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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.

Comparing27949Kitty Hawk, NC22940Free Union, VA
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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
Kitty Hawk27949 · NC
Free Union22940 · VA
ZipVitals Score66.97 Leads62.34
National rank#1,291of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads#3,324of 32,066 US ZIPs
State rank#26of 793 NC ZIPs#110of 873 VA ZIPs
Metro rankNot in a metro area#9of 36 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 — 27949: not in a metro area · 22940: Charlottesville, VA.

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
Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the score 22940 leads · 21-point gap
22940Free Unionhealthier than 55% · 63% in Virginia, 66% in its metro area1 of 2
27949Kitty Hawkhealthier than 34% · 34% in North Carolina2 of 2
Disability7% of the score 27949 leads · 9-point gap
27949Kitty Hawkhealthier than 85% · 93% in North Carolina1 of 2
22940Free Unionhealthier than 76% · 80% in Virginia, 77% in its metro area2 of 2
Risk Behavior11% of the score 27949 leads · 8-point gap
27949Kitty Hawkhealthier than 99% · 100% in North Carolina1 of 2
22940Free Unionhealthier than 91% · 90% in Virginia, 80% in its metro area2 of 2
Mental Health8% of the score 27949 leads · 8-point gap
27949Kitty Hawkhealthier than 85% · 97% in North Carolina1 of 2
22940Free Unionhealthier than 77% · 83% in Virginia, 71% in its metro area2 of 2
Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 27949 leads · 7-point gap
27949Kitty Hawkhealthier than 98% · 98% in North Carolina1 of 2
22940Free Unionhealthier than 91% · 87% in Virginia, 74% in its metro area2 of 2
Preventive Care13% of the score 27949 leads · 6-point gap
27949Kitty Hawkhealthier than 99% · 98% in North Carolina1 of 2
22940Free Unionhealthier than 93% · 92% in Virginia, 80% in its metro area2 of 2
Healthcare Access5% of the score 22940 leads · 5-point gap
22940Free Unionhealthier than 25% · 27% in Virginia, 26% in its metro area1 of 2
27949Kitty Hawkhealthier than 20% · 8% in North Carolina2 of 2
Environmental Hazard14% of the score 27949 leads · 3-point gap
27949Kitty Hawkhealthier than 99% · 97% in North Carolina1 of 2
22940Free Unionhealthier than 96% · 96% in Virginia, 100% in its metro area2 of 2
Chronic Disease Burden21% of the score 22940 leads · 1-point gap
22940Free Unionhealthier than 61% · 74% in Virginia, 71% in its metro area1 of 2
27949Kitty Hawkhealthier than 60% · 76% in North Carolina2 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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Kitty Hawk vs. Free Union

Kitty Hawk 27949 · NCLEADS66.97
Free Union 22940 · VA62.34

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

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