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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.

Comparing27258Haw River, NC28630Granite Falls, NC2–5 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	Haw River27258 · NC	Granite Falls28630 · NC
ZipVitals ScoreComposite of 9 scoring domains	51.34 Leads	50.90
National rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#14,367of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads	#15,005of 32,066 US ZIPs
State rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#336of 793 NC ZIPs	#359of 793 NC ZIPs
Metro rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	No metro comparison group — too few scored ZIPs in this metro	#9of 24 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	Haw River27258 · NC	Granite Falls28630 · NC
ZipVitals Score	51.34 Leads	50.90
National rank	#14,367of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads	#15,005of 32,066 US ZIPs
State rank	#336of 793 NC ZIPs	#359of 793 NC ZIPs
Metro rank	No metro comparison group — too few scored ZIPs in this metro	#9of 24 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 — 27258: Burlington, NC · 28630: Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC.

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 28630 leads · 23-point gap
28630Granite Falls		healthier than 84% · 83% in North Carolina, 70% in its metro area	1 of 2
27258Haw River		healthier than 61% · 54% in North Carolina, 38% in its metro area	2 of 2

Environmental Hazard14% of the score 27258 leads · 18-point gap
27258Haw River		healthier than 48% · 31% in North Carolina, 50% in its metro area	1 of 2
28630Granite Falls		healthier than 30% · 15% in North Carolina, 43% in its metro area	2 of 2

Mental Health8% of the score 27258 leads · 8-point gap
27258Haw River		healthier than 33% · 44% in North Carolina, 50% in its metro area	1 of 2
28630Granite Falls		healthier than 25% · 24% in North Carolina, 48% in its metro area	2 of 2

Preventive Care13% of the score 28630 leads · 7-point gap
28630Granite Falls		healthier than 60% · 46% in North Carolina, 61% in its metro area	1 of 2
27258Haw River		healthier than 53% · 37% in North Carolina, 25% in its metro area	2 of 2

Risk Behavior11% of the score 28630 leads · 6-point gap
28630Granite Falls		healthier than 71% · 57% in North Carolina, 57% in its metro area	1 of 2
27258Haw River		healthier than 65% · 49% in North Carolina, 13% in its metro area	2 of 2

Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the score 28630 leads · 6-point gap
28630Granite Falls		healthier than 50% · 76% in North Carolina, 39% in its metro area	1 of 2
27258Haw River		healthier than 44% · 60% in North Carolina, 50% in its metro area	2 of 2

Chronic Disease Burden21% of the score 27258 leads · 4-point gap
27258Haw River		healthier than 52% · 67% in North Carolina, 25% in its metro area	1 of 2
28630Granite Falls		healthier than 48% · 62% in North Carolina, 74% in its metro area	2 of 2

Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 28630 leads · 1-point gap
28630Granite Falls		healthier than 62% · 62% in North Carolina, 61% in its metro area	1 of 2
27258Haw River		healthier than 61% · 61% in North Carolina, 50% in its metro area	2 of 2

Disability7% of the scoretied — no single leader
27258Haw River		healthier than 41% · 56% in North Carolina, 25% in its metro area	=1 of 2
28630Granite Falls		healthier than 41% · 57% in North Carolina, 70% 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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Haw River vs. Granite Falls

Haw River 27258 · NCLEADS51.34

Granite Falls 28630 · NC50.90

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

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