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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.

Comparing21226Curtis Bay, MD64834Carl Junction, MO2–5 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	Curtis Bay21226 · MD	Carl Junction64834 · MO
ZipVitals ScoreComposite of 9 scoring domains	51.34 Leads	51.21
National rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#14,358of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads	#14,518of 32,066 US ZIPs
State rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#374of 458 MD ZIPs	#150of 993 MO ZIPs
Metro rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#136of 157 ZIPs in its metro area	#1of 31 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	Curtis Bay21226 · MD	Carl Junction64834 · MO
ZipVitals Score	51.34 Leads	51.21
National rank	#14,358of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads	#14,518of 32,066 US ZIPs
State rank	#374of 458 MD ZIPs	#150of 993 MO ZIPs
Metro rank	#136of 157 ZIPs in its metro area	#1of 31 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 — 21226: Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD · 64834: Joplin, MO-KS.

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 9 domains

Healthcare Access5% of the score 21226 leads · 29-point gap
21226Curtis Bay		healthier than 76% · 78% in Maryland, 76% in its metro area	1 of 2
64834Carl Junction		healthier than 47% · 53% in Missouri, 57% in its metro area	2 of 2

Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 64834 leads · 25-point gap
64834Carl Junction		healthier than 71% · 77% in Missouri, 97% in its metro area	1 of 2
21226Curtis Bay		healthier than 46% · 24% in Maryland, 17% in its metro area	2 of 2

Environmental Hazard14% of the score 64834 leads · 23-point gap
64834Carl Junction		healthier than 34% · 26% in Missouri, 40% in its metro area	1 of 2
21226Curtis Bay		healthier than 11% · 3% in Maryland, 6% in its metro area	2 of 2

Chronic Disease Burden21% of the score 21226 leads · 8-point gap
21226Curtis Bay		healthier than 74% · 66% in Maryland, 53% in its metro area	1 of 2
64834Carl Junction		healthier than 66% · 85% in Missouri, 100% in its metro area	2 of 2

Disability7% of the score 21226 leads · 8-point gap
21226Curtis Bay		healthier than 67% · 32% in Maryland, 18% in its metro area	1 of 2
64834Carl Junction		healthier than 59% · 87% in Missouri, 100% in its metro area	2 of 2

Preventive Care13% of the score 21226 leads · 7-point gap
21226Curtis Bay		healthier than 54% · 20% in Maryland, 16% in its metro area	1 of 2
64834Carl Junction		healthier than 47% · 68% in Missouri, 93% in its metro area	2 of 2

Risk Behavior11% of the score 64834 leads · 5-point gap
64834Carl Junction		healthier than 37% · 77% in Missouri, 90% in its metro area	1 of 2
21226Curtis Bay		healthier than 32% · 11% in Maryland, 10% in its metro area	2 of 2

Mental Health8% of the score 21226 leads · 1-point gap
21226Curtis Bay		healthier than 32% · 9% in Maryland, 12% in its metro area	1 of 2
64834Carl Junction		healthier than 31% · 55% in Missouri, 73% in its metro area	2 of 2

Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the score 21226 leads · 1-point gap
21226Curtis Bay		healthier than 24% · 11% in Maryland, 4% in its metro area	1 of 2
64834Carl Junction		healthier than 23% · 17% in Missouri, 27% in its metro area	2 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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Curtis Bay vs. Carl Junction

Curtis Bay 21226 · MDLEADS51.34

Carl Junction 64834 · MO51.21

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

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