domains
Environmental Hazard14% of the score 08260 leads · 25-point gap
08260North Wildwoodhealthier than 97% · 99% in New Jersey, 91% in its metro area1 of 2
08242Rio Grandehealthier than 72% · 90% in New Jersey, 22% in its metro area2 of 2
Healthcare Access5% of the score 08260 leads · 21-point gap
08260North Wildwoodhealthier than 75% · 72% in New Jersey, 96% in its metro area1 of 2
08242Rio Grandehealthier than 54% · 32% in New Jersey, 72% in its metro area2 of 2
Chronic Disease Burden21% of the score 08242 leads · 10-point gap
08242Rio Grandehealthier than 45% · 3% in New Jersey, 5% in its metro area1 of 2
08260North Wildwoodhealthier than 35% · 2% in New Jersey, 1% in its metro area2 of 2
Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 08242 leads · 10-point gap
08242Rio Grandehealthier than 79% · 39% in New Jersey, 61% in its metro area1 of 2
08260North Wildwoodhealthier than 69% · 30% in New Jersey, 56% in its metro area2 of 2
Preventive Care13% of the score 08260 leads · 10-point gap
08260North Wildwoodhealthier than 69% · 47% in New Jersey, 57% in its metro area1 of 2
08242Rio Grandehealthier than 59% · 38% in New Jersey, 33% in its metro area2 of 2
Disability7% of the score 08242 leads · 8-point gap
08242Rio Grandehealthier than 61% · 14% in New Jersey, 3% in its metro area1 of 2
08260North Wildwoodhealthier than 53% · 11% in New Jersey, 0% in its metro area2 of 2
Risk Behavior11% of the score 08260 leads · 2-point gap
08260North Wildwoodhealthier than 73% · 48% in New Jersey, 63% in its metro area1 of 2
08242Rio Grandehealthier than 71% · 46% in New Jersey, 60% in its metro area2 of 2
Mental Health8% of the score 08260 leads · 2-point gap
08260North Wildwoodhealthier than 88% · 28% in New Jersey, 48% in its metro area1 of 2
08242Rio Grandehealthier than 86% · 24% in New Jersey, 31% in its metro area2 of 2

Not every ZIP can be placed here

no leader and no gap — ordered by weight instead
Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the scoreno leader — 08242 and 08260 cannot be placed here
08242Rio Grandenot placed — too little of this domain is measured here to compare reliably, though it still counts toward this ZIP’s score
08260North Wildwoodnot placed — too little of this domain is measured here to compare reliably, though it still counts toward this ZIP’s score

“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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Rio Grande vs. North Wildwood

Rio Grande 08242 · NJLEADS56.63
North Wildwood 08260 · NJ56.57

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

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