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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.

Comparing28709Barnardsville, NC28754Mars Hill, NC2–5 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	Barnardsville28709 · NC	Mars Hill28754 · NC
ZipVitals ScoreComposite of 9 scoring domains	58.23 Leads	56.47
National rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#6,207of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads	#7,798of 32,066 US ZIPs
State rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#132of 793 NC ZIPs	#181of 793 NC ZIPs
Metro rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#12of 29 ZIPs in its metro area	#17of 29 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	Barnardsville28709 · NC	Mars Hill28754 · NC
ZipVitals Score	58.23 Leads	56.47
National rank	#6,207of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads	#7,798of 32,066 US ZIPs
State rank	#132of 793 NC ZIPs	#181of 793 NC ZIPs
Metro rank	#12of 29 ZIPs in its metro area	#17of 29 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 — 28709: Asheville, NC · 28754: Asheville, 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.

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Chronic Disease Burden21% of the score 28709 leads · 13-point gap
28709Barnardsville		healthier than 68% · 82% in North Carolina, 82% in its metro area	1 of 2
28754Mars Hill		healthier than 55% · 70% in North Carolina, 43% in its metro area	2 of 2

Preventive Care13% of the score 28754 leads · 11-point gap
28754Mars Hill		healthier than 78% · 72% in North Carolina, 39% in its metro area	1 of 2
28709Barnardsville		healthier than 67% · 58% in North Carolina, 32% in its metro area	2 of 2

Disability7% of the score 28709 leads · 9-point gap
28709Barnardsville		healthier than 63% · 78% in North Carolina, 64% in its metro area	1 of 2
28754Mars Hill		healthier than 54% · 71% in North Carolina, 43% in its metro area	2 of 2

Healthcare Access5% of the score 28754 leads · 8-point gap
28754Mars Hill		healthier than 68% · 63% in North Carolina, 32% in its metro area	1 of 2
28709Barnardsville		healthier than 60% · 53% in North Carolina, 18% in its metro area	2 of 2

Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 28709 leads · 7-point gap
28709Barnardsville		healthier than 78% · 78% in North Carolina, 39% in its metro area	1 of 2
28754Mars Hill		healthier than 71% · 71% in North Carolina, 25% in its metro area	2 of 2

Mental Health8% of the score 28709 leads · 7-point gap
28709Barnardsville		healthier than 42% · 61% in North Carolina, 36% in its metro area	1 of 2
28754Mars Hill		healthier than 35% · 48% in North Carolina, 29% in its metro area	2 of 2

Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the score 28709 leads · 2-point gap
28709Barnardsville		healthier than 76% · 94% in North Carolina, 96% in its metro area	1 of 2
28754Mars Hill		healthier than 74% · 94% in North Carolina, 86% in its metro area	2 of 2

Environmental Hazard14% of the score 28754 leads · 1-point gap
28754Mars Hill		healthier than 88% · 77% in North Carolina, 93% in its metro area	1 of 2
28709Barnardsville		healthier than 87% · 75% in North Carolina, 89% in its metro area	2 of 2

Risk Behavior11% of the score 28754 leads · 1-point gap
28754Mars Hill		healthier than 86% · 82% in North Carolina, 54% in its metro area	1 of 2
28709Barnardsville		healthier than 85% · 81% in North Carolina, 50% 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. 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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Barnardsville vs. Mars Hill

Barnardsville 28709 · NCLEADS58.23

Mars Hill 28754 · NC56.47

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

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