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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.

Comparing14207Buffalo, NY12751Kiamesha Lake, NY2–5 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	Buffalo14207 · NY	Kiamesha Lake12751 · NY
ZipVitals ScoreComposite of 9 scoring domains	39.47	41.97 Leads
National rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#27,100of 32,066 US ZIPs	#25,237of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#1,708of 1,730 NY ZIPs	#1,685of 1,730 NY ZIPs
Metro rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#81of 86 ZIPs in its metro area	Not in a 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	Buffalo14207 · NY	Kiamesha Lake12751 · NY
ZipVitals Score	39.47	41.97 Leads
National rank	#27,100of 32,066 US ZIPs	#25,237of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rank	#1,708of 1,730 NY ZIPs	#1,685of 1,730 NY ZIPs
Metro rank	#81of 86 ZIPs in its metro area	Not in a metro area

ZipVitals Score — Composite of 9 scoring domainsNational rank, State rank and Metro rank — Among ZIPs with a computed score

Metro areas — 14207: Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY · 12751: not in a metro area.

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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Environmental Hazard14% of the score 12751 leads · 41-point gap
12751Kiamesha Lake		healthier than 88% · 94% in New York	1 of 2
14207Buffalo		healthier than 47% · 37% in New York, 27% in its metro area	2 of 2

Healthcare Access5% of the score 14207 leads · 38-point gap
14207Buffalo		healthier than 84% · 79% in New York, 77% in its metro area	1 of 2
12751Kiamesha Lake		healthier than 46% · 36% in New York	2 of 2

Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the score 14207 leads · 18-point gap
14207Buffalo		healthier than 85% · 60% in New York, 45% in its metro area	1 of 2
12751Kiamesha Lake		healthier than 67% · 30% in New York	2 of 2

Disability7% of the score 12751 leads · 8-point gap
12751Kiamesha Lake		healthier than 25% · 5% in New York	1 of 2
14207Buffalo		healthier than 17% · 3% in New York, 8% in its metro area	2 of 2

Preventive Care13% of the score 12751 leads · 7-point gap
12751Kiamesha Lake		healthier than 19% · 5% in New York	1 of 2
14207Buffalo		healthier than 12% · 3% in New York, 1% in its metro area	2 of 2

Mental Health8% of the score 12751 leads · 5-point gap
12751Kiamesha Lake		healthier than 33% · 4% in New York	1 of 2
14207Buffalo		healthier than 28% · 3% in New York, 4% in its metro area	2 of 2

Risk Behavior11% of the score 12751 leads · 4-point gap
12751Kiamesha Lake		healthier than 6% · 4% in New York	1 of 2
14207Buffalo		healthier than 2% · 1% in New York, 5% in its metro area	2 of 2

Chronic Disease Burden21% of the score 14207 leads · 3-point gap
14207Buffalo		healthier than 42% · 16% in New York, 19% in its metro area	1 of 2
12751Kiamesha Lake		healthier than 39% · 14% in New York	2 of 2

Social Need / SDOH16% of the scoretied — no single leader
14207Buffalo		healthier than 3% · 3% in New York, 4% in its metro area	=1 of 2
12751Kiamesha Lake		healthier than 3% · 3% in New York	=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. Not every ZIP sits in a metro area — those show a state figure only. 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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Kiamesha Lake vs. Buffalo

Kiamesha Lake 12751 · NYLEADS41.97

Buffalo 14207 · NY39.47

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

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