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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.

Comparing28636Hiddenite, NC38580Rickman, TN2–5 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	Hiddenite28636 · NC	Rickman38580 · TN
ZipVitals ScoreComposite of 9 scoring domains	45.66 Leads	41.44
National rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#21,699of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads	#25,716of 32,066 US ZIPs
State rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#557of 793 NC ZIPs	#281of 616 TN ZIPs
Metro rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#20of 24 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	Hiddenite28636 · NC	Rickman38580 · TN
ZipVitals Score	45.66 Leads	41.44
National rank	#21,699of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads	#25,716of 32,066 US ZIPs
State rank	#557of 793 NC ZIPs	#281of 616 TN ZIPs
Metro rank	#20of 24 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 — 28636: Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC · 38580: 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

Environmental Hazard14% of the score 38580 leads · 19-point gap
38580Rickman		healthier than 67% · 64% in Tennessee	1 of 2
28636Hiddenite		healthier than 48% · 30% in North Carolina, 78% in its metro area	2 of 2

Risk Behavior11% of the score 28636 leads · 17-point gap
28636Hiddenite		healthier than 47% · 27% in North Carolina, 9% in its metro area	1 of 2
38580Rickman		healthier than 30% · 59% in Tennessee	2 of 2

Mental Health8% of the score 28636 leads · 15-point gap
28636Hiddenite		healthier than 20% · 15% in North Carolina, 22% in its metro area	1 of 2
38580Rickman		healthier than 5% · 37% in Tennessee	2 of 2

Chronic Disease Burden21% of the score 28636 leads · 12-point gap
28636Hiddenite		healthier than 27% · 39% in North Carolina, 22% in its metro area	1 of 2
38580Rickman		healthier than 15% · 39% in Tennessee	2 of 2

Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the score 38580 leads · 8-point gap
38580Rickman		healthier than 63% · 92% in Tennessee	1 of 2
28636Hiddenite		healthier than 55% · 83% in North Carolina, 70% in its metro area	2 of 2

Healthcare Access5% of the score 38580 leads · 7-point gap
38580Rickman		healthier than 48% · 47% in Tennessee	1 of 2
28636Hiddenite		healthier than 41% · 27% in North Carolina, 4% in its metro area	2 of 2

Disability7% of the score 28636 leads · 5-point gap
28636Hiddenite		healthier than 25% · 35% in North Carolina, 30% in its metro area	1 of 2
38580Rickman		healthier than 20% · 45% in Tennessee	2 of 2

Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 38580 leads · 4-point gap
38580Rickman		healthier than 55% · 58% in Tennessee	1 of 2
28636Hiddenite		healthier than 51% · 48% in North Carolina, 22% in its metro area	2 of 2

Preventive Care13% of the score 38580 leads · 2-point gap
38580Rickman		healthier than 43% · 73% in Tennessee	1 of 2
28636Hiddenite		healthier than 41% · 22% in North Carolina, 13% in its metro area	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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Hiddenite vs. Rickman

Hiddenite 28636 · NCLEADS45.66

Rickman 38580 · TN41.44

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

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