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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.

Comparing28557Morehead City, NC29588Myrtle Beach, 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	Morehead City28557 · NC	Myrtle Beach29588 · SC
ZipVitals ScoreComposite of 9 scoring domains	56.76 Leads	55.05
National rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#7,501of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads	#9,386of 32,066 US ZIPs
State rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#171of 793 NC ZIPs	#76of 417 SC ZIPs
Metro rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	Not in a metro area	#7of 15 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	Morehead City28557 · NC	Myrtle Beach29588 · SC
ZipVitals Score	56.76 Leads	55.05
National rank	#7,501of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads	#9,386of 32,066 US ZIPs
State rank	#171of 793 NC ZIPs	#76of 417 SC ZIPs
Metro rank	Not in a metro area	#7of 15 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 — 28557: not in a metro area · 29588: Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, 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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Risk Behavior11% of the score 28557 leads · 22-point gap
28557Morehead City		healthier than 88% · 85% in North Carolina	1 of 2
29588Myrtle Beach		healthier than 66% · 80% in South Carolina, 57% in its metro area	2 of 2

Preventive Care13% of the score 28557 leads · 20-point gap
28557Morehead City		healthier than 94% · 94% in North Carolina	1 of 2
29588Myrtle Beach		healthier than 74% · 73% in South Carolina, 50% in its metro area	2 of 2

Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 28557 leads · 19-point gap
28557Morehead City		healthier than 95% · 94% in North Carolina	1 of 2
29588Myrtle Beach		healthier than 76% · 83% in South Carolina, 57% in its metro area	2 of 2

Environmental Hazard14% of the score 29588 leads · 15-point gap
29588Myrtle Beach		healthier than 97% · 96% in South Carolina, 50% in its metro area	1 of 2
28557Morehead City		healthier than 82% · 68% in North Carolina	2 of 2

Healthcare Access5% of the score 28557 leads · 14-point gap
28557Morehead City		in the top 0.00% · 100% in North Carolina	1 of 2
29588Myrtle Beach		healthier than 86% · 86% in South Carolina, 79% in its metro area	2 of 2

Chronic Disease Burden21% of the score 29588 leads · 13-point gap
29588Myrtle Beach		healthier than 52% · 71% in South Carolina, 79% in its metro area	1 of 2
28557Morehead City		healthier than 39% · 52% in North Carolina	2 of 2

Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the score 29588 leads · 11-point gap
29588Myrtle Beach		healthier than 19% · 26% in South Carolina, 29% in its metro area	1 of 2
28557Morehead City		healthier than 8% · 6% in North Carolina	2 of 2

Mental Health8% of the score 28557 leads · 6-point gap
28557Morehead City		healthier than 64% · 86% in North Carolina	1 of 2
29588Myrtle Beach		healthier than 58% · 66% in South Carolina, 57% in its metro area	2 of 2

Disability7% of the score 29588 leads · 3-point gap
29588Myrtle Beach		healthier than 55% · 79% in South Carolina, 93% in its metro area	1 of 2
28557Morehead City		healthier than 52% · 70% in North 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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Morehead City vs. Myrtle Beach

Morehead City 28557 · NCLEADS56.76

Myrtle Beach 29588 · SC55.05

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

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