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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.

Comparing26030Beech Bottom, WV70661Starks, LA
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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
Beech Bottom26030 · WV
Starks70661 · LA
ZipVitals Score31.85 Leads29.42
National rank#30,351of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads#30,878of 32,066 US ZIPs
State rank#455of 697 WV ZIPs#437of 508 LA ZIPs
Metro rank#30of 31 ZIPs in its metro area#24of 25 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 — 26030: Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH · 70661: Lake Charles, LA.

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
Preventive Care13% of the score 26030 leads · 22-point gap
26030Beech Bottomhealthier than 56% · 58% in West Virginia, 50% in its metro area1 of 2
70661Starkshealthier than 34% · 13% in Louisiana, 4% in its metro area2 of 2
Environmental Hazard14% of the score 70661 leads · 21-point gap
70661Starkshealthier than 36% · 23% in Louisiana, 29% in its metro area1 of 2
26030Beech Bottomhealthier than 15% · 9% in West Virginia, 40% in its metro area2 of 2
Healthcare Access5% of the score 26030 leads · 9-point gap
26030Beech Bottomhealthier than 45% · 37% in West Virginia, 40% in its metro area1 of 2
70661Starkshealthier than 36% · 23% in Louisiana, 50% in its metro area2 of 2
Risk Behavior11% of the score 26030 leads · 8-point gap
26030Beech Bottomhealthier than 11% · 70% in West Virginia, 37% in its metro area1 of 2
70661Starkshealthier than 3% · 19% in Louisiana, 17% in its metro area2 of 2
Disability7% of the score 26030 leads · 6-point gap
26030Beech Bottomhealthier than 12% · 44% in West Virginia, 3% in its metro area1 of 2
70661Starkshealthier than 6% · 19% in Louisiana, 4% in its metro area2 of 2
Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the score 26030 leads · 6-point gap
26030Beech Bottomhealthier than 9% · 1% in West Virginia, 0% in its metro area1 of 2
70661Starkshealthier than 3% · 34% in Louisiana, 50% in its metro area2 of 2
Chronic Disease Burden21% of the score 70661 leads · 1-point gap
70661Starkshealthier than 6% · 13% in Louisiana, 0% in its metro area1 of 2
26030Beech Bottomhealthier than 5% · 52% in West Virginia, 3% in its metro area2 of 2
Mental Health8% of the score 70661 leads · 1-point gap
70661Starkshealthier than 5% · 17% in Louisiana, 17% in its metro area1 of 2
26030Beech Bottomhealthier than 4% · 73% in West Virginia, 10% in its metro area2 of 2
Social Need / SDOH16% of the scoretied — no single leader
26030Beech Bottomhealthier than 9% · 23% in West Virginia, 3% in its metro area=1 of 2
70661Starkshealthier than 9% · 31% in Louisiana, 13% 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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Beech Bottom vs. Starks

Beech Bottom 26030 · WVLEADS31.85
Starks 70661 · LA29.42

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

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