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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.

Comparing19106Philadelphia, PA02110Boston, MA
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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
Philadelphia19106 · PA
Boston02110 · MA
ZipVitals Score69.7469.87 Leads
National rank#633of 32,066 US ZIPs#614of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rank#25of 1,748 PA ZIPs#42of 527 MA ZIPs
Metro rank#24of 361 ZIPs in its metro area#41of 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 — 19106: Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD · 02110: 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
Environmental Hazard14% of the score 02110 leads · 9-point gap
02110Bostonhealthier than 12% · 12% in Massachusetts, 12% in its metro area1 of 2
19106Philadelphiahealthier than 3% · no comparison group in Pennsylvania, 1% in its metro area2 of 2
Healthcare Access5% of the score 02110 leads · 6-point gap
02110Bostonhealthier than 92% · 92% in Massachusetts, 92% in its metro area1 of 2
19106Philadelphiahealthier than 86% · no comparison group in Pennsylvania, 89% in its metro area2 of 2
Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 02110 leads · 3-point gap
02110Bostonin the top 0.3% · 100% in Massachusetts, 100% in its metro area1 of 2
19106Philadelphiahealthier than 97% · no comparison group in Pennsylvania, 93% in its metro area2 of 2
Preventive Care13% of the score 19106 leads · 1-point gap
19106PhiladelphiaPartialin the top 0.2% · no comparison group in Pennsylvania, 100% in its metro area1 of 2
02110Bostonin the top 1.0% · 83% in Massachusetts, 88% in its metro area2 of 2
Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the scoretied — no single leader
19106Philadelphiahealthier than 12% · no comparison group in Pennsylvania, 4% in its metro area=1 of 2
02110Bostonhealthier than 12% · 2% in Massachusetts, 2% 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 — 19106 cannot be placed here
02110Bostonhealthier than 91% · 85% in Massachusetts, 80% in its metro area1 of 1
19106Philadelphianot 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 — 19106 cannot be placed here
02110Bostonhealthier than 95% · 81% in Massachusetts, 78% in its metro area1 of 1
19106Philadelphianot 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 — 19106 cannot be placed here
02110Bostonhealthier than 89% · 94% in Massachusetts, 93% in its metro area1 of 1
19106Philadelphianot measured in this ZIP at all — left out of its score rather than estimated
Disability7% of the scoreno leader — 19106 cannot be placed here
02110Bostonhealthier than 97% · 89% in Massachusetts, 85% in its metro area1 of 1
19106Philadelphianot 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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Boston vs. Philadelphia

Boston 02110 · MALEADS69.87
Philadelphia 19106 · PA69.74

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

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