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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.

Comparing28742Horse Shoe, NC04351Manchester, ME
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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
Horse Shoe28742 · NC
Manchester04351 · ME
ZipVitals Score56.8658.53 Leads
National rank#7,403of 32,066 US ZIPs#5,973of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rank#170of 793 NC ZIPs#45of 408 ME ZIPs
Metro rank#15of 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 — 28742: Asheville, NC · 04351: 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
Disability7% of the score 04351 leads · 16-point gap
04351Manchesterhealthier than 74% · 82% in Maine1 of 2
28742Horse Shoehealthier than 58% · 73% in North Carolina, 54% in its metro area2 of 2
Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the score 04351 leads · 11-point gap
04351Manchesterhealthier than 76% · 66% in Maine1 of 2
28742Horse Shoehealthier than 65% · 91% in North Carolina, 54% in its metro area2 of 2
Environmental Hazard14% of the score 28742 leads · 9-point gap
28742Horse Shoehealthier than 58% · 43% in North Carolina, 71% in its metro area1 of 2
04351Manchesterhealthier than 49% · 25% in Maine2 of 2
Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 28742 leads · 8-point gap
28742Horse Shoehealthier than 80% · 79% in North Carolina, 43% in its metro area1 of 2
04351Manchesterhealthier than 72% · 89% in Maine2 of 2
Preventive Care13% of the score 04351 leads · 8-point gap
04351Manchesterhealthier than 93% · 76% in Maine1 of 2
28742Horse Shoehealthier than 85% · 81% in North Carolina, 54% in its metro area2 of 2
Risk Behavior11% of the score 04351 leads · 7-point gap
04351Manchesterhealthier than 91% · 77% in Maine1 of 2
28742Horse Shoehealthier than 84% · 80% in North Carolina, 39% in its metro area2 of 2
Mental Health8% of the score 28742 leads · 4-point gap
28742Horse Shoehealthier than 46% · 67% in North Carolina, 50% in its metro area1 of 2
04351Manchesterhealthier than 42% · 77% in Maine2 of 2
Chronic Disease Burden21% of the score 04351 leads · 2-point gap
04351Manchesterhealthier than 55% · 79% in Maine1 of 2
28742Horse Shoehealthier than 53% · 68% in North Carolina, 39% in its metro area2 of 2
Healthcare Access5% of the scoretied — no single leader
28742Horse Shoehealthier than 68% · 63% in North Carolina, 29% in its metro area=1 of 2
04351Manchesterhealthier than 68% · 90% in Maine=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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Manchester vs. Horse Shoe

Manchester 04351 · MELEADS58.53
Horse Shoe 28742 · NC56.86

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

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