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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.

Comparing20686Saint Marys City, MD35229Homewood, AL2–5 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	Saint Marys City20686 · MD	Homewood35229 · AL
ZipVitals ScoreComposite of 9 scoring domains	61.63 Leads	59.74
National rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#3,740of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads	#5,044of 32,066 US ZIPs
State rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#155of 458 MD ZIPs	#27of 619 AL ZIPs
Metro rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#9of 38 ZIPs in its metro area	#12of 116 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	Saint Marys City20686 · MD	Homewood35229 · AL
ZipVitals Score	61.63 Leads	59.74
National rank	#3,740of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads	#5,044of 32,066 US ZIPs
State rank	#155of 458 MD ZIPs	#27of 619 AL ZIPs
Metro rank	#9of 38 ZIPs in its metro area	#12of 116 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 — 20686: Lexington Park, MD · 35229: Birmingham, AL.

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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Environmental Hazard14% of the score 20686 leads · 43-point gap
20686Saint Marys City		healthier than 52% · 34% in Maryland, 0% in its metro area	1 of 2
35229Homewood		healthier than 9% · 3% in Alabama, 7% in its metro area	2 of 2

Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the score 35229 leads · 23-point gap
35229Homewood		healthier than 47% · 92% in Alabama, 93% in its metro area	1 of 2
20686Saint Marys City		healthier than 24% · 10% in Maryland, 14% in its metro area	2 of 2

Healthcare Access5% of the score 35229 leads · 22-point gap
35229Homewood		healthier than 62% · 68% in Alabama, 55% in its metro area	1 of 2
20686Saint Marys City		healthier than 40% · 33% in Maryland, 57% in its metro area	2 of 2

Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 20686 leads · 19-point gap
20686Saint Marys City		healthier than 52% · 29% in Maryland, 16% in its metro area	1 of 2
35229Homewood		healthier than 33% · 56% in Alabama, 50% in its metro area	2 of 2

Disability7% of the score 20686 leads · 7-point gap
20686Saint Marys City		healthier than 98% · 94% in Maryland, 97% in its metro area	1 of 2
35229Homewood		healthier than 91% · 98% in Alabama, 96% in its metro area	2 of 2

Risk Behavior11% of the score 20686 leads · 5-point gap
20686Saint Marys City		healthier than 89% · 78% in Maryland, 95% in its metro area	1 of 2
35229Homewood		healthier than 84% · 97% in Alabama, 94% in its metro area	2 of 2

Mental Health8% of the score 35229 leads · 2-point gap
35229Homewood		healthier than 5% · 1% in Alabama, 1% in its metro area	1 of 2
20686Saint Marys City		healthier than 3% · 1% in Maryland, 0% in its metro area	2 of 2

Chronic Disease Burden21% of the score 20686 leads · 1-point gap
20686Saint Marys City		in the top 0.5% · 100% in Maryland, 100% in its metro area	1 of 2
35229Homewood		in the top 0.6% · 100% in Alabama, 100% in its metro area	2 of 2

Preventive Care13% of the scoretied — no single leader
20686Saint Marys City		healthier than 16% · 4% in Maryland, 3% in its metro area	=1 of 2
35229Homewood		healthier than 16% · 7% in Alabama, 4% 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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Saint Marys City vs. Homewood

Saint Marys City 20686 · MDLEADS61.63

Homewood 35229 · AL59.74

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

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