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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.

Comparing29714Fort Lawn, SC16826Blanchard, PA
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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
Fort Lawn29714 · SC
Blanchard16826 · PA
ZipVitals Score49.0550.15 Leads
National rank#17,593of 32,066 US ZIPs#16,044of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rank#172of 417 SC ZIPs#859of 1,748 PA ZIPs
Metro rank#77of 113 ZIPs in its metro area#19of 29 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 — 29714: Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC · 16826: State College, PA.

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 5 domains
Preventive Care13% of the score 16826 leads · 28-point gap
16826BlanchardPartialhealthier than 86% · no comparison group in Pennsylvania, no metro comparison group1 of 2
29714Fort Lawnhealthier than 58% · 54% in South Carolina, 54% in its metro area2 of 2
Healthcare Access5% of the score 29714 leads · 15-point gap
29714Fort Lawnhealthier than 34% · 18% in South Carolina, 11% in its metro area1 of 2
16826Blanchardhealthier than 19% · no comparison group in Pennsylvania, no metro comparison group2 of 2
Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the score 29714 leads · 10-point gap
29714Fort Lawnhealthier than 25% · 42% in South Carolina, 5% in its metro area1 of 2
16826Blanchardhealthier than 15% · no comparison group in Pennsylvania, no metro comparison group2 of 2
Environmental Hazard14% of the score 16826 leads · 8-point gap
16826Blanchardhealthier than 75% · no comparison group in Pennsylvania, no metro comparison group1 of 2
29714Fort Lawnhealthier than 67% · 49% in South Carolina, 89% in its metro area2 of 2
Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 16826 leads · 6-point gap
16826Blanchardhealthier than 38% · no comparison group in Pennsylvania, no metro comparison group1 of 2
29714Fort Lawnhealthier than 32% · 48% in South Carolina, 15% in its metro area2 of 2

Not every ZIP can be placed here

no leader and no gap — ordered by weight instead
Chronic Disease Burden21% of the scoreno leader — 16826 cannot be placed here
29714Fort Lawnhealthier than 41% · 62% in South Carolina, 23% in its metro area1 of 1
16826Blanchardnot placed — too little of this domain is measured here to compare reliably, though it still counts toward this ZIP’s score
Risk Behavior11% of the scoreno leader — 16826 cannot be placed here
29714Fort Lawnhealthier than 48% · 60% in South Carolina, 29% in its metro area1 of 1
16826Blanchardnot placed — too little of this domain is measured here to compare reliably, though it still counts toward this ZIP’s score
Mental Health8% of the scoreno leader — 16826 cannot be placed here
29714Fort Lawnhealthier than 47% · 49% in South Carolina, 66% in its metro area1 of 1
16826Blanchardnot measured in this ZIP at all — left out of its score rather than estimated
Disability7% of the scoreno leader — 16826 cannot be placed here
29714Fort Lawnhealthier than 41% · 66% in South Carolina, 39% in its metro area1 of 1
16826Blanchardnot measured in this ZIP at all — left out of its score rather than estimated

“Of the score” is the domain’s weight in the ZipVitals Score — a property of the score itself, the same on every ZIP. Where a ZIP has no measurement for a domain, that domain drops out of its score and the remaining weights scale up, so its own mix differs slightly from the weights shown here; each ZIP’s own page carries its exact shares. 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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Blanchard vs. Fort Lawn

Blanchard 16826 · PALEADS50.15
Fort Lawn 29714 · SC49.05

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

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