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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.

Comparing21653Newcomb, MD21842Ocean City, MD2–5 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	Newcomb21653 · MD	Ocean City21842 · MD
ZipVitals ScoreComposite of 9 scoring domains	64.77 Leads	58.81
National rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#2,097of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads	#5,731of 32,066 US ZIPs
State rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#92of 458 MD ZIPs	#221of 458 MD ZIPs
Metro rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	Not in a 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	Newcomb21653 · MD	Ocean City21842 · MD
ZipVitals Score	64.77 Leads	58.81
National rank	#2,097of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads	#5,731of 32,066 US ZIPs
State rank	#92of 458 MD ZIPs	#221of 458 MD ZIPs
Metro rank	Not in a 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 — 21653: not in a metro area · 21842: 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 9 domains

Risk Behavior11% of the score 21653 leads · 16-point gap
21653Newcomb		healthier than 98% · 94% in Maryland	1 of 2
21842Ocean City		healthier than 82% · 66% in Maryland	2 of 2

Chronic Disease Burden21% of the score 21653 leads · 13-point gap
21653Newcomb		healthier than 58% · 40% in Maryland	1 of 2
21842Ocean City		healthier than 45% · 28% in Maryland	2 of 2

Mental Health8% of the score 21653 leads · 11-point gap
21653Newcomb		healthier than 94% · 86% in Maryland	1 of 2
21842Ocean City		healthier than 83% · 62% in Maryland	2 of 2

Environmental Hazard14% of the score 21842 leads · 9-point gap
21842Ocean City		healthier than 85% · 88% in Maryland	1 of 2
21653Newcomb		healthier than 76% · 69% in Maryland	2 of 2

Healthcare Access5% of the score 21842 leads · 9-point gap
21842Ocean City		healthier than 54% · 51% in Maryland	1 of 2
21653Newcomb		healthier than 45% · 39% in Maryland	2 of 2

Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the score 21842 leads · 7-point gap
21842Ocean City		healthier than 17% · 7% in Maryland	1 of 2
21653Newcomb		healthier than 10% · 5% in Maryland	2 of 2

Preventive Care13% of the score 21653 leads · 6-point gap
21653Newcomb		in the top 0.4% · 99% in Maryland	1 of 2
21842Ocean City		healthier than 94% · 84% in Maryland	2 of 2

Disability7% of the score 21653 leads · 6-point gap
21653Newcomb		healthier than 79% · 51% in Maryland	1 of 2
21842Ocean City		healthier than 73% · 42% in Maryland	2 of 2

Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 21842 leads · 1-point gap
21842Ocean City		healthier than 88% · 71% in Maryland	1 of 2
21653Newcomb		healthier than 87% · 70% in Maryland	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. 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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Newcomb vs. Ocean City

Newcomb 21653 · MDLEADS64.77

Ocean City 21842 · MD58.81

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

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