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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.

Comparing23834Colonial Heights, VA23836Chester, 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	Colonial Heights23834 · VA	Chester23836 · VA
ZipVitals ScoreComposite of 9 scoring domains	53.55	55.83 Leads
National rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#11,293of 32,066 US ZIPs	#8,481of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#317of 873 VA ZIPs	#243of 873 VA ZIPs
Metro rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#47of 93 ZIPs in its metro area	#37of 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	Colonial Heights23834 · VA	Chester23836 · VA
ZipVitals Score	53.55	55.83 Leads
National rank	#11,293of 32,066 US ZIPs	#8,481of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rank	#317of 873 VA ZIPs	#243of 873 VA ZIPs
Metro rank	#47of 93 ZIPs in its metro area	#37of 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 — 23834: Richmond, VA · 23836: 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.

Furthest apart first

all 2 ZIPs can be placed on these 9 domains

Disability7% of the score 23836 leads · 18-point gap
23836Chester		healthier than 80% · 83% in Virginia, 79% in its metro area	1 of 2
23834Colonial Heights		healthier than 62% · 69% in Virginia, 49% in its metro area	2 of 2

Chronic Disease Burden21% of the score 23836 leads · 15-point gap
23836Chester		healthier than 72% · 81% in Virginia, 81% in its metro area	1 of 2
23834Colonial Heights		healthier than 57% · 70% in Virginia, 54% in its metro area	2 of 2

Healthcare Access5% of the score 23834 leads · 11-point gap
23834Colonial Heights		healthier than 78% · 88% in Virginia, 80% in its metro area	1 of 2
23836Chester		healthier than 67% · 76% in Virginia, 67% in its metro area	2 of 2

Risk Behavior11% of the score 23836 leads · 10-point gap
23836Chester		healthier than 81% · 79% in Virginia, 73% in its metro area	1 of 2
23834Colonial Heights		healthier than 71% · 64% in Virginia, 60% in its metro area	2 of 2

Mental Health8% of the score 23836 leads · 8-point gap
23836Chester		healthier than 62% · 70% in Virginia, 66% in its metro area	1 of 2
23834Colonial Heights		healthier than 54% · 61% in Virginia, 45% in its metro area	2 of 2

Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the score 23834 leads · 7-point gap
23834Colonial Heights		healthier than 21% · 7% in Virginia, 3% in its metro area	1 of 2
23836Chester		healthier than 14% · 4% in Virginia, 0% in its metro area	2 of 2

Environmental Hazard14% of the score 23834 leads · 5-point gap
23834Colonial Heights		healthier than 8% · 3% in Virginia, 20% in its metro area	1 of 2
23836Chester		healthier than 3% · 1% in Virginia, 10% in its metro area	2 of 2

Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 23834 leads · 1-point gap
23834Colonial Heights		healthier than 79% · 72% in Virginia, 58% in its metro area	1 of 2
23836Chester		healthier than 78% · 70% in Virginia, 57% in its metro area	2 of 2

Preventive Care13% of the score 23836 leads · 1-point gap
23836Chester		healthier than 79% · 66% in Virginia, 49% in its metro area	1 of 2
23834Colonial Heights		healthier than 78% · 64% in Virginia, 45% in its metro area	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. 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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Chester vs. Colonial Heights

Chester 23836 · VALEADS55.83

Colonial Heights 23834 · VA53.55

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

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