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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.

Comparing26537Kingwood, WV26285Norton, WV2–5 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	Kingwood26537 · WV	Norton26285 · WV
ZipVitals ScoreComposite of 9 scoring domains	42.89 Leads	41.45
National rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#24,479of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads	#25,706of 32,066 US ZIPs
State rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#98of 697 WV ZIPs	#127of 697 WV ZIPs
Metro rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#11of 22 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	Kingwood26537 · WV	Norton26285 · WV
ZipVitals Score	42.89 Leads	41.45
National rank	#24,479of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads	#25,706of 32,066 US ZIPs
State rank	#98of 697 WV ZIPs	#127of 697 WV ZIPs
Metro rank	#11of 22 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 — 26537: Morgantown, WV · 26285: 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

all 2 ZIPs can be placed on these 9 domains

Environmental Hazard14% of the score 26285 leads · 52-point gap
26285Norton		healthier than 91% · 88% in West Virginia	1 of 2
26537Kingwood		healthier than 39% · 30% in West Virginia, 45% in its metro area	2 of 2

Healthcare Access5% of the score 26285 leads · 20-point gap
26285Norton		healthier than 73% · 82% in West Virginia	1 of 2
26537Kingwood		healthier than 53% · 49% in West Virginia, 55% in its metro area	2 of 2

Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 26537 leads · 12-point gap
26537Kingwood		healthier than 63% · 90% in West Virginia, 65% in its metro area	1 of 2
26285Norton		healthier than 51% · 79% in West Virginia	2 of 2

Risk Behavior11% of the score 26537 leads · 10-point gap
26537Kingwood		healthier than 29% · 91% in West Virginia, 80% in its metro area	1 of 2
26285Norton		healthier than 19% · 84% in West Virginia	2 of 2

Chronic Disease Burden21% of the score 26537 leads · 5-point gap
26537Kingwood		healthier than 13% · 83% in West Virginia, 40% in its metro area	1 of 2
26285Norton		healthier than 8% · 64% in West Virginia	2 of 2

Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the score 26537 leads · 4-point gap
26537Kingwood		healthier than 87% · 92% in West Virginia, 65% in its metro area	1 of 2
26285Norton		healthier than 83% · 86% in West Virginia	2 of 2

Disability7% of the score 26537 leads · 3-point gap
26537Kingwood		healthier than 27% · 80% in West Virginia, 40% in its metro area	1 of 2
26285Norton		healthier than 24% · 76% in West Virginia	2 of 2

Mental Health8% of the score 26537 leads · 1-point gap
26537Kingwood		healthier than 5% · 73% in West Virginia, 50% in its metro area	1 of 2
26285Norton		healthier than 4% · 64% in West Virginia	2 of 2

Preventive Care13% of the scoretied — no single leader
26537Kingwood		healthier than 71% · 81% in West Virginia, 55% in its metro area	=1 of 2
26285Norton		healthier than 71% · 82% in West 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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Kingwood vs. Norton

Kingwood 26537 · WVLEADS42.89

Norton 26285 · WV41.45

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

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