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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.

Comparing22538Rappahannock Academy, VA02532Buzzards Bay, MA2–5 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	Rappahannock Academy22538 · VA	Buzzards Bay02532 · MA
ZipVitals ScoreComposite of 9 scoring domains	55.18	59.31 Leads
National rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#9,244of 32,066 US ZIPs	#5,348of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#260of 873 VA ZIPs	#307of 527 MA ZIPs
Metro rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	Not in a metro area	#42of 47 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	Rappahannock Academy22538 · VA	Buzzards Bay02532 · MA
ZipVitals Score	55.18	59.31 Leads
National rank	#9,244of 32,066 US ZIPs	#5,348of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rank	#260of 873 VA ZIPs	#307of 527 MA ZIPs
Metro rank	Not in a metro area	#42of 47 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 — 22538: not in a metro area · 02532: Barnstable Town, MA.

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

Healthcare Access5% of the score 02532 leads · 39-point gap
02532Buzzards Bay		healthier than 73% · 58% in Massachusetts, 71% in its metro area	1 of 2
22538Rappahannock Academy		healthier than 34% · 38% in Virginia	2 of 2

Risk Behavior11% of the score 02532 leads · 22-point gap
02532Buzzards Bay		healthier than 86% · 59% in Massachusetts, 9% in its metro area	1 of 2
22538Rappahannock Academy		healthier than 64% · 57% in Virginia	2 of 2

Preventive Care13% of the score 02532 leads · 14-point gap
02532Buzzards Bay		healthier than 96% · 54% in Massachusetts, 9% in its metro area	1 of 2
22538Rappahannock Academy		healthier than 82% · 70% in Virginia	2 of 2

Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 02532 leads · 11-point gap
02532Buzzards Bay		healthier than 71% · 45% in Massachusetts, 20% in its metro area	1 of 2
22538Rappahannock Academy		healthier than 60% · 51% in Virginia	2 of 2

Chronic Disease Burden21% of the score 02532 leads · 4-point gap
02532Buzzards Bay		healthier than 61% · 26% in Massachusetts, 77% in its metro area	1 of 2
22538Rappahannock Academy		healthier than 57% · 71% in Virginia	2 of 2

Environmental Hazard14% of the score 22538 leads · 4-point gap
22538Rappahannock Academy		healthier than 85% · 76% in Virginia	1 of 2
02532Buzzards Bay		healthier than 81% · 92% in Massachusetts, 46% in its metro area	2 of 2

Disability7% of the score 02532 leads · 4-point gap
02532Buzzards Bay		healthier than 72% · 31% in Massachusetts, 31% in its metro area	1 of 2
22538Rappahannock Academy		healthier than 68% · 74% in Virginia	2 of 2

Mental Health8% of the score 22538 leads · 1-point gap
22538Rappahannock Academy		healthier than 49% · 56% in Virginia	1 of 2
02532Buzzards Bay		healthier than 48% · 48% in Massachusetts, 9% in its metro area	2 of 2

Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the score 02532 leads · 1-point gap
02532Buzzards Bay		healthier than 31% · 12% in Massachusetts, 37% in its metro area	1 of 2
22538Rappahannock Academy		healthier than 30% · 16% 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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Buzzards Bay vs. Rappahannock Academy

Buzzards Bay 02532 · MALEADS59.31

Rappahannock Academy 22538 · VA55.18

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

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