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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.

Comparing25112Institute, WV29208Columbia, SC
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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
Institute25112 · WV
Columbia29208 · SC
ZipVitals Score48.8049.93 Leads
National rank#17,928of 32,066 US ZIPs#16,346of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rank#18of 697 WV ZIPs#150of 417 SC ZIPs
Metro rank#4of 83 ZIPs in its metro area#23of 47 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 — 25112: Charleston, WV · 29208: Columbia, SC.

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 25112 leads · 29-point gap
25112Institutehealthier than 69% · 50% in West Virginia, 85% in its metro area1 of 2
29208Columbiahealthier than 40% · 77% in South Carolina, 93% in its metro area2 of 2
Risk Behavior11% of the score 29208 leads · 14-point gap
29208Columbiahealthier than 63% · 75% in South Carolina, 70% in its metro area1 of 2
25112Institutehealthier than 49% · 98% in West Virginia, 98% in its metro area2 of 2
Environmental Hazard14% of the score 29208 leads · 8-point gap
29208Columbiahealthier than 9% · 7% in South Carolina, 9% in its metro area1 of 2
25112Institutein the bottom 0.7% · 0% in West Virginia, 1% in its metro area2 of 2
Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 29208 leads · 6-point gap
29208Columbiahealthier than 12% · 25% in South Carolina, 22% in its metro area1 of 2
25112Institutehealthier than 6% · 15% in West Virginia, 9% in its metro area2 of 2
Healthcare Access5% of the score 25112 leads · 6-point gap
25112Institutehealthier than 82% · 90% in West Virginia, 83% in its metro area1 of 2
29208Columbiahealthier than 76% · 77% in South Carolina, 78% in its metro area2 of 2
Preventive Care13% of the score 25112 leads · 1-point gap
25112Institutehealthier than 5% · 0% in West Virginia, 0% in its metro area1 of 2
29208Columbiahealthier than 4% · 2% in South Carolina, 4% in its metro area2 of 2
Mental Health8% of the score 25112 leads · 1-point gap
25112Institutein the bottom 0.7% · 13% in West Virginia, 7% in its metro area1 of 2
29208Columbiain the bottom 0.00% · 0% in South Carolina, 0% in its metro area2 of 2
Disability7% of the score 25112 leads · 1-point gap
25112Institutehealthier than 76% · 99% in West Virginia, 99% in its metro area1 of 2
29208Columbiahealthier than 75% · 88% in South Carolina, 76% in its metro area2 of 2
Chronic Disease Burden21% of the scoretied — no single leader
25112Institutein the top 0.7% · 100% in West Virginia, 100% in its metro area=1 of 2
29208Columbiain the top 0.8% · 97% in South Carolina, 96% in its metro area=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. 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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Columbia vs. Institute

Columbia 29208 · SCLEADS49.93
Institute 25112 · WV48.80

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

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