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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.

Comparing29659Lowndesville, SC24485West Augusta, VA2–5 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	Lowndesville29659 · SC	West Augusta24485 · VA
ZipVitals ScoreComposite of 9 scoring domains	46.48 Leads	42.75
National rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#20,783of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads	#24,594of 32,066 US ZIPs
State rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#218of 417 SC ZIPs	#722of 873 VA ZIPs
Metro rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	Not in a metro area	#20of 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	Lowndesville29659 · SC	West Augusta24485 · VA
ZipVitals Score	46.48 Leads	42.75
National rank	#20,783of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads	#24,594of 32,066 US ZIPs
State rank	#218of 417 SC ZIPs	#722of 873 VA ZIPs
Metro rank	Not in a metro area	#20of 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 — 29659: not in a metro area · 24485: Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA.

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 24485 leads · 29-point gap
24485West Augusta		healthier than 79% · 94% in Virginia, 95% in its metro area	1 of 2
29659Lowndesville		healthier than 50% · 94% in South Carolina	2 of 2

Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 24485 leads · 16-point gap
24485West Augusta		healthier than 69% · 61% in Virginia, 70% in its metro area	1 of 2
29659Lowndesville		healthier than 53% · 68% in South Carolina	2 of 2

Chronic Disease Burden21% of the score 29659 leads · 15-point gap
29659Lowndesville		healthier than 25% · 46% in South Carolina	1 of 2
24485West Augusta		healthier than 10% · 17% in Virginia, 10% in its metro area	2 of 2

Preventive Care13% of the score 29659 leads · 14-point gap
29659Lowndesville		healthier than 59% · 55% in South Carolina	1 of 2
24485West Augusta		healthier than 45% · 20% in Virginia, 20% in its metro area	2 of 2

Disability7% of the score 29659 leads · 9-point gap
29659Lowndesville		healthier than 25% · 44% in South Carolina	1 of 2
24485West Augusta		healthier than 16% · 17% in Virginia, 5% in its metro area	2 of 2

Healthcare Access5% of the score 29659 leads · 8-point gap
29659Lowndesville		healthier than 18% · 3% in South Carolina	1 of 2
24485West Augusta		healthier than 10% · 9% in Virginia, 20% in its metro area	2 of 2

Mental Health8% of the score 29659 leads · 7-point gap
29659Lowndesville		healthier than 23% · 13% in South Carolina	1 of 2
24485West Augusta		healthier than 16% · 9% in Virginia, 0% in its metro area	2 of 2

Environmental Hazard14% of the score 24485 leads · 5-point gap
24485West Augusta		healthier than 91% · 85% in Virginia, 95% in its metro area	1 of 2
29659Lowndesville		healthier than 86% · 74% in South Carolina	2 of 2

Risk Behavior11% of the score 29659 leads · 2-point gap
29659Lowndesville		healthier than 39% · 50% in South Carolina	1 of 2
24485West Augusta		healthier than 37% · 22% in Virginia, 5% 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. 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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Lowndesville vs. West Augusta

Lowndesville 29659 · SCLEADS46.48

West Augusta 24485 · VA42.75

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

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