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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.

Comparing28729Etowah, NC28722Columbus, 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
Etowah28729 · NC
Columbus28722 · NC
ZipVitals Score53.1054.64 Leads
National rank#11,942of 32,066 US ZIPs#9,899of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rank#267of 793 NC ZIPs#233of 793 NC ZIPs
Metro rank#23of 29 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 — 28729: Asheville, NC · 28722: 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 28722 leads · 40-point gap
28722Columbusin the top 0.00% · 100% in North Carolina1 of 2
28729Etowahhealthier than 60% · 52% in North Carolina, 14% in its metro area2 of 2
Mental Health8% of the score 28722 leads · 13-point gap
28722Columbushealthier than 70% · 90% in North Carolina1 of 2
28729Etowahhealthier than 57% · 80% in North Carolina, 68% in its metro area2 of 2
Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the score 28722 leads · 13-point gap
28722Columbushealthier than 56% · 83% in North Carolina1 of 2
28729Etowahhealthier than 43% · 55% in North Carolina, 4% in its metro area2 of 2
Environmental Hazard14% of the score 28729 leads · 12-point gap
28729Etowahhealthier than 70% · 55% in North Carolina, 79% in its metro area1 of 2
28722Columbushealthier than 58% · 43% in North Carolina2 of 2
Risk Behavior11% of the score 28722 leads · 6-point gap
28722Columbushealthier than 93% · 90% in North Carolina1 of 2
28729Etowahhealthier than 87% · 84% in North Carolina, 61% in its metro area2 of 2
Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 28729 leads · 4-point gap
28729Etowahhealthier than 88% · 87% in North Carolina, 64% in its metro area1 of 2
28722Columbushealthier than 84% · 83% in North Carolina2 of 2
Chronic Disease Burden21% of the score 28722 leads · 2-point gap
28722Columbushealthier than 19% · 28% in North Carolina1 of 2
28729Etowahhealthier than 17% · 25% in North Carolina, 0% in its metro area2 of 2
Disability7% of the score 28722 leads · 2-point gap
28722Columbushealthier than 32% · 45% in North Carolina1 of 2
28729Etowahhealthier than 30% · 42% in North Carolina, 14% in its metro area2 of 2
Preventive Care13% of the scoretied — no single leader
28729Etowahhealthier than 92% · 91% in North Carolina, 89% in its metro area=1 of 2
28722Columbushealthier than 92% · 91% 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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Columbus vs. Etowah

Columbus 28722 · NCLEADS54.64
Etowah 28729 · NC53.10

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

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