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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.

Comparing25314Charleston, WV48837Grand Ledge, MI2–5 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	Charleston25314 · WV	Grand Ledge48837 · MI
ZipVitals ScoreComposite of 9 scoring domains	57.76	58.25 Leads
National rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#6,598of 32,066 US ZIPs	#6,189of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#1of 697 WV ZIPs	#159of 973 MI ZIPs
Metro rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#1of 83 ZIPs in its metro area	#8of 37 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	Charleston25314 · WV	Grand Ledge48837 · MI
ZipVitals Score	57.76	58.25 Leads
National rank	#6,598of 32,066 US ZIPs	#6,189of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rank	#1of 697 WV ZIPs	#159of 973 MI ZIPs
Metro rank	#1of 83 ZIPs in its metro area	#8of 37 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 — 25314: Charleston, WV · 48837: Lansing-East Lansing, MI.

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 25314 leads · 35-point gap
25314Charleston		healthier than 81% · 90% in West Virginia, 82% in its metro area	1 of 2
48837Grand Ledge		healthier than 46% · 46% in Michigan, 42% in its metro area	2 of 2

Environmental Hazard14% of the score 48837 leads · 23-point gap
48837Grand Ledge		healthier than 40% · 27% in Michigan, 25% in its metro area	1 of 2
25314Charleston		healthier than 17% · 11% in West Virginia, 16% in its metro area	2 of 2

Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the score 48837 leads · 16-point gap
48837Grand Ledge		healthier than 78% · 36% in Michigan, 83% in its metro area	1 of 2
25314Charleston		healthier than 62% · 28% in West Virginia, 48% in its metro area	2 of 2

Chronic Disease Burden21% of the score 48837 leads · 9-point gap
48837Grand Ledge		healthier than 64% · 74% in Michigan, 53% in its metro area	1 of 2
25314Charleston		healthier than 55% · 99% in West Virginia, 99% in its metro area	2 of 2

Preventive Care13% of the score 25314 leads · 6-point gap
25314Charleston		healthier than 97% · 100% in West Virginia, 100% in its metro area	1 of 2
48837Grand Ledge		healthier than 91% · 80% in Michigan, 83% in its metro area	2 of 2

Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 25314 leads · 4-point gap
25314Charleston		healthier than 84% · 99% in West Virginia, 100% in its metro area	1 of 2
48837Grand Ledge		healthier than 80% · 83% in Michigan, 81% in its metro area	2 of 2

Mental Health8% of the score 48837 leads · 2-point gap
48837Grand Ledge		healthier than 30% · 69% in Michigan, 75% in its metro area	1 of 2
25314Charleston		healthier than 28% · 100% in West Virginia, 100% in its metro area	2 of 2

Disability7% of the score 25314 leads · 2-point gap
25314Charleston		healthier than 84% · 100% in West Virginia, 100% in its metro area	1 of 2
48837Grand Ledge		healthier than 82% · 86% in Michigan, 83% in its metro area	2 of 2

Risk Behavior11% of the score 48837 leads · 1-point gap
48837Grand Ledge		healthier than 81% · 82% in Michigan, 78% in its metro area	1 of 2
25314Charleston		healthier than 80% · 100% in West Virginia, 100% 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. 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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Grand Ledge vs. Charleston

Grand Ledge 48837 · MILEADS58.25

Charleston 25314 · WV57.76

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

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