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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.

Comparing23966Rice, VA23921Buckingham, 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	Rice23966 · VA	Buckingham23921 · VA
ZipVitals ScoreComposite of 9 scoring domains	45.49 Leads	42.98
National rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#21,880of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads	#24,391of 32,066 US ZIPs
State rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#637of 873 VA ZIPs	#716of 873 VA 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	Rice23966 · VA	Buckingham23921 · VA
ZipVitals Score	45.49 Leads	42.98
National rank	#21,880of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads	#24,391of 32,066 US ZIPs
State rank	#637of 873 VA ZIPs	#716of 873 VA 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 — 23966: not in a metro area · 23921: 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

Healthcare Access5% of the score 23966 leads · 13-point gap
23966Rice		healthier than 33% · 37% in Virginia	1 of 2
23921Buckingham		healthier than 20% · 20% in Virginia	2 of 2

Preventive Care13% of the score 23966 leads · 12-point gap
23966Rice		healthier than 76% · 61% in Virginia	1 of 2
23921Buckingham		healthier than 64% · 41% in Virginia	2 of 2

Disability7% of the score 23966 leads · 6-point gap
23966Rice		healthier than 24% · 28% in Virginia	1 of 2
23921Buckingham		healthier than 18% · 20% in Virginia	2 of 2

Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 23966 leads · 4-point gap
23966Rice		healthier than 27% · 23% in Virginia	1 of 2
23921Buckingham		healthier than 23% · 20% in Virginia	2 of 2

Environmental Hazard14% of the score 23966 leads · 4-point gap
23966Rice		healthier than 69% · 51% in Virginia	1 of 2
23921Buckingham		healthier than 65% · 44% in Virginia	2 of 2

Mental Health8% of the score 23966 leads · 4-point gap
23966Rice		healthier than 38% · 36% in Virginia	1 of 2
23921Buckingham		healthier than 34% · 29% in Virginia	2 of 2

Chronic Disease Burden21% of the score 23966 leads · 3-point gap
23966Rice		healthier than 15% · 27% in Virginia	1 of 2
23921Buckingham		healthier than 12% · 21% in Virginia	2 of 2

Risk Behavior11% of the score 23966 leads · 2-point gap
23966Rice		healthier than 43% · 28% in Virginia	1 of 2
23921Buckingham		healthier than 41% · 26% in Virginia	2 of 2

Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the score 23921 leads · 1-point gap
23921Buckingham		healthier than 42% · 33% in Virginia	1 of 2
23966Rice		healthier than 41% · 31% 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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Rice vs. Buckingham

Rice 23966 · VALEADS45.49

Buckingham 23921 · VA42.98

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

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