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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.

Comparing21219Sparrows Point, MD61817Catlin, IL2–5 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	Sparrows Point21219 · MD	Catlin61817 · IL
ZipVitals ScoreComposite of 9 scoring domains	55.60 Leads	53.23
National rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#8,740of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads	#11,751of 32,066 US ZIPs
State rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#286of 458 MD ZIPs	#486of 1,368 IL ZIPs
Metro rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#120of 157 ZIPs in its metro area	Not in a 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	Sparrows Point21219 · MD	Catlin61817 · IL
ZipVitals Score	55.60 Leads	53.23
National rank	#8,740of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads	#11,751of 32,066 US ZIPs
State rank	#286of 458 MD ZIPs	#486of 1,368 IL ZIPs
Metro rank	#120of 157 ZIPs in its metro area	Not in a metro area

ZipVitals Score — Composite of 9 scoring domainsNational rank, State rank and Metro rank — Among ZIPs with a computed score

Metro areas — 21219: Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD · 61817: not in a metro area.

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 8 domains

Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 21219 leads · 21-point gap
21219Sparrows Point		healthier than 71% · 46% in Maryland, 30% in its metro area	1 of 2
61817Catlin		healthier than 50% · 60% in Illinois	2 of 2

Preventive Care13% of the score 21219 leads · 16-point gap
21219Sparrows Point		healthier than 74% · 39% in Maryland, 32% in its metro area	1 of 2
61817Catlin		healthier than 58% · 71% in Illinois	2 of 2

Risk Behavior11% of the score 21219 leads · 11-point gap
21219Sparrows Point		healthier than 75% · 53% in Maryland, 42% in its metro area	1 of 2
61817Catlin		healthier than 64% · 73% in Illinois	2 of 2

Environmental Hazard14% of the score 21219 leads · 5-point gap
21219Sparrows Point		healthier than 39% · 21% in Maryland, 32% in its metro area	1 of 2
61817Catlin		healthier than 34% · 45% in Illinois	2 of 2

Mental Health8% of the score 61817 leads · 4-point gap
61817Catlin		healthier than 49% · 32% in Illinois	1 of 2
21219Sparrows Point		healthier than 45% · 16% in Maryland, 19% in its metro area	2 of 2

Disability7% of the score 21219 leads · 4-point gap
21219Sparrows Point		healthier than 73% · 41% in Maryland, 25% in its metro area	1 of 2
61817Catlin		healthier than 69% · 62% in Illinois	2 of 2

Chronic Disease Burden21% of the score 21219 leads · 2-point gap
21219Sparrows Point		healthier than 55% · 37% in Maryland, 17% in its metro area	1 of 2
61817Catlin		healthier than 53% · 48% in Illinois	2 of 2

Healthcare Access5% of the score 61817 leads · 2-point gap
61817Catlin		healthier than 49% · 58% in Illinois	1 of 2
21219Sparrows Point		healthier than 47% · 42% in Maryland, 42% in its metro area	2 of 2

Not every ZIP can be placed here

no leader and no gap — ordered by weight instead

Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the scoreno leader — 21219 cannot be placed here
61817Catlin		healthier than 74% · 83% in Illinois	1 of 1
21219Sparrows Point	not placed — too little of this domain is measured here to compare reliably, though it still counts toward this ZIP’s score

“Of the score” is the domain’s weight in the ZipVitals Score — a property of the score itself, the same on every ZIP. Not every ZIP sits in a metro area — those show a state figure only. 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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Sparrows Point vs. Catlin

Sparrows Point 21219 · MDLEADS55.60

Catlin 61817 · IL53.23

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

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