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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.

Comparing21734Funkstown, MD29803Aiken, SC2–5 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	Funkstown21734 · MD	Aiken29803 · SC
ZipVitals ScoreComposite of 9 scoring domains	55.24	59.60 Leads
National rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#9,167of 32,066 US ZIPs	#5,152of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#297of 458 MD ZIPs	#41of 417 SC ZIPs
Metro rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#8of 28 ZIPs in its metro area	#3of 43 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	Funkstown21734 · MD	Aiken29803 · SC
ZipVitals Score	55.24	59.60 Leads
National rank	#9,167of 32,066 US ZIPs	#5,152of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rank	#297of 458 MD ZIPs	#41of 417 SC ZIPs
Metro rank	#8of 28 ZIPs in its metro area	#3of 43 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 — 21734: Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV · 29803: Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC.

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.

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Chronic Disease Burden21% of the score 29803 leads · 15-point gap
29803Aiken		healthier than 56% · 75% in South Carolina, 76% in its metro area	1 of 2
21734Funkstown		healthier than 41% · 24% in Maryland, 41% in its metro area	2 of 2

Mental Health8% of the score 29803 leads · 14-point gap
29803Aiken		healthier than 83% · 91% in South Carolina, 95% in its metro area	1 of 2
21734Funkstown		healthier than 69% · 41% in Maryland, 85% in its metro area	2 of 2

Healthcare Access5% of the score 29803 leads · 14-point gap
29803Aiken		healthier than 88% · 87% in South Carolina, 86% in its metro area	1 of 2
21734Funkstown		healthier than 74% · 75% in Maryland, 78% in its metro area	2 of 2

Environmental Hazard14% of the score 29803 leads · 11-point gap
29803Aiken		healthier than 32% · 22% in South Carolina, 26% in its metro area	1 of 2
21734Funkstown		healthier than 21% · 6% in Maryland, 48% in its metro area	2 of 2

Preventive Care13% of the score 29803 leads · 9-point gap
29803Aiken		healthier than 95% · 95% in South Carolina, 100% in its metro area	1 of 2
21734Funkstown		healthier than 86% · 60% in Maryland, 96% in its metro area	2 of 2

Risk Behavior11% of the score 29803 leads · 9-point gap
29803Aiken		healthier than 84% · 91% in South Carolina, 98% in its metro area	1 of 2
21734Funkstown		healthier than 75% · 53% in Maryland, 96% in its metro area	2 of 2

Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the score 21734 leads · 8-point gap
21734Funkstown		healthier than 43% · 29% in Maryland, 0% in its metro area	1 of 2
29803Aiken		healthier than 35% · 65% in South Carolina, 76% in its metro area	2 of 2

Disability7% of the score 29803 leads · 4-point gap
29803Aiken		healthier than 72% · 86% in South Carolina, 88% in its metro area	1 of 2
21734Funkstown		healthier than 68% · 34% in Maryland, 63% in its metro area	2 of 2

Social Need / SDOH16% of the scoretied — no single leader
21734Funkstown		healthier than 81% · 60% in Maryland, 89% in its metro area	=1 of 2
29803Aiken		healthier than 81% · 87% in South Carolina, 93% 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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Aiken vs. Funkstown

Aiken 29803 · SCLEADS59.60

Funkstown 21734 · MD55.24

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

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