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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.

Comparing29566Little River, SC28467Carolina Shores, NC2–5 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	Little River29566 · SC	Carolina Shores28467 · NC
ZipVitals ScoreComposite of 9 scoring domains	56.47	59.68 Leads
National rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#7,790of 32,066 US ZIPs	#5,102of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#61of 417 SC ZIPs	#110of 793 NC ZIPs
Metro rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#6of 15 ZIPs in its metro area	#11of 28 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	Little River29566 · SC	Carolina Shores28467 · NC
ZipVitals Score	56.47	59.68 Leads
National rank	#7,790of 32,066 US ZIPs	#5,102of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rank	#61of 417 SC ZIPs	#110of 793 NC ZIPs
Metro rank	#6of 15 ZIPs in its metro area	#11of 28 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 — 29566: Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC · 28467: Wilmington, NC.

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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Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the score 29566 leads · 18-point gap
29566Little River		healthier than 38% · 73% in South Carolina, 71% in its metro area	1 of 2
28467Carolina Shores		healthier than 20% · 16% in North Carolina, 69% in its metro area	2 of 2

Risk Behavior11% of the score 28467 leads · 14-point gap
28467Carolina Shores		healthier than 98% · 98% in North Carolina, 96% in its metro area	1 of 2
29566Little River		healthier than 84% · 91% in South Carolina, 71% in its metro area	2 of 2

Healthcare Access5% of the score 29566 leads · 13-point gap
29566Little River		healthier than 56% · 52% in South Carolina, 21% in its metro area	1 of 2
28467Carolina Shores		healthier than 43% · 30% in North Carolina, 19% in its metro area	2 of 2

Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 28467 leads · 9-point gap
28467Carolina Shores		healthier than 93% · 91% in North Carolina, 73% in its metro area	1 of 2
29566Little River		healthier than 84% · 90% in South Carolina, 71% in its metro area	2 of 2

Mental Health8% of the score 28467 leads · 9-point gap
28467Carolina Shores		healthier than 91% · 99% in North Carolina, 96% in its metro area	1 of 2
29566Little River		healthier than 82% · 91% in South Carolina, 86% in its metro area	2 of 2

Chronic Disease Burden21% of the score 29566 leads · 7-point gap
29566Little River		healthier than 20% · 38% in South Carolina, 21% in its metro area	1 of 2
28467Carolina Shores		healthier than 13% · 18% in North Carolina, 4% in its metro area	2 of 2

Disability7% of the score 28467 leads · 7-point gap
28467Carolina Shores		healthier than 50% · 68% in North Carolina, 50% in its metro area	1 of 2
29566Little River		healthier than 43% · 68% in South Carolina, 43% in its metro area	2 of 2

Preventive Care13% of the score 28467 leads · 4-point gap
28467Carolina Shores		in the top 0.3% · 100% in North Carolina, 96% in its metro area	1 of 2
29566Little River		healthier than 96% · 96% in South Carolina, 79% in its metro area	2 of 2

Environmental Hazard14% of the score 29566 leads · 3-point gap
29566Little River		healthier than 99% · 100% in South Carolina, 93% in its metro area	1 of 2
28467Carolina Shores		healthier than 96% · 88% in North Carolina, 58% 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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Carolina Shores vs. Little River

Carolina Shores 28467 · NCLEADS59.68

Little River 29566 · SC56.47

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

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