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Comparing29576Murrells Inlet, SC28468Sunset Beach, 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	Murrells Inlet29576 · SC	Sunset Beach28468 · NC
ZipVitals ScoreComposite of 9 scoring domains	59.39	60.32 Leads
National rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#5,288of 32,066 US ZIPs	#4,618of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#42of 417 SC ZIPs	#93of 793 NC ZIPs
Metro rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#2of 15 ZIPs in its metro area	#8of 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	Murrells Inlet29576 · SC	Sunset Beach28468 · NC
ZipVitals Score	59.39	60.32 Leads
National rank	#5,288of 32,066 US ZIPs	#4,618of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rank	#42of 417 SC ZIPs	#93of 793 NC ZIPs
Metro rank	#2of 15 ZIPs in its metro area	#8of 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 — 29576: Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC · 28468: 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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Healthcare Access5% of the score 29576 leads · 42-point gap
29576Murrells Inlet		healthier than 80% · 80% in South Carolina, 64% in its metro area	1 of 2
28468Sunset Beach		healthier than 38% · 23% in North Carolina, 8% in its metro area	2 of 2

Chronic Disease Burden21% of the score 29576 leads · 9-point gap
29576Murrells Inlet		healthier than 21% · 39% in South Carolina, 29% in its metro area	1 of 2
28468Sunset Beach		healthier than 12% · 17% in North Carolina, 0% in its metro area	2 of 2

Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 28468 leads · 6-point gap
28468Sunset Beach		healthier than 97% · 96% in North Carolina, 92% in its metro area	1 of 2
29576Murrells Inlet		healthier than 91% · 93% in South Carolina, 79% in its metro area	2 of 2

Risk Behavior11% of the score 28468 leads · 5-point gap
28468Sunset Beach		healthier than 98% · 99% in North Carolina, 100% in its metro area	1 of 2
29576Murrells Inlet		healthier than 93% · 97% in South Carolina, 93% in its metro area	2 of 2

Mental Health8% of the score 28468 leads · 3-point gap
28468Sunset Beach		healthier than 93% · 100% in North Carolina, 100% in its metro area	1 of 2
29576Murrells Inlet		healthier than 90% · 95% in South Carolina, 93% in its metro area	2 of 2

Disability7% of the score 29576 leads · 3-point gap
29576Murrells Inlet		healthier than 52% · 76% in South Carolina, 79% in its metro area	1 of 2
28468Sunset Beach		healthier than 49% · 66% in North Carolina, 46% in its metro area	2 of 2

Environmental Hazard14% of the score 29576 leads · 2-point gap
29576Murrells Inlet		in the top 1.0% · 100% in South Carolina, 100% in its metro area	1 of 2
28468Sunset Beach		healthier than 97% · 91% in North Carolina, 77% in its metro area	2 of 2

Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the score 29576 leads · 2-point gap
29576Murrells Inlet		healthier than 20% · 29% in South Carolina, 36% in its metro area	1 of 2
28468Sunset Beach		healthier than 18% · 14% in North Carolina, 62% in its metro area	2 of 2

Preventive Care13% of the score 28468 leads · 1-point gap
28468Sunset Beach		in the top 0.2% · 100% in North Carolina, 100% in its metro area	1 of 2
29576Murrells Inlet		healthier than 99% · 98% in South Carolina, 93% 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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Sunset Beach vs. Murrells Inlet

Sunset Beach 28468 · NCLEADS60.32

Murrells Inlet 29576 · SC59.39

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

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