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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.

Comparing24646Rowe, VA27046Sandy Ridge, NC2–5 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	Rowe24646 · VA	Sandy Ridge27046 · NC
ZipVitals ScoreComposite of 9 scoring domains	40.49	42.21 Leads
National rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#26,415of 32,066 US ZIPs	#25,035of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#767of 873 VA ZIPs	#658of 793 NC ZIPs
Metro rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	Not in a metro area	#36of 39 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	Rowe24646 · VA	Sandy Ridge27046 · NC
ZipVitals Score	40.49	42.21 Leads
National rank	#26,415of 32,066 US ZIPs	#25,035of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rank	#767of 873 VA ZIPs	#658of 793 NC ZIPs
Metro rank	Not in a metro area	#36of 39 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 — 24646: not in a metro area · 27046: Winston-Salem, NC.

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

Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the score 24646 leads · 21-point gap
24646Rowe		healthier than 79% · 95% in Virginia	1 of 2
27046Sandy Ridge		healthier than 58% · 86% in North Carolina, 92% in its metro area	2 of 2

Healthcare Access5% of the score 24646 leads · 21-point gap
24646Rowe		healthier than 48% · 55% in Virginia	1 of 2
27046Sandy Ridge		healthier than 27% · 13% in North Carolina, 8% in its metro area	2 of 2

Environmental Hazard14% of the score 24646 leads · 15-point gap
24646Rowe		healthier than 88% · 81% in Virginia	1 of 2
27046Sandy Ridge		healthier than 73% · 57% in North Carolina, 97% in its metro area	2 of 2

Risk Behavior11% of the score 27046 leads · 14-point gap
27046Sandy Ridge		healthier than 44% · 23% in North Carolina, 16% in its metro area	1 of 2
24646Rowe		healthier than 30% · 15% in Virginia	2 of 2

Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 27046 leads · 7-point gap
27046Sandy Ridge		healthier than 31% · 30% in North Carolina, 13% in its metro area	1 of 2
24646Rowe		healthier than 24% · 20% in Virginia	2 of 2

Chronic Disease Burden21% of the score 27046 leads · 5-point gap
27046Sandy Ridge		healthier than 14% · 19% in North Carolina, 5% in its metro area	1 of 2
24646Rowe		healthier than 9% · 14% in Virginia	2 of 2

Mental Health8% of the score 27046 leads · 3-point gap
27046Sandy Ridge		healthier than 15% · 8% in North Carolina, 13% in its metro area	1 of 2
24646Rowe		healthier than 12% · 6% in Virginia	2 of 2

Disability7% of the score 27046 leads · 3-point gap
27046Sandy Ridge		healthier than 16% · 20% in North Carolina, 8% in its metro area	1 of 2
24646Rowe		healthier than 13% · 12% in Virginia	2 of 2

Preventive Care13% of the score 24646 leads · 1-point gap
24646Rowe		healthier than 47% · 22% in Virginia	1 of 2
27046Sandy Ridge		healthier than 46% · 29% in North Carolina, 29% 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. 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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Sandy Ridge vs. Rowe

Sandy Ridge 27046 · NCLEADS42.21

Rowe 24646 · VA40.49

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

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