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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.

Comparing28594Emerald Isle, NC28449Kure Beach, NC
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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
Emerald Isle28594 · NC
Kure Beach28449 · NC
ZipVitals Score62.6364.24 Leads
National rank#3,166of 32,066 US ZIPs#2,322of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rank#65of 793 NC ZIPs#49of 793 NC ZIPs
Metro rankNot in a metro area#2of 28 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 — 28594: not in a metro area · 28449: Wilmington, NC.

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 28449 leads · 29-point gap
28449Kure Beachhealthier than 50% · 38% in North Carolina, 31% in its metro area1 of 2
28594Emerald Islehealthier than 21% · 8% in North Carolina2 of 2
Disability7% of the score 28449 leads · 6-point gap
28449Kure Beachhealthier than 83% · 91% in North Carolina, 88% in its metro area1 of 2
28594Emerald Islehealthier than 77% · 88% in North Carolina2 of 2
Environmental Hazard14% of the score 28594 leads · 5-point gap
28594Emerald Islehealthier than 99% · 96% in North Carolina1 of 2
28449Kure Beachhealthier than 94% · 85% in North Carolina, 50% in its metro area2 of 2
Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the score 28449 leads · 3-point gap
28449Kure Beachhealthier than 7% · 5% in North Carolina, 17% in its metro area1 of 2
28594Emerald Islehealthier than 4% · 2% in North Carolina2 of 2
Mental Health8% of the score 28449 leads · 2-point gap
28449Kure Beachhealthier than 88% · 98% in North Carolina, 88% in its metro area1 of 2
28594Emerald Islehealthier than 86% · 98% in North Carolina2 of 2
Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 28449 leads · 1-point gap
28449Kure Beachhealthier than 98% · 98% in North Carolina, 96% in its metro area1 of 2
28594Emerald Islehealthier than 97% · 96% in North Carolina2 of 2
Preventive Care13% of the score 28449 leads · 1-point gap
28449Kure Beachin the top 0.3% · 100% in North Carolina, 92% in its metro area1 of 2
28594Emerald Islein the top 0.8% · 99% in North Carolina2 of 2
Risk Behavior11% of the score 28449 leads · 1-point gap
28449Kure Beachhealthier than 98% · 97% in North Carolina, 92% in its metro area1 of 2
28594Emerald Islehealthier than 97% · 97% in North Carolina2 of 2
Chronic Disease Burden21% of the scoretied — no single leader
28594Emerald Islehealthier than 45% · 59% in North Carolina=1 of 2
28449Kure Beachhealthier than 45% · 58% in North Carolina, 58% in its metro area=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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Kure Beach vs. Emerald Isle

Kure Beach 28449 · NCLEADS64.24
Emerald Isle 28594 · NC62.63

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

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