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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.

Comparing14217Buffalo, NY14482Le Roy, 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	Buffalo14217 · NY	Le Roy14482 · NY
ZipVitals ScoreComposite of 9 scoring domains	61.37 Leads	59.32
National rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#3,888of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads	#5,342of 32,066 US ZIPs
State rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#502of 1,730 NY ZIPs	#662of 1,730 NY ZIPs
Metro rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#23of 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	Buffalo14217 · NY	Le Roy14482 · NY
ZipVitals Score	61.37 Leads	59.32
National rank	#3,888of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads	#5,342of 32,066 US ZIPs
State rank	#502of 1,730 NY ZIPs	#662of 1,730 NY ZIPs
Metro rank	#23of 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 — 14217: Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY · 14482: 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

all 2 ZIPs can be placed on these 9 domains

Healthcare Access5% of the score 14217 leads · 39-point gap
14217Buffalo		healthier than 83% · 78% in New York, 75% in its metro area	1 of 2
14482Le Roy		healthier than 44% · 35% in New York	2 of 2

Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 14217 leads · 15-point gap
14217Buffalo		healthier than 77% · 71% in New York, 65% in its metro area	1 of 2
14482Le Roy		healthier than 62% · 56% in New York	2 of 2

Environmental Hazard14% of the score 14482 leads · 8-point gap
14482Le Roy		healthier than 54% · 46% in New York	1 of 2
14217Buffalo		healthier than 46% · 36% in New York, 25% in its metro area	2 of 2

Chronic Disease Burden21% of the score 14217 leads · 5-point gap
14217Buffalo		healthier than 75% · 56% in New York, 76% in its metro area	1 of 2
14482Le Roy		healthier than 70% · 48% in New York	2 of 2

Disability7% of the score 14217 leads · 5-point gap
14217Buffalo		healthier than 85% · 65% in New York, 67% in its metro area	1 of 2
14482Le Roy		healthier than 80% · 54% in New York	2 of 2

Preventive Care13% of the score 14217 leads · 3-point gap
14217Buffalo		healthier than 93% · 71% in New York, 60% in its metro area	1 of 2
14482Le Roy		healthier than 90% · 61% in New York	2 of 2

Mental Health8% of the score 14217 leads · 2-point gap
14217Buffalo		healthier than 73% · 31% in New York, 52% in its metro area	1 of 2
14482Le Roy		healthier than 71% · 29% in New York	2 of 2

Risk Behavior11% of the score 14482 leads · 1-point gap
14482Le Roy		healthier than 62% · 53% in New York	1 of 2
14217Buffalo		healthier than 61% · 51% in New York, 64% in its metro area	2 of 2

Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the score 14482 leads · 1-point gap
14482Le RoyPartial		healthier than 93% · 88% in New York	1 of 2
14217Buffalo		healthier than 92% · 88% in New York, 69% 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. 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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Buffalo vs. Le Roy

Buffalo 14217 · NYLEADS61.37

Le Roy 14482 · NY59.32

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

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