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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.

Comparing24571Lynch Station, VA22503Lancaster, 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	Lynch Station24571 · VA	Lancaster22503 · VA
ZipVitals ScoreComposite of 9 scoring domains	48.48 Leads	45.26
National rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#18,333of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads	#22,130of 32,066 US ZIPs
State rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#528of 873 VA ZIPs	#650of 873 VA ZIPs
Metro rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#19of 28 ZIPs in its 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	Lynch Station24571 · VA	Lancaster22503 · VA
ZipVitals Score	48.48 Leads	45.26
National rank	#18,333of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads	#22,130of 32,066 US ZIPs
State rank	#528of 873 VA ZIPs	#650of 873 VA ZIPs
Metro rank	#19of 28 ZIPs in its 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 — 24571: Lynchburg, VA · 22503: 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

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Environmental Hazard14% of the score 22503 leads · 34-point gap
22503Lancaster		healthier than 89% · 84% in Virginia	1 of 2
24571Lynch Station		healthier than 55% · 33% in Virginia, 44% in its metro area	2 of 2

Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 24571 leads · 13-point gap
24571Lynch Station		healthier than 35% · 29% in Virginia, 26% in its metro area	1 of 2
22503Lancaster		healthier than 22% · 19% in Virginia	2 of 2

Disability7% of the score 24571 leads · 13-point gap
24571Lynch Station		healthier than 30% · 36% in Virginia, 30% in its metro area	1 of 2
22503Lancaster		healthier than 17% · 17% in Virginia	2 of 2

Healthcare Access5% of the score 24571 leads · 13-point gap
24571Lynch Station		healthier than 21% · 21% in Virginia, 4% in its metro area	1 of 2
22503Lancaster		healthier than 8% · 7% in Virginia	2 of 2

Mental Health8% of the score 22503 leads · 12-point gap
22503Lancaster		healthier than 72% · 81% in Virginia	1 of 2
24571Lynch Station		healthier than 60% · 68% in Virginia, 85% in its metro area	2 of 2

Chronic Disease Burden21% of the score 24571 leads · 10-point gap
24571Lynch Station		healthier than 15% · 26% in Virginia, 7% in its metro area	1 of 2
22503Lancaster		healthier than 5% · 6% in Virginia	2 of 2

Preventive Care13% of the score 22503 leads · 4-point gap
22503Lancaster		healthier than 91% · 88% in Virginia	1 of 2
24571Lynch Station		healthier than 87% · 79% in Virginia, 85% in its metro area	2 of 2

Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the score 24571 leads · 4-point gap
24571Lynch Station		healthier than 48% · 45% in Virginia, 30% in its metro area	1 of 2
22503Lancaster		healthier than 44% · 37% in Virginia	2 of 2

Risk Behavior11% of the scoretied — no single leader
24571Lynch Station		healthier than 68% · 62% in Virginia, 74% in its metro area	=1 of 2
22503Lancaster		healthier than 68% · 61% in Virginia	=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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Lynch Station vs. Lancaster

Lynch Station 24571 · VALEADS48.48

Lancaster 22503 · VA45.26

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

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