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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.

Comparing27305Milton, NC29130Ridgeway, 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	Milton27305 · NC	Ridgeway29130 · SC
ZipVitals ScoreComposite of 9 scoring domains	48.22	49.39 Leads
National rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#18,658of 32,066 US ZIPs	#17,095of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#463of 793 NC ZIPs	#164of 417 SC ZIPs
Metro rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	Not in a metro area	#25of 47 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	Milton27305 · NC	Ridgeway29130 · SC
ZipVitals Score	48.22	49.39 Leads
National rank	#18,658of 32,066 US ZIPs	#17,095of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rank	#463of 793 NC ZIPs	#164of 417 SC ZIPs
Metro rank	Not in a metro area	#25of 47 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 — 27305: not in a metro area · 29130: Columbia, 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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Environmental Hazard14% of the score 29130 leads · 19-point gap
29130Ridgeway		healthier than 74% · 57% in South Carolina, 70% in its metro area	1 of 2
27305Milton		healthier than 55% · 40% in North Carolina	2 of 2

Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 29130 leads · 18-point gap
29130Ridgeway		healthier than 45% · 59% in South Carolina, 54% in its metro area	1 of 2
27305Milton		healthier than 27% · 28% in North Carolina	2 of 2

Healthcare Access5% of the score 29130 leads · 15-point gap
29130Ridgeway		healthier than 58% · 54% in South Carolina, 50% in its metro area	1 of 2
27305Milton		healthier than 43% · 29% in North Carolina	2 of 2

Mental Health8% of the score 29130 leads · 14-point gap
29130Ridgeway		healthier than 77% · 86% in South Carolina, 89% in its metro area	1 of 2
27305Milton		healthier than 63% · 85% in North Carolina	2 of 2

Preventive Care13% of the score 29130 leads · 6-point gap
29130Ridgeway		healthier than 87% · 86% in South Carolina, 80% in its metro area	1 of 2
27305Milton		healthier than 81% · 75% in North Carolina	2 of 2

Chronic Disease Burden21% of the score 27305 leads · 5-point gap
27305Milton		healthier than 19% · 28% in North Carolina	1 of 2
29130Ridgeway		healthier than 14% · 23% in South Carolina, 13% in its metro area	2 of 2

Risk Behavior11% of the score 29130 leads · 2-point gap
29130Ridgeway		healthier than 64% · 76% in South Carolina, 72% in its metro area	1 of 2
27305Milton		healthier than 62% · 45% in North Carolina	2 of 2

Disability7% of the score 27305 leads · 1-point gap
27305Milton		healthier than 28% · 40% in North Carolina	1 of 2
29130Ridgeway		healthier than 27% · 47% in South Carolina, 35% in its metro area	2 of 2

Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the score 27305 leads · 1-point gap
27305Milton		healthier than 33% · 33% in North Carolina	1 of 2
29130Ridgeway		healthier than 32% · 56% in South Carolina, 67% 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. 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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Ridgeway vs. Milton

Ridgeway 29130 · SCLEADS49.39

Milton 27305 · NC48.22

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

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