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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.

Comparing29469Pinopolis, SC36542Gulf Shores, AL2–5 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	Pinopolis29469 · SC	Gulf Shores36542 · AL
ZipVitals ScoreComposite of 9 scoring domains	54.26	56.97 Leads
National rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#10,368of 32,066 US ZIPs	#7,304of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#83of 417 SC ZIPs	#47of 619 AL ZIPs
Metro rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#23of 45 ZIPs in its metro area	#6of 21 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	Pinopolis29469 · SC	Gulf Shores36542 · AL
ZipVitals Score	54.26	56.97 Leads
National rank	#10,368of 32,066 US ZIPs	#7,304of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rank	#83of 417 SC ZIPs	#47of 619 AL ZIPs
Metro rank	#23of 45 ZIPs in its metro area	#6of 21 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 — 29469: Charleston-North Charleston, SC · 36542: Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL.

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

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Environmental Hazard14% of the score 29469 leads · 37-point gap
29469Pinopolis		healthier than 87% · 78% in South Carolina, 61% in its metro area	1 of 2
36542Gulf Shores		healthier than 50% · 38% in Alabama, 1% in its metro area	2 of 2

Risk Behavior11% of the score 36542 leads · 18-point gap
36542Gulf Shores		healthier than 83% · 96% in Alabama, 82% in its metro area	1 of 2
29469Pinopolis		healthier than 65% · 78% in South Carolina, 61% in its metro area	2 of 2

Mental Health8% of the score 36542 leads · 18-point gap
36542Gulf Shores		healthier than 78% · 95% in Alabama, 81% in its metro area	1 of 2
29469Pinopolis		healthier than 60% · 69% in South Carolina, 41% in its metro area	2 of 2

Preventive Care13% of the score 36542 leads · 14-point gap
36542Gulf Shores		healthier than 90% · 96% in Alabama, 85% in its metro area	1 of 2
29469Pinopolis		healthier than 76% · 75% in South Carolina, 59% in its metro area	2 of 2

Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 36542 leads · 11-point gap
36542Gulf Shores		healthier than 92% · 98% in Alabama, 90% in its metro area	1 of 2
29469Pinopolis		healthier than 81% · 87% in South Carolina, 70% in its metro area	2 of 2

Healthcare Access5% of the score 29469 leads · 9-point gap
29469Pinopolis		healthier than 47% · 40% in South Carolina, 41% in its metro area	1 of 2
36542Gulf Shores		healthier than 38% · 37% in Alabama, 46% in its metro area	2 of 2

Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the score 29469 leads · 6-point gap
29469Pinopolis		healthier than 31% · 52% in South Carolina, 98% in its metro area	1 of 2
36542Gulf ShoresPartial		healthier than 25% · 38% in Alabama, 54% in its metro area	2 of 2

Disability7% of the score 36542 leads · 5-point gap
36542Gulf Shores		healthier than 62% · 90% in Alabama, 79% in its metro area	1 of 2
29469Pinopolis		healthier than 57% · 80% in South Carolina, 43% in its metro area	2 of 2

Chronic Disease Burden21% of the scoretied — no single leader
29469Pinopolis		healthier than 40% · 62% in South Carolina, 32% in its metro area	=1 of 2
36542Gulf Shores		healthier than 40% · 75% in Alabama, 71% in its metro area	=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. 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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Gulf Shores vs. Pinopolis

Gulf Shores 36542 · ALLEADS56.97

Pinopolis 29469 · SC54.26

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

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