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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.

Comparing15243Pittsburgh, PA02421Lexington, MA
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
Pittsburgh15243 · PA
Lexington02421 · MA
ZipVitals Score67.3174.06 Leads
National rank#1,190of 32,066 US ZIPs#88of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rank#52of 1,748 PA ZIPs#3of 527 MA ZIPs
Metro rank#12of 376 ZIPs in its metro area#3of 281 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 — 15243: Pittsburgh, PA · 02421: Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH.

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 5 domains
Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 02421 leads · 13-point gap
02421Lexingtonhealthier than 98% · 96% in Massachusetts, 94% in its metro area1 of 2
15243Pittsburghhealthier than 85% · no comparison group in Pennsylvania, no metro comparison group2 of 2
Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the score 15243 leads · 11-point gap
15243PittsburghPartialhealthier than 73% · no comparison group in Pennsylvania, no metro comparison group1 of 2
02421Lexingtonhealthier than 62% · 54% in Massachusetts, 56% in its metro area2 of 2
Environmental Hazard14% of the score 02421 leads · 6-point gap
02421Lexingtonhealthier than 25% · 35% in Massachusetts, 35% in its metro area1 of 2
15243Pittsburghhealthier than 19% · no comparison group in Pennsylvania, no metro comparison group2 of 2
Healthcare Access5% of the score 02421 leads · 1-point gap
02421Lexingtonhealthier than 61% · 41% in Massachusetts, 45% in its metro area1 of 2
15243Pittsburghhealthier than 60% · no comparison group in Pennsylvania, no metro comparison group2 of 2
Preventive Care13% of the scoretied — no single leader
15243PittsburghPartialhealthier than 99% · no comparison group in Pennsylvania, no metro comparison group=1 of 2
02421Lexingtonin the top 0.7% · 87% in Massachusetts, 92% in its metro area=1 of 2

Not every ZIP can be placed here

no leader and no gap — ordered by weight instead
Chronic Disease Burden21% of the scoreno leader — 15243 cannot be placed here
02421Lexingtonhealthier than 90% · 83% in Massachusetts, 77% in its metro area1 of 1
15243Pittsburghnot placed — too little of this domain is measured here to compare reliably, though it still counts toward this ZIP’s score
Risk Behavior11% of the scoreno leader — 15243 cannot be placed here
02421Lexingtonin the top 0.5% · 100% in Massachusetts, 100% in its metro area1 of 1
15243Pittsburghnot placed — too little of this domain is measured here to compare reliably, though it still counts toward this ZIP’s score
Mental Health8% of the scoreno leader — 15243 cannot be placed here
02421Lexingtonhealthier than 97% · 100% in Massachusetts, 100% in its metro area1 of 1
15243Pittsburghnot measured in this ZIP at all — left out of its score rather than estimated
Disability7% of the scoreno leader — 15243 cannot be placed here
02421Lexingtonhealthier than 98% · 94% in Massachusetts, 92% in its metro area1 of 1
15243Pittsburghnot measured in this ZIP at all — left out of its score rather than estimated

“Of the score” is the domain’s weight in the ZipVitals Score — a property of the score itself, the same on every ZIP. Where a ZIP has no measurement for a domain, that domain drops out of its score and the remaining weights scale up, so its own mix differs slightly from the weights shown here; each ZIP’s own page carries its exact shares. 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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Lexington vs. Pittsburgh

Lexington 02421 · MALEADS74.06
Pittsburgh 15243 · PA67.31

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

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