Skip to main content
ZipVitals

Menu

Insights & Rankings Compare

Compare ZIP codes side by side

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.

Comparing18071Palmerton, PA15478Smithfield, PA
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
Palmerton18071 · PA
Smithfield15478 · PA
ZipVitals Score46.8947.46 Leads
National rank#20,296of 32,066 US ZIPs#19,592of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rank#1,190of 1,748 PA ZIPs#1,140of 1,748 PA ZIPs
Metro rank#66of 74 ZIPs in its metro area#267of 376 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 — 18071: Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ · 15478: Pittsburgh, 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 15478 leads · 20-point gap
15478Smithfieldhealthier than 62% · no comparison group in Pennsylvania, no metro comparison group1 of 2
18071Palmertonhealthier than 42% · no comparison group in Pennsylvania, 14% in its metro area2 of 2
Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 15478 leads · 4-point gap
15478Smithfieldhealthier than 20% · no comparison group in Pennsylvania, no metro comparison group1 of 2
18071Palmertonhealthier than 16% · no comparison group in Pennsylvania, 0% in its metro area2 of 2
Environmental Hazard14% of the score 15478 leads · 2-point gap
15478Smithfieldhealthier than 13% · no comparison group in Pennsylvania, no metro comparison group1 of 2
18071Palmertonhealthier than 11% · no comparison group in Pennsylvania, 4% in its metro area2 of 2
Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the score 15478 leads · 2-point gap
15478Smithfieldhealthier than 77% · no comparison group in Pennsylvania, no metro comparison group1 of 2
18071Palmertonhealthier than 75% · no comparison group in Pennsylvania, 74% in its metro area2 of 2
Preventive Care13% of the scoretied — no single leader
18071PalmertonPartialhealthier than 58% · no comparison group in Pennsylvania, 4% in its metro area=1 of 2
15478SmithfieldPartialhealthier than 58% · no comparison group in Pennsylvania, no metro comparison group=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 — 18071 and 15478 cannot be placed here
18071Palmertonnot placed — too little of this domain is measured here to compare reliably, though it still counts toward this ZIP’s score
15478Smithfieldnot 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 — 18071 and 15478 cannot be placed here
18071Palmertonnot placed — too little of this domain is measured here to compare reliably, though it still counts toward this ZIP’s score
15478Smithfieldnot 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 — 18071 and 15478 cannot be placed here
18071Palmertonnot measured in this ZIP at all — left out of its score rather than estimated
15478Smithfieldnot measured in this ZIP at all — left out of its score rather than estimated
Disability7% of the scoreno leader — 18071 and 15478 cannot be placed here
18071Palmertonnot measured in this ZIP at all — left out of its score rather than estimated
15478Smithfieldnot 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.

Share this comparison

This comparison has its own permalink and an auto-generated preview card — the image that unfurls when you paste the link into a message, post, or story.

ZipVitalsZipVitals Score · compare

Smithfield vs. Palmerton

Smithfield 15478 · PALEADS47.46
Palmerton 18071 · PA46.89

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

Preview of the auto-generated share card · ZipVitals Score, 0–100