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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.

Comparing28420Ash, NC71243Fort Necessity, LA2–5 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	Ash28420 · NC	Fort Necessity71243 · LA
ZipVitals ScoreComposite of 9 scoring domains	46.31 Leads	40.26
National rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#20,975of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads	#26,573of 32,066 US ZIPs
State rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#526of 793 NC ZIPs	#209of 508 LA ZIPs
Metro rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#24of 28 ZIPs in its metro area	Not in a 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	Ash28420 · NC	Fort Necessity71243 · LA
ZipVitals Score	46.31 Leads	40.26
National rank	#20,975of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads	#26,573of 32,066 US ZIPs
State rank	#526of 793 NC ZIPs	#209of 508 LA ZIPs
Metro rank	#24of 28 ZIPs in its metro area	Not in a metro area

ZipVitals Score — Composite of 9 scoring domainsNational rank, State rank and Metro rank — Among ZIPs with a computed score

Metro areas — 28420: Wilmington, NC · 71243: not in a metro area.

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 28420 leads · 40-point gap
28420Ash		healthier than 64% · 58% in North Carolina, 50% in its metro area	1 of 2
71243Fort Necessity		healthier than 24% · 13% in Louisiana	2 of 2

Risk Behavior11% of the score 28420 leads · 30-point gap
28420Ash		healthier than 40% · 18% in North Carolina, 4% in its metro area	1 of 2
71243Fort Necessity		healthier than 10% · 50% in Louisiana	2 of 2

Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 28420 leads · 23-point gap
28420Ash		healthier than 41% · 38% in North Carolina, 15% in its metro area	1 of 2
71243Fort Necessity		healthier than 18% · 55% in Louisiana	2 of 2

Chronic Disease Burden21% of the score 28420 leads · 13-point gap
28420Ash		healthier than 40% · 53% in North Carolina, 54% in its metro area	1 of 2
71243Fort Necessity		healthier than 27% · 54% in Louisiana	2 of 2

Disability7% of the score 28420 leads · 7-point gap
28420Ash		healthier than 30% · 43% in North Carolina, 31% in its metro area	1 of 2
71243Fort Necessity		healthier than 23% · 62% in Louisiana	2 of 2

Preventive Care13% of the score 71243 leads · 4-point gap
71243Fort Necessity		healthier than 53% · 42% in Louisiana	1 of 2
28420Ash		healthier than 49% · 32% in North Carolina, 19% in its metro area	2 of 2

Mental Health8% of the score 28420 leads · 4-point gap
28420Ash		healthier than 22% · 17% in North Carolina, 4% in its metro area	1 of 2
71243Fort Necessity		healthier than 18% · 77% in Louisiana	2 of 2

Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the score 28420 leads · 3-point gap
28420Ash		healthier than 3% · 0% in North Carolina, 4% in its metro area	1 of 2
71243Fort Necessity		in the bottom 0.3% · 1% in Louisiana	2 of 2

Environmental Hazard14% of the score 28420 leads · 2-point gap
28420Ash		healthier than 99% · 98% in North Carolina, 100% in its metro area	1 of 2
71243Fort Necessity		healthier than 97% · 99% in Louisiana	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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Ash vs. Fort Necessity

Ash 28420 · NCLEADS46.31

Fort Necessity 71243 · LA40.26

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

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