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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.

Comparing24244Duffield, VA28043Forest City, NC
2–5 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
Duffield24244 · VA
Forest City28043 · NC
ZipVitals Score36.3740.36 Leads
National rank#28,822of 32,066 US ZIPs#26,514of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rank#828of 873 VA ZIPs#710of 793 NC ZIPs
Metro rank#23of 30 ZIPs in its metro areaNot 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 — 24244: Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA · 28043: 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 28043 leads · 39-point gap
28043Forest Cityhealthier than 87% · 85% in North Carolina1 of 2
24244Duffieldhealthier than 48% · 55% in Virginia, 17% in its metro area2 of 2
Risk Behavior11% of the score 28043 leads · 26-point gap
28043Forest Cityhealthier than 43% · 22% in North Carolina1 of 2
24244Duffieldhealthier than 17% · 7% in Virginia, 24% in its metro area2 of 2
Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the score 24244 leads · 19-point gap
24244Duffieldhealthier than 63% · 77% in Virginia, 79% in its metro area1 of 2
28043Forest Cityhealthier than 44% · 60% in North Carolina2 of 2
Chronic Disease Burden21% of the score 28043 leads · 9-point gap
28043Forest Cityhealthier than 18% · 26% in North Carolina1 of 2
24244Duffieldhealthier than 9% · 14% in Virginia, 24% in its metro area2 of 2
Preventive Care13% of the score 28043 leads · 5-point gap
28043Forest Cityhealthier than 32% · 14% in North Carolina1 of 2
24244Duffieldhealthier than 27% · 9% in Virginia, 17% in its metro area2 of 2
Disability7% of the score 28043 leads · 4-point gap
28043Forest Cityhealthier than 13% · 15% in North Carolina1 of 2
24244Duffieldhealthier than 9% · 8% in Virginia, 17% in its metro area2 of 2
Mental Health8% of the score 28043 leads · 3-point gap
28043Forest Cityhealthier than 14% · 7% in North Carolina1 of 2
24244Duffieldhealthier than 11% · 5% in Virginia, 48% in its metro area2 of 2
Environmental Hazard14% of the score 24244 leads · 1-point gap
24244Duffieldhealthier than 21% · 7% in Virginia, 24% in its metro area1 of 2
28043Forest Cityhealthier than 20% · 8% in North Carolina2 of 2
Social Need / SDOH16% of the scoretied — no single leader
24244Duffieldhealthier than 20% · 16% in Virginia, 3% in its metro area=1 of 2
28043Forest Cityhealthier than 20% · 21% in North Carolina=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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Forest City vs. Duffield

Forest City 28043 · NCLEADS40.36
Duffield 24244 · VA36.37

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

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