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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.

Comparing22448Dahlgren, VA39309Meridian, MS2–5 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	Dahlgren22448 · VA	Meridian39309 · MS
ZipVitals ScoreComposite of 9 scoring domains	58.85	59.45 Leads
National rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#5,702of 32,066 US ZIPs	#5,245of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#170of 873 VA ZIPs	#4of 406 MS 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	Dahlgren22448 · VA	Meridian39309 · MS
ZipVitals Score	58.85	59.45 Leads
National rank	#5,702of 32,066 US ZIPs	#5,245of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rank	#170of 873 VA ZIPs	#4of 406 MS 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 — 22448: not in a metro area · 39309: 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

Environmental Hazard14% of the score 22448 leads · 16-point gap
22448Dahlgren		healthier than 91% · 86% in Virginia	1 of 2
39309Meridian		healthier than 75% · 41% in Mississippi	2 of 2

Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the score 22448 leads · 11-point gap
22448Dahlgren		healthier than 32% · 18% in Virginia	1 of 2
39309Meridian		healthier than 21% · 53% in Mississippi	2 of 2

Preventive Care13% of the score 22448 leads · 7-point gap
22448Dahlgren		healthier than 9% · 3% in Virginia	1 of 2
39309Meridian		healthier than 2% · 2% in Mississippi	2 of 2

Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 22448 leads · 6-point gap
22448Dahlgren		healthier than 43% · 36% in Virginia	1 of 2
39309Meridian		healthier than 37% · 76% in Mississippi	2 of 2

Risk Behavior11% of the score 39309 leads · 5-point gap
39309Meridian		healthier than 59% · 93% in Mississippi	1 of 2
22448Dahlgren		healthier than 54% · 41% in Virginia	2 of 2

Healthcare Access5% of the score 22448 leads · 2-point gap
22448Dahlgren		healthier than 15% · 15% in Virginia	1 of 2
39309Meridian		healthier than 13% · 3% in Mississippi	2 of 2

Chronic Disease Burden21% of the score 39309 leads · 1-point gap
39309Meridian		in the top 0.2% · 100% in Mississippi	1 of 2
22448Dahlgren		healthier than 99% · 97% in Virginia	2 of 2

Mental Health8% of the score 39309 leads · 1-point gap
39309Meridian		healthier than 25% · 3% in Mississippi	1 of 2
22448Dahlgren		healthier than 24% · 17% in Virginia	2 of 2

Disability7% of the score 39309 leads · 1-point gap
39309Meridian		healthier than 93% · 100% in Mississippi	1 of 2
22448Dahlgren		healthier than 92% · 92% in Virginia	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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Meridian vs. Dahlgren

Meridian 39309 · MSLEADS59.45

Dahlgren 22448 · VA58.85

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

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