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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, SC21817Crisfield, MD2–5 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	Fort Lawn29714 · SC	Crisfield21817 · MD
ZipVitals ScoreComposite of 9 scoring domains	49.05 Leads	45.72
National rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#17,593of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads	#21,631of 32,066 US ZIPs
State rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#172of 417 SC ZIPs	#419of 458 MD ZIPs
Metro rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#77of 113 ZIPs in its metro area	#19of 24 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	Fort Lawn29714 · SC	Crisfield21817 · MD
ZipVitals Score	49.05 Leads	45.72
National rank	#17,593of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads	#21,631of 32,066 US ZIPs
State rank	#172of 417 SC ZIPs	#419of 458 MD ZIPs
Metro rank	#77of 113 ZIPs in its metro area	#19of 24 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 · 21817: Salisbury, MD.

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 9 domains

Environmental Hazard14% of the score 21817 leads · 29-point gap
21817Crisfield		healthier than 96% · 95% in Maryland, 61% in its metro area	1 of 2
29714Fort Lawn		healthier than 67% · 49% in South Carolina, 89% in its metro area	2 of 2

Chronic Disease Burden21% of the score 29714 leads · 21-point gap
29714Fort Lawn		healthier than 41% · 62% in South Carolina, 23% in its metro area	1 of 2
21817Crisfield		healthier than 20% · 9% in Maryland, 26% in its metro area	2 of 2

Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the score 29714 leads · 20-point gap
29714Fort Lawn		healthier than 25% · 42% in South Carolina, 5% in its metro area	1 of 2
21817Crisfield		healthier than 5% · 2% in Maryland, 26% in its metro area	2 of 2

Healthcare Access5% of the score 29714 leads · 17-point gap
29714Fort Lawn		healthier than 34% · 18% in South Carolina, 11% in its metro area	1 of 2
21817Crisfield		healthier than 17% · 4% in Maryland, 17% in its metro area	2 of 2

Preventive Care13% of the score 21817 leads · 16-point gap
21817Crisfield		healthier than 74% · 39% in Maryland, 43% in its metro area	1 of 2
29714Fort Lawn		healthier than 58% · 54% in South Carolina, 54% in its metro area	2 of 2

Risk Behavior11% of the score 29714 leads · 14-point gap
29714Fort Lawn		healthier than 48% · 60% in South Carolina, 29% in its metro area	1 of 2
21817Crisfield		healthier than 34% · 12% in Maryland, 17% in its metro area	2 of 2

Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 29714 leads · 12-point gap
29714Fort Lawn		healthier than 32% · 48% in South Carolina, 15% in its metro area	1 of 2
21817Crisfield		healthier than 20% · 8% in Maryland, 17% in its metro area	2 of 2

Mental Health8% of the score 21817 leads · 12-point gap
21817Crisfield		healthier than 59% · 27% in Maryland, 43% in its metro area	1 of 2
29714Fort Lawn		healthier than 47% · 49% in South Carolina, 66% in its metro area	2 of 2

Disability7% of the score 29714 leads · 6-point gap
29714Fort Lawn		healthier than 41% · 66% in South Carolina, 39% in its metro area	1 of 2
21817Crisfield		healthier than 35% · 10% in Maryland, 22% 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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Fort Lawn vs. Crisfield

Fort Lawn 29714 · SCLEADS49.05

Crisfield 21817 · MD45.72

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

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