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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.

Comparing28712Brevard, NC28741Highlands, 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
Brevard28712 · NC
Highlands28741 · NC
ZipVitals Score57.1460.14 Leads
National rank#7,137of 32,066 US ZIPs#4,753of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rank#155of 793 NC ZIPs#99of 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 — 28712: not in a metro area · 28741: 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 28741 leads · 38-point gap
28741Highlandshealthier than 99% · 96% in North Carolina1 of 2
28712Brevardhealthier than 61% · 45% in North Carolina2 of 2
Healthcare Access5% of the score 28741 leads · 32-point gap
28741Highlandsin the top 0.00% · 100% in North Carolina1 of 2
28712Brevardhealthier than 68% · 63% in North Carolina2 of 2
Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the score 28741 leads · 24-point gap
28741Highlandshealthier than 83% · 96% in North Carolina1 of 2
28712Brevardhealthier than 59% · 87% in North Carolina2 of 2
Mental Health8% of the score 28741 leads · 19-point gap
28741Highlandshealthier than 82% · 96% in North Carolina1 of 2
28712Brevardhealthier than 63% · 85% in North Carolina2 of 2
Chronic Disease Burden21% of the score 28712 leads · 10-point gap
28712Brevardhealthier than 32% · 44% in North Carolina1 of 2
28741Highlandshealthier than 22% · 32% in North Carolina2 of 2
Preventive Care13% of the score 28741 leads · 5-point gap
28741Highlandshealthier than 98% · 98% in North Carolina1 of 2
28712Brevardhealthier than 93% · 93% in North Carolina2 of 2
Risk Behavior11% of the score 28741 leads · 4-point gap
28741Highlandshealthier than 97% · 96% in North Carolina1 of 2
28712Brevardhealthier than 93% · 91% in North Carolina2 of 2
Disability7% of the score 28712 leads · 1-point gap
28712Brevardhealthier than 47% · 64% in North Carolina1 of 2
28741Highlandshealthier than 46% · 64% in North Carolina2 of 2
Social Need / SDOH16% of the scoretied — no single leader
28712Brevardhealthier than 87% · 86% in North Carolina=1 of 2
28741Highlandshealthier than 87% · 85% 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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Highlands vs. Brevard

Highlands 28741 · NCLEADS60.14
Brevard 28712 · NC57.14

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

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