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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.

Comparing22903Charlottesville, VA23173Richmond, VA2–5 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	Charlottesville22903 · VA	Richmond23173 · VA
ZipVitals ScoreComposite of 9 scoring domains	58.17	65.33 Leads
National rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#6,251of 32,066 US ZIPs	#1,873of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#185of 873 VA ZIPs	#78of 873 VA ZIPs
Metro rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#15of 36 ZIPs in its metro area	#8of 93 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	Charlottesville22903 · VA	Richmond23173 · VA
ZipVitals Score	58.17	65.33 Leads
National rank	#6,251of 32,066 US ZIPs	#1,873of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rank	#185of 873 VA ZIPs	#78of 873 VA ZIPs
Metro rank	#15of 36 ZIPs in its metro area	#8of 93 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 — 22903: Charlottesville, VA · 23173: Richmond, VA.

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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Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 22903 leads · 32-point gap
22903Charlottesville		healthier than 63% · 55% in Virginia, 26% in its metro area	1 of 2
23173Richmond		healthier than 31% · 27% in Virginia, 19% in its metro area	2 of 2

Disability7% of the score 23173 leads · 25-point gap
23173Richmond		in the top 0.4% · 100% in Virginia, 100% in its metro area	1 of 2
22903Charlottesville		healthier than 75% · 79% in Virginia, 74% in its metro area	2 of 2

Healthcare Access5% of the score 22903 leads · 20-point gap
22903Charlottesville		healthier than 87% · 94% in Virginia, 97% in its metro area	1 of 2
23173Richmond		healthier than 67% · 76% in Virginia, 68% in its metro area	2 of 2

Risk Behavior11% of the score 23173 leads · 16-point gap
23173Richmond		healthier than 93% · 92% in Virginia, 93% in its metro area	1 of 2
22903Charlottesville		healthier than 77% · 72% in Virginia, 54% in its metro area	2 of 2

Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the score 22903 leads · 11-point gap
22903Charlottesville		healthier than 51% · 53% in Virginia, 49% in its metro area	1 of 2
23173Richmond		healthier than 40% · 28% in Virginia, 60% in its metro area	2 of 2

Preventive Care13% of the score 22903 leads · 10-point gap
22903Charlottesville		healthier than 29% · 9% in Virginia, 3% in its metro area	1 of 2
23173Richmond		healthier than 19% · 6% in Virginia, 5% in its metro area	2 of 2

Mental Health8% of the score 22903 leads · 10-point gap
22903Charlottesville		healthier than 20% · 14% in Virginia, 3% in its metro area	1 of 2
23173Richmond		healthier than 10% · 4% in Virginia, 1% in its metro area	2 of 2

Chronic Disease Burden21% of the score 23173 leads · 5-point gap
23173Richmond		in the top 0.2% · 100% in Virginia, 100% in its metro area	1 of 2
22903Charlottesville		healthier than 95% · 94% in Virginia, 97% in its metro area	2 of 2

Environmental Hazard14% of the scoretied — no single leader
22903Charlottesville		healthier than 34% · 13% in Virginia, 3% in its metro area	=1 of 2
23173Richmond		healthier than 34% · 13% in Virginia, 41% 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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Richmond vs. Charlottesville

Richmond 23173 · VALEADS65.33

Charlottesville 22903 · VA58.17

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

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