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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.

Comparing14169Wales Center, NY02813Charlestown, RI2–5 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	Wales Center14169 · NY	Charlestown02813 · RI
ZipVitals ScoreComposite of 9 scoring domains	59.02	61.72 Leads
National rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#5,579of 32,066 US ZIPs	#3,687of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#693of 1,730 NY ZIPs	#32of 77 RI ZIPs
Metro rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#36of 86 ZIPs in its metro area	#38of 112 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	Wales Center14169 · NY	Charlestown02813 · RI
ZipVitals Score	59.02	61.72 Leads
National rank	#5,579of 32,066 US ZIPs	#3,687of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rank	#693of 1,730 NY ZIPs	#32of 77 RI ZIPs
Metro rank	#36of 86 ZIPs in its metro area	#38of 112 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 — 14169: Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY · 02813: Providence-Warwick, RI-MA.

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 14169 leads · 42-point gap
14169Wales Center		healthier than 75% · 78% in New York, 76% in its metro area	1 of 2
02813Charlestown		healthier than 33% · 53% in Rhode Island, 44% in its metro area	2 of 2

Healthcare Access5% of the score 02813 leads · 36-point gap
02813Charlestown		healthier than 47% · 14% in Rhode Island, 10% in its metro area	1 of 2
14169Wales Center		healthier than 11% · 11% in New York, 1% in its metro area	2 of 2

Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 02813 leads · 12-point gap
02813Charlestown		healthier than 86% · 88% in Rhode Island, 90% in its metro area	1 of 2
14169Wales Center		healthier than 74% · 69% in New York, 59% in its metro area	2 of 2

Chronic Disease Burden21% of the score 02813 leads · 6-point gap
02813Charlestown		healthier than 56% · 14% in Rhode Island, 24% in its metro area	1 of 2
14169Wales Center		healthier than 50% · 25% in New York, 27% in its metro area	2 of 2

Risk Behavior11% of the score 02813 leads · 6-point gap
02813Charlestown		healthier than 87% · 91% in Rhode Island, 92% in its metro area	1 of 2
14169Wales Center		healthier than 81% · 80% in New York, 91% in its metro area	2 of 2

Mental Health8% of the score 02813 leads · 4-point gap
02813Charlestown		healthier than 79% · 89% in Rhode Island, 92% in its metro area	1 of 2
14169Wales Center		healthier than 75% · 35% in New York, 60% in its metro area	2 of 2

Disability7% of the score 02813 leads · 3-point gap
02813Charlestown		healthier than 78% · 38% in Rhode Island, 44% in its metro area	1 of 2
14169Wales Center		healthier than 75% · 48% in New York, 49% in its metro area	2 of 2

Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the score 02813 leads · 2-point gap
02813Charlestown		healthier than 29% · 2% in Rhode Island, 7% in its metro area	1 of 2
14169Wales Center		healthier than 27% · 5% in New York, 7% in its metro area	2 of 2

Preventive Care13% of the score 02813 leads · 1-point gap
02813Charlestown		in the top 0.4% · 95% in Rhode Island, 96% in its metro area	1 of 2
14169Wales Center		healthier than 99% · 97% in New York, 95% 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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Charlestown vs. Wales Center

Charlestown 02813 · RILEADS61.72

Wales Center 14169 · NY59.02

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

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