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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.

Comparing16686Tyrone, PA17236Mercersburg, PA
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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
Tyrone16686 · PA
Mercersburg17236 · PA
ZipVitals Score49.8550.73 Leads
National rank#16,459of 32,066 US ZIPs#15,221of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rank#888of 1,748 PA ZIPs#800of 1,748 PA ZIPs
Metro rank#4of 14 ZIPs in its metro area#8of 26 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 — 16686: Altoona, PA · 17236: Chambersburg, PA.

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
Healthcare Access5% of the score 16686 leads · 19-point gap
16686Tyronehealthier than 75% · no comparison group in Pennsylvania, no metro comparison group1 of 2
17236Mercersburghealthier than 56% · no comparison group in Pennsylvania, no metro comparison group2 of 2
Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 17236 leads · 14-point gap
17236Mercersburghealthier than 51% · no comparison group in Pennsylvania, no metro comparison group1 of 2
16686Tyronehealthier than 37% · no comparison group in Pennsylvania, no metro comparison group2 of 2
Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the score 16686 leads · 13-point gap
16686Tyronehealthier than 80% · no comparison group in Pennsylvania, no metro comparison group1 of 2
17236Mercersburghealthier than 67% · no comparison group in Pennsylvania, no metro comparison group2 of 2
Environmental Hazard14% of the score 17236 leads · 6-point gap
17236Mercersburghealthier than 17% · no comparison group in Pennsylvania, no metro comparison group1 of 2
16686Tyronehealthier than 11% · no comparison group in Pennsylvania, no metro comparison group2 of 2
Preventive Care13% of the score 16686 leads · 1-point gap
16686TyronePartialhealthier than 65% · no comparison group in Pennsylvania, no metro comparison group1 of 2
17236MercersburgPartialhealthier than 64% · no comparison group in Pennsylvania, no metro comparison group2 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 — 16686 and 17236 cannot be placed here
16686Tyronenot placed — too little of this domain is measured here to compare reliably, though it still counts toward this ZIP’s score
17236Mercersburgnot 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 — 16686 and 17236 cannot be placed here
16686Tyronenot placed — too little of this domain is measured here to compare reliably, though it still counts toward this ZIP’s score
17236Mercersburgnot 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 — 16686 and 17236 cannot be placed here
16686Tyronenot measured in this ZIP at all — left out of its score rather than estimated
17236Mercersburgnot measured in this ZIP at all — left out of its score rather than estimated
Disability7% of the scoreno leader — 16686 and 17236 cannot be placed here
16686Tyronenot measured in this ZIP at all — left out of its score rather than estimated
17236Mercersburgnot 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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Mercersburg vs. Tyrone

Mercersburg 17236 · PALEADS50.73
Tyrone 16686 · PA49.85

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

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