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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, VA88002White Sands Missile Range, NM2–5 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	White Sands Missile Range88002 · NM
ZipVitals ScoreComposite of 9 scoring domains	58.85 Leads	58.80
National rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#5,702of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads	#5,742of 32,066 US ZIPs
State rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#170of 873 VA ZIPs	#26of 337 NM ZIPs
Metro rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	Not in a metro area	#3of 23 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	Dahlgren22448 · VA	White Sands Missile Range88002 · NM
ZipVitals Score	58.85 Leads	58.80
National rank	#5,702of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads	#5,742of 32,066 US ZIPs
State rank	#170of 873 VA ZIPs	#26of 337 NM ZIPs
Metro rank	Not in a metro area	#3of 23 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 — 22448: not in a metro area · 88002: Las Cruces, NM.

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

Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the score 88002 leads · 16-point gap
88002White Sands Missile Range		healthier than 48% · 22% in New Mexico, 95% in its metro area	1 of 2
22448Dahlgren		healthier than 32% · 18% in Virginia	2 of 2

Risk Behavior11% of the score 88002 leads · 12-point gap
88002White Sands Missile Range		healthier than 66% · 39% in New Mexico, 52% in its metro area	1 of 2
22448Dahlgren		healthier than 54% · 41% in Virginia	2 of 2

Healthcare Access5% of the score 88002 leads · 7-point gap
88002White Sands Missile Range		healthier than 22% · 41% in New Mexico, 10% in its metro area	1 of 2
22448Dahlgren		healthier than 15% · 15% in Virginia	2 of 2

Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 88002 leads · 6-point gap
88002White Sands Missile Range		healthier than 49% · 74% in New Mexico, 86% in its metro area	1 of 2
22448Dahlgren		healthier than 43% · 36% in Virginia	2 of 2

Mental Health8% of the score 22448 leads · 5-point gap
22448Dahlgren		healthier than 24% · 17% in Virginia	1 of 2
88002White Sands Missile Range		healthier than 19% · 17% in New Mexico, 5% in its metro area	2 of 2

Preventive Care13% of the score 22448 leads · 4-point gap
22448Dahlgren		healthier than 9% · 3% in Virginia	1 of 2
88002White Sands Missile Range		healthier than 5% · 35% in New Mexico, 67% in its metro area	2 of 2

Environmental Hazard14% of the score 88002 leads · 1-point gap
88002White Sands Missile Range		healthier than 92% · 55% in New Mexico, 90% in its metro area	1 of 2
22448Dahlgren		healthier than 91% · 86% in Virginia	2 of 2

Disability7% of the score 88002 leads · 1-point gap
88002White Sands Missile Range		healthier than 93% · 98% in New Mexico, 95% in its metro area	1 of 2
22448Dahlgren		healthier than 92% · 92% in Virginia	2 of 2

Chronic Disease Burden21% of the scoretied — no single leader
22448Dahlgren		healthier than 99% · 97% in Virginia	=1 of 2
88002White Sands Missile Range		healthier than 99% · 98% in New Mexico, 90% 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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Dahlgren vs. White Sands Missile Range

Dahlgren 22448 · VALEADS58.85

White Sands Missile Range 88002 · NM58.80

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

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