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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.

Comparing28469Ocean Isle Beach, NC21663St. Michaels, MD2–5 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	Ocean Isle Beach28469 · NC	St. Michaels21663 · MD
ZipVitals ScoreComposite of 9 scoring domains	61.34 Leads	60.19
National rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#3,916of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads	#4,716of 32,066 US ZIPs
State rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#76of 793 NC ZIPs	#189of 458 MD ZIPs
Metro rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#6of 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	Ocean Isle Beach28469 · NC	St. Michaels21663 · MD
ZipVitals Score	61.34 Leads	60.19
National rank	#3,916of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads	#4,716of 32,066 US ZIPs
State rank	#76of 793 NC ZIPs	#189of 458 MD ZIPs
Metro rank	#6of 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 — 28469: Wilmington, NC · 21663: 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.

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Environmental Hazard14% of the score 28469 leads · 13-point gap
28469Ocean Isle Beach		healthier than 96% · 88% in North Carolina, 62% in its metro area	1 of 2
21663St. Michaels		healthier than 83% · 84% in Maryland	2 of 2

Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 28469 leads · 12-point gap
28469Ocean Isle Beach		healthier than 96% · 95% in North Carolina, 88% in its metro area	1 of 2
21663St. Michaels		healthier than 84% · 64% in Maryland	2 of 2

Disability7% of the score 21663 leads · 5-point gap
21663St. Michaels		healthier than 65% · 31% in Maryland	1 of 2
28469Ocean Isle Beach		healthier than 60% · 75% in North Carolina, 65% in its metro area	2 of 2

Mental Health8% of the score 21663 leads · 4-point gap
21663St. Michaels		healthier than 92% · 82% in Maryland	1 of 2
28469Ocean Isle Beach		healthier than 88% · 98% in North Carolina, 92% in its metro area	2 of 2

Healthcare Access5% of the score 28469 leads · 4-point gap
28469Ocean Isle Beach		healthier than 60% · 53% in North Carolina, 42% in its metro area	1 of 2
21663St. Michaels		healthier than 56% · 53% in Maryland	2 of 2

Chronic Disease Burden21% of the score 21663 leads · 2-point gap
21663St. Michaels		healthier than 24% · 11% in Maryland	1 of 2
28469Ocean Isle Beach		healthier than 22% · 32% in North Carolina, 27% in its metro area	2 of 2

Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the score 28469 leads · 2-point gap
28469Ocean Isle Beach		healthier than 25% · 21% in North Carolina, 85% in its metro area	1 of 2
21663St. Michaels		healthier than 23% · 10% in Maryland	2 of 2

Risk Behavior11% of the score 28469 leads · 1-point gap
28469Ocean Isle Beach		healthier than 97% · 97% in North Carolina, 88% in its metro area	1 of 2
21663St. Michaels		healthier than 96% · 90% in Maryland	2 of 2

Preventive Care13% of the scoretied — no single leader
28469Ocean Isle Beach		in the top 0.6% · 99% in North Carolina, 88% in its metro area	=1 of 2
21663St. Michaels		in the top 0.8% · 99% in Maryland	=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. 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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Ocean Isle Beach vs. St. Michaels

Ocean Isle Beach 28469 · NCLEADS61.34

St. Michaels 21663 · MD60.19

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

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