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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, MD28449Kure Beach, NC2–5 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	Kure Beach28449 · NC
ZipVitals ScoreComposite of 9 scoring domains	64.77 Leads	64.24
National rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#2,097of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads	#2,322of 32,066 US ZIPs
State rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#92of 458 MD ZIPs	#49of 793 NC ZIPs
Metro rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	Not in a metro area	#2of 28 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	Newcomb21653 · MD	Kure Beach28449 · NC
ZipVitals Score	64.77 Leads	64.24
National rank	#2,097of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads	#2,322of 32,066 US ZIPs
State rank	#92of 458 MD ZIPs	#49of 793 NC ZIPs
Metro rank	Not in a metro area	#2of 28 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 — 21653: not in a metro area · 28449: Wilmington, NC.

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

Environmental Hazard14% of the score 28449 leads · 18-point gap
28449Kure Beach		healthier than 94% · 85% in North Carolina, 50% in its metro area	1 of 2
21653Newcomb		healthier than 76% · 69% 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
28449Kure Beach		healthier than 45% · 58% in North Carolina, 58% in its metro area	2 of 2

Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 28449 leads · 11-point gap
28449Kure Beach		healthier than 98% · 98% in North Carolina, 96% in its metro area	1 of 2
21653Newcomb		healthier than 87% · 70% in Maryland	2 of 2

Mental Health8% of the score 21653 leads · 6-point gap
21653Newcomb		healthier than 94% · 86% in Maryland	1 of 2
28449Kure Beach		healthier than 88% · 98% in North Carolina, 88% in its metro area	2 of 2

Healthcare Access5% of the score 28449 leads · 5-point gap
28449Kure Beach		healthier than 50% · 38% in North Carolina, 31% in its metro area	1 of 2
21653Newcomb		healthier than 45% · 39% in Maryland	2 of 2

Disability7% of the score 28449 leads · 4-point gap
28449Kure Beach		healthier than 83% · 91% in North Carolina, 88% in its metro area	1 of 2
21653Newcomb		healthier than 79% · 51% in Maryland	2 of 2

Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the score 21653 leads · 3-point gap
21653Newcomb		healthier than 10% · 5% in Maryland	1 of 2
28449Kure Beach		healthier than 7% · 5% in North Carolina, 17% in its metro area	2 of 2

Preventive Care13% of the scoretied — no single leader
21653Newcomb		in the top 0.4% · 99% in Maryland	=1 of 2
28449Kure Beach		in the top 0.3% · 100% in North Carolina, 92% in its metro area	=1 of 2

Risk Behavior11% of the scoretied — no single leader
21653Newcomb		healthier than 98% · 94% in Maryland	=1 of 2
28449Kure Beach		healthier than 98% · 97% in North Carolina, 92% 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. 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. Kure Beach

Newcomb 21653 · MDLEADS64.77

Kure Beach 28449 · NC64.24

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

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