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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.

Comparing28606Boomer, NC28621Elkin, NC
2–5 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
Boomer28606 · NC
Elkin28621 · NC
ZipVitals Score46.3046.56 Leads
National rank#20,988of 32,066 US ZIPs#20,695of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rank#528of 793 NC ZIPs#519of 793 NC ZIPs
Metro rankNot in a metro areaNot 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 — 28606: not in a metro area · 28621: 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 28621 leads · 46-point gap
28621Elkinin the top 0.00% · 100% in North Carolina1 of 2
28606Boomerhealthier than 54% · 44% in North Carolina2 of 2
Environmental Hazard14% of the score 28606 leads · 40-point gap
28606Boomerhealthier than 74% · 58% in North Carolina1 of 2
28621Elkinhealthier than 34% · 18% in North Carolina2 of 2
Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 28621 leads · 16-point gap
28621Elkinhealthier than 74% · 75% in North Carolina1 of 2
28606Boomerhealthier than 58% · 57% in North Carolina2 of 2
Risk Behavior11% of the score 28621 leads · 8-point gap
28621Elkinhealthier than 67% · 52% in North Carolina1 of 2
28606Boomerhealthier than 59% · 41% in North Carolina2 of 2
Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the score 28621 leads · 6-point gap
28621Elkinhealthier than 54% · 82% in North Carolina1 of 2
28606Boomerhealthier than 48% · 69% in North Carolina2 of 2
Disability7% of the score 28606 leads · 3-point gap
28606Boomerhealthier than 23% · 32% in North Carolina1 of 2
28621Elkinhealthier than 20% · 27% in North Carolina2 of 2
Mental Health8% of the score 28621 leads · 1-point gap
28621Elkinhealthier than 24% · 21% in North Carolina1 of 2
28606Boomerhealthier than 23% · 19% in North Carolina2 of 2
Chronic Disease Burden21% of the scoretied — no single leader
28606Boomerhealthier than 19% · 27% in North Carolina=1 of 2
28621Elkinhealthier than 19% · 27% in North Carolina=1 of 2
Preventive Care13% of the scoretied — no single leader
28606Boomerhealthier than 54% · 39% in North Carolina=1 of 2
28621Elkinhealthier than 54% · 39% in North Carolina=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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Elkin vs. Boomer

Elkin 28621 · NCLEADS46.56
Boomer 28606 · NC46.30

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

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