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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.

Comparing28467Carolina Shores, NC29676Salem, 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	Carolina Shores28467 · NC	Salem29676 · SC
ZipVitals ScoreComposite of 9 scoring domains	59.68 Leads	57.59
National rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#5,102of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads	#6,728of 32,066 US ZIPs
State rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#110of 793 NC ZIPs	#55of 417 SC ZIPs
Metro rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#11of 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	Carolina Shores28467 · NC	Salem29676 · SC
ZipVitals Score	59.68 Leads	57.59
National rank	#5,102of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads	#6,728of 32,066 US ZIPs
State rank	#110of 793 NC ZIPs	#55of 417 SC ZIPs
Metro rank	#11of 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 — 28467: Wilmington, NC · 29676: 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

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Environmental Hazard14% of the score 28467 leads · 38-point gap
28467Carolina Shores		healthier than 96% · 88% in North Carolina, 58% in its metro area	1 of 2
29676Salem		healthier than 58% · 41% in South Carolina	2 of 2

Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the score 29676 leads · 11-point gap
29676Salem		healthier than 31% · 53% in South Carolina	1 of 2
28467Carolina Shores		healthier than 20% · 16% in North Carolina, 69% in its metro area	2 of 2

Risk Behavior11% of the score 28467 leads · 6-point gap
28467Carolina Shores		healthier than 98% · 98% in North Carolina, 96% in its metro area	1 of 2
29676Salem		healthier than 92% · 97% in South Carolina	2 of 2

Healthcare Access5% of the score 28467 leads · 5-point gap
28467Carolina Shores		healthier than 43% · 30% in North Carolina, 19% in its metro area	1 of 2
29676Salem		healthier than 38% · 23% in South Carolina	2 of 2

Chronic Disease Burden21% of the score 29676 leads · 4-point gap
29676Salem		healthier than 17% · 32% in South Carolina	1 of 2
28467Carolina Shores		healthier than 13% · 18% in North Carolina, 4% in its metro area	2 of 2

Disability7% of the score 29676 leads · 4-point gap
29676Salem		healthier than 54% · 78% in South Carolina	1 of 2
28467Carolina Shores		healthier than 50% · 68% in North Carolina, 50% in its metro area	2 of 2

Preventive Care13% of the score 28467 leads · 2-point gap
28467Carolina Shores		in the top 0.3% · 100% in North Carolina, 96% in its metro area	1 of 2
29676Salem		healthier than 98% · 97% in South Carolina	2 of 2

Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 28467 leads · 1-point gap
28467Carolina Shores		healthier than 93% · 91% in North Carolina, 73% in its metro area	1 of 2
29676Salem		healthier than 92% · 94% in South Carolina	2 of 2

Mental Health8% of the score 28467 leads · 1-point gap
28467Carolina Shores		healthier than 91% · 99% in North Carolina, 96% in its metro area	1 of 2
29676Salem		healthier than 90% · 96% in South Carolina	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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Carolina Shores vs. Salem

Carolina Shores 28467 · NCLEADS59.68

Salem 29676 · SC57.59

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

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