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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.

Comparing28690Valdese, NC28786Waynesville, 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
Valdese28690 · NC
Waynesville28786 · NC
ZipVitals Score52.33 Leads51.18
National rank#13,004of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads#14,571of 32,066 US ZIPs
State rank#296of 793 NC ZIPs#343of 793 NC ZIPs
Metro rank#7of 24 ZIPs in its 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 — 28690: Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC · 28786: 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
Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the score 28786 leads · 21-point gap
28786Waynesvillehealthier than 78% · 95% in North Carolina1 of 2
28690Valdesehealthier than 57% · 85% in North Carolina, 83% in its metro area2 of 2
Environmental Hazard14% of the score 28690 leads · 16-point gap
28690Valdesehealthier than 44% · 26% in North Carolina, 65% in its metro area1 of 2
28786Waynesvillehealthier than 28% · 13% in North Carolina2 of 2
Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 28690 leads · 11-point gap
28690Valdesehealthier than 73% · 74% in North Carolina, 70% in its metro area1 of 2
28786Waynesvillehealthier than 62% · 62% in North Carolina2 of 2
Chronic Disease Burden21% of the score 28690 leads · 10-point gap
28690Valdesehealthier than 38% · 51% in North Carolina, 48% in its metro area1 of 2
28786Waynesvillehealthier than 28% · 40% in North Carolina2 of 2
Risk Behavior11% of the score 28786 leads · 9-point gap
28786Waynesvillehealthier than 82% · 77% in North Carolina1 of 2
28690Valdesehealthier than 73% · 63% in North Carolina, 74% in its metro area2 of 2
Disability7% of the score 28690 leads · 8-point gap
28690Valdesehealthier than 41% · 57% in North Carolina, 65% in its metro area1 of 2
28786Waynesvillehealthier than 33% · 46% in North Carolina2 of 2
Healthcare Access5% of the score 28786 leads · 8-point gap
28786Waynesvillehealthier than 93% · 90% in North Carolina1 of 2
28690Valdesehealthier than 85% · 83% in North Carolina, 74% in its metro area2 of 2
Preventive Care13% of the score 28786 leads · 4-point gap
28786Waynesvillehealthier than 80% · 74% in North Carolina1 of 2
28690Valdesehealthier than 76% · 70% in North Carolina, 87% in its metro area2 of 2
Mental Health8% of the scoretied — no single leader
28690Valdesehealthier than 36% · 50% in North Carolina, 78% in its metro area=1 of 2
28786Waynesvillehealthier than 36% · 50% 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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Valdese vs. Waynesville

Valdese 28690 · NCLEADS52.33
Waynesville 28786 · NC51.18

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

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