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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.

Comparing27278Hillsborough, NC27615Raleigh, 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	Hillsborough27278 · NC	Raleigh27615 · NC
ZipVitals ScoreComposite of 9 scoring domains	62.79	67.68 Leads
National rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#3,085of 32,066 US ZIPs	#1,097of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#60of 793 NC ZIPs	#19of 793 NC ZIPs
Metro rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#7of 27 ZIPs in its metro area	#12of 48 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	Hillsborough27278 · NC	Raleigh27615 · NC
ZipVitals Score	62.79	67.68 Leads
National rank	#3,085of 32,066 US ZIPs	#1,097of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rank	#60of 793 NC ZIPs	#19of 793 NC ZIPs
Metro rank	#7of 27 ZIPs in its metro area	#12of 48 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 — 27278: Durham-Chapel Hill, NC · 27615: Raleigh-Cary, 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

Environmental Hazard14% of the score 27278 leads · 18-point gap
27278Hillsborough		healthier than 74% · 58% in North Carolina, 50% in its metro area	1 of 2
27615Raleigh		healthier than 56% · 42% in North Carolina, 51% in its metro area	2 of 2

Healthcare Access5% of the score 27278 leads · 17-point gap
27278Hillsborough		healthier than 79% · 76% in North Carolina, 58% in its metro area	1 of 2
27615Raleigh		healthier than 62% · 56% in North Carolina, 45% in its metro area	2 of 2

Mental Health8% of the score 27615 leads · 12-point gap
27615Raleigh		healthier than 77% · 94% in North Carolina, 89% in its metro area	1 of 2
27278Hillsborough		healthier than 65% · 87% in North Carolina, 73% in its metro area	2 of 2

Disability7% of the score 27615 leads · 12-point gap
27615Raleigh		healthier than 91% · 95% in North Carolina, 66% in its metro area	1 of 2
27278Hillsborough		healthier than 79% · 89% in North Carolina, 85% in its metro area	2 of 2

Chronic Disease Burden21% of the score 27615 leads · 9-point gap
27615Raleigh		healthier than 82% · 89% in North Carolina, 49% in its metro area	1 of 2
27278Hillsborough		healthier than 73% · 85% in North Carolina, 65% in its metro area	2 of 2

Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 27615 leads · 7-point gap
27615Raleigh		healthier than 99% · 99% in North Carolina, 96% in its metro area	1 of 2
27278Hillsborough		healthier than 92% · 90% in North Carolina, 88% in its metro area	2 of 2

Risk Behavior11% of the score 27615 leads · 6-point gap
27615Raleigh		healthier than 98% · 98% in North Carolina, 94% in its metro area	1 of 2
27278Hillsborough		healthier than 92% · 89% in North Carolina, 85% in its metro area	2 of 2

Preventive Care13% of the score 27615 leads · 4-point gap
27615Raleigh		healthier than 94% · 94% in North Carolina, 98% in its metro area	1 of 2
27278Hillsborough		healthier than 90% · 88% in North Carolina, 77% in its metro area	2 of 2

Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the scoretied — no single leader
27278Hillsborough		healthier than 51% · 76% in North Carolina, 73% in its metro area	=1 of 2
27615Raleigh		healthier than 51% · 77% in North Carolina, 94% 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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Raleigh vs. Hillsborough

Raleigh 27615 · NCLEADS67.68

Hillsborough 27278 · NC62.79

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

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