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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.

Comparing08876Somerville, NJ08904Highland Park, NJ2–5 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	Somerville08876 · NJ	Highland Park08904 · NJ
ZipVitals ScoreComposite of 9 scoring domains	67.47	68.17 Leads
National rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#1,145of 32,066 US ZIPs	#981of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#188of 583 NJ ZIPs	#174of 583 NJ ZIPs
Metro rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#313of 853 ZIPs in its metro area	#281of 853 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	Somerville08876 · NJ	Highland Park08904 · NJ
ZipVitals Score	67.47	68.17 Leads
National rank	#1,145of 32,066 US ZIPs	#981of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rank	#188of 583 NJ ZIPs	#174of 583 NJ ZIPs
Metro rank	#313of 853 ZIPs in its metro area	#281of 853 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 — 08876: New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ · 08904: New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-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 9 domains

Healthcare Access5% of the score 08876 leads · 14-point gap
08876Somerville		healthier than 93% · 95% in New Jersey, 92% in its metro area	1 of 2
08904Highland Park		healthier than 79% · 79% in New Jersey, 64% in its metro area	2 of 2

Risk Behavior11% of the score 08876 leads · 3-point gap
08876Somerville		healthier than 85% · 67% in New Jersey, 68% in its metro area	1 of 2
08904Highland Park		healthier than 82% · 60% in New Jersey, 62% in its metro area	2 of 2

Chronic Disease Burden21% of the score 08904 leads · 2-point gap
08904Highland Park		healthier than 96% · 92% in New Jersey, 88% in its metro area	1 of 2
08876Somerville		healthier than 94% · 85% in New Jersey, 83% in its metro area	2 of 2

Preventive Care13% of the score 08904 leads · 2-point gap
08904Highland Park		healthier than 64% · 42% in New Jersey, 33% in its metro area	1 of 2
08876Somerville		healthier than 62% · 41% in New Jersey, 32% in its metro area	2 of 2

Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 08876 leads · 1-point gap
08876Somerville		healthier than 96% · 76% in New Jersey, 81% in its metro area	1 of 2
08904Highland Park		healthier than 95% · 70% in New Jersey, 75% in its metro area	2 of 2

Environmental Hazard14% of the score 08876 leads · 1-point gap
08876Somerville		healthier than 13% · 20% in New Jersey, 16% in its metro area	1 of 2
08904Highland Park		healthier than 12% · 19% in New Jersey, 14% in its metro area	2 of 2

Mental Health8% of the score 08904 leads · 1-point gap
08904Highland Park		healthier than 98% · 75% in New Jersey, 71% in its metro area	1 of 2
08876Somerville		healthier than 97% · 63% in New Jersey, 56% in its metro area	2 of 2

Disability7% of the score 08904 leads · 1-point gap
08904Highland Park		healthier than 97% · 81% in New Jersey, 78% in its metro area	1 of 2
08876Somerville		healthier than 96% · 76% in New Jersey, 74% in its metro area	2 of 2

Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the score 08876 leads · 1-point gap
08876Somerville		healthier than 47% · 35% in New Jersey, 27% in its metro area	1 of 2
08904Highland Park		healthier than 46% · 33% in New Jersey, 26% in its metro area	2 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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Highland Park vs. Somerville

Highland Park 08904 · NJLEADS68.17

Somerville 08876 · NJ67.47

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

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