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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.

Comparing20020Washington, DC10039New York, 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	Washington20020 · DC	New York10039 · NY
ZipVitals ScoreComposite of 9 scoring domains	47.31 Leads	43.86
National rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#19,781of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads	#23,552of 32,066 US ZIPs
State rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#24of 28 DC ZIPs	#1,664of 1,730 NY ZIPs
Metro rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#296of 308 ZIPs in its metro area	#824of 853 ZIPs in its 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	Washington20020 · DC	New York10039 · NY
ZipVitals Score	47.31 Leads	43.86
National rank	#19,781of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads	#23,552of 32,066 US ZIPs
State rank	#24of 28 DC ZIPs	#1,664of 1,730 NY ZIPs
Metro rank	#296of 308 ZIPs in its metro area	#824of 853 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 — 20020: Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV · 10039: New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ.

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

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Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 20020 leads · 12-point gap
20020Washington		healthier than 29% · 19% in District of Columbia, 6% in its metro area	1 of 2
10039New York		healthier than 17% · 15% in New York, 14% in its metro area	2 of 2

Preventive Care13% of the score 20020 leads · 12-point gap
20020Washington		healthier than 47% · 44% in District of Columbia, 20% in its metro area	1 of 2
10039New York		healthier than 35% · 10% in New York, 16% in its metro area	2 of 2

Risk Behavior11% of the score 20020 leads · 12-point gap
20020Washington		healthier than 17% · 11% in District of Columbia, 2% in its metro area	1 of 2
10039New York		healthier than 5% · 3% in New York, 2% in its metro area	2 of 2

Disability7% of the score 20020 leads · 11-point gap
20020Washington		healthier than 23% · 15% in District of Columbia, 1% in its metro area	1 of 2
10039New York		healthier than 12% · 2% in New York, 2% in its metro area	2 of 2

Mental Health8% of the score 20020 leads · 6-point gap
20020Washington		healthier than 52% · 19% in District of Columbia, 14% in its metro area	1 of 2
10039New York		healthier than 46% · 9% in New York, 0% in its metro area	2 of 2

Healthcare Access5% of the score 20020 leads · 2-point gap
20020Washington		healthier than 92% · 74% in District of Columbia, 93% in its metro area	1 of 2
10039New York		healthier than 90% · 90% in New York, 87% in its metro area	2 of 2

Chronic Disease Burden21% of the score 10039 leads · 1-point gap
10039New York		healthier than 49% · 23% in New York, 3% in its metro area	1 of 2
20020Washington		healthier than 48% · 4% in District of Columbia, 14% in its metro area	2 of 2

Environmental Hazard14% of the score 20020 leads · 1-point gap
20020Washington		healthier than 25% · 74% in District of Columbia, 14% in its metro area	1 of 2
10039New York		healthier than 24% · 14% in New York, 34% in its metro area	2 of 2

Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the scoretied — no single leader
20020Washington		healthier than 57% · 48% in District of Columbia, 62% in its metro area	=1 of 2
10039New York		healthier than 57% · 21% in New York, 35% in its metro area	=1 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. 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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Washington vs. New York

Washington 20020 · DCLEADS47.31

New York 10039 · NY43.86

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

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