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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.

Comparing27243Efland, NC29579Myrtle Beach, SC2–5 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	Efland27243 · NC	Myrtle Beach29579 · SC
ZipVitals ScoreComposite of 9 scoring domains	59.28 Leads	57.79
National rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#5,380of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads	#6,574of 32,066 US ZIPs
State rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#112of 793 NC ZIPs	#53of 417 SC ZIPs
Metro rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#11of 27 ZIPs in its metro area	#4of 15 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	Efland27243 · NC	Myrtle Beach29579 · SC
ZipVitals Score	59.28 Leads	57.79
National rank	#5,380of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads	#6,574of 32,066 US ZIPs
State rank	#112of 793 NC ZIPs	#53of 417 SC ZIPs
Metro rank	#11of 27 ZIPs in its metro area	#4of 15 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 — 27243: Durham-Chapel Hill, NC · 29579: Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, 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

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Healthcare Access5% of the score 29579 leads · 32-point gap
29579Myrtle Beach		healthier than 92% · 90% in South Carolina, 86% in its metro area	1 of 2
27243Efland		healthier than 60% · 52% in North Carolina, 35% in its metro area	2 of 2

Risk Behavior11% of the score 27243 leads · 16-point gap
27243Efland		healthier than 85% · 81% in North Carolina, 62% in its metro area	1 of 2
29579Myrtle Beach		healthier than 69% · 82% in South Carolina, 64% in its metro area	2 of 2

Disability7% of the score 27243 leads · 5-point gap
27243Efland		healthier than 72% · 85% in North Carolina, 62% in its metro area	1 of 2
29579Myrtle Beach		healthier than 67% · 84% in South Carolina, 100% in its metro area	2 of 2

Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the score 27243 leads · 4-point gap
27243Efland		healthier than 51% · 77% in North Carolina, 77% in its metro area	1 of 2
29579Myrtle Beach		healthier than 47% · 91% in South Carolina, 93% in its metro area	2 of 2

Chronic Disease Burden21% of the score 27243 leads · 3-point gap
27243Efland		healthier than 67% · 81% in North Carolina, 58% in its metro area	1 of 2
29579Myrtle Beach		healthier than 64% · 80% in South Carolina, 100% in its metro area	2 of 2

Preventive Care13% of the score 27243 leads · 3-point gap
27243Efland		healthier than 81% · 75% in North Carolina, 58% in its metro area	1 of 2
29579Myrtle Beach		healthier than 78% · 77% in South Carolina, 57% in its metro area	2 of 2

Mental Health8% of the score 29579 leads · 3-point gap
29579Myrtle Beach		healthier than 56% · 63% in South Carolina, 50% in its metro area	1 of 2
27243Efland		healthier than 53% · 76% in North Carolina, 50% in its metro area	2 of 2

Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 27243 leads · 1-point gap
27243Efland		healthier than 82% · 81% in North Carolina, 69% in its metro area	1 of 2
29579Myrtle Beach		healthier than 81% · 86% in South Carolina, 64% in its metro area	2 of 2

Environmental Hazard14% of the score 29579 leads · 1-point gap
29579Myrtle Beach		healthier than 84% · 72% in South Carolina, 14% in its metro area	1 of 2
27243Efland		healthier than 83% · 69% in North Carolina, 77% 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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Efland vs. Myrtle Beach

Efland 27243 · NCLEADS59.28

Myrtle Beach 29579 · SC57.79

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

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