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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.

Comparing29045Elgin, SC29063Irmo, SC2–5 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	Elgin29045 · SC	Irmo29063 · SC
ZipVitals ScoreComposite of 9 scoring domains	55.67	62.05 Leads
National rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#8,661of 32,066 US ZIPs	#3,493of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#67of 417 SC ZIPs	#25of 417 SC ZIPs
Metro rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#10of 47 ZIPs in its metro area	#3of 47 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	Elgin29045 · SC	Irmo29063 · SC
ZipVitals Score	55.67	62.05 Leads
National rank	#8,661of 32,066 US ZIPs	#3,493of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rank	#67of 417 SC ZIPs	#25of 417 SC ZIPs
Metro rank	#10of 47 ZIPs in its metro area	#3of 47 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 — 29045: Columbia, SC · 29063: Columbia, SC.

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

Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 29063 leads · 23-point gap
29063Irmo		healthier than 84% · 90% in South Carolina, 91% in its metro area	1 of 2
29045Elgin		healthier than 61% · 73% in South Carolina, 72% in its metro area	2 of 2

Risk Behavior11% of the score 29063 leads · 23-point gap
29063Irmo		healthier than 76% · 86% in South Carolina, 87% in its metro area	1 of 2
29045Elgin		healthier than 53% · 66% in South Carolina, 59% in its metro area	2 of 2

Preventive Care13% of the score 29063 leads · 21-point gap
29063Irmo		healthier than 89% · 89% in South Carolina, 87% in its metro area	1 of 2
29045Elgin		healthier than 68% · 65% in South Carolina, 54% in its metro area	2 of 2

Disability7% of the score 29063 leads · 18-point gap
29063Irmo		healthier than 88% · 95% in South Carolina, 96% in its metro area	1 of 2
29045Elgin		healthier than 70% · 85% in South Carolina, 74% in its metro area	2 of 2

Chronic Disease Burden21% of the score 29063 leads · 12-point gap
29063Irmo		healthier than 85% · 93% in South Carolina, 89% in its metro area	1 of 2
29045Elgin		healthier than 73% · 86% in South Carolina, 76% in its metro area	2 of 2

Mental Health8% of the score 29063 leads · 10-point gap
29063Irmo		healthier than 72% · 82% in South Carolina, 80% in its metro area	1 of 2
29045Elgin		healthier than 62% · 72% in South Carolina, 61% in its metro area	2 of 2

Healthcare Access5% of the score 29045 leads · 8-point gap
29045Elgin		healthier than 49% · 43% in South Carolina, 37% in its metro area	1 of 2
29063Irmo		healthier than 41% · 28% in South Carolina, 24% in its metro area	2 of 2

Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the score 29045 leads · 2-point gap
29045Elgin		healthier than 29% · 48% in South Carolina, 50% in its metro area	1 of 2
29063Irmo		healthier than 27% · 45% in South Carolina, 46% in its metro area	2 of 2

Environmental Hazard14% of the score 29045 leads · 1-point gap
29045Elgin		healthier than 42% · 28% in South Carolina, 37% in its metro area	1 of 2
29063Irmo		healthier than 41% · 27% in South Carolina, 35% 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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Irmo vs. Elgin

Irmo 29063 · SCLEADS62.05

Elgin 29045 · SC55.67

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

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