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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, SC23434Suffolk, 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	Fort Lawn29714 · SC	Suffolk23434 · VA
ZipVitals ScoreComposite of 9 scoring domains	49.05	49.59 Leads
National rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#17,593of 32,066 US ZIPs	#16,807of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#172of 417 SC ZIPs	#487of 873 VA ZIPs
Metro rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#77of 113 ZIPs in its metro area	#97of 123 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	Suffolk23434 · VA
ZipVitals Score	49.05	49.59 Leads
National rank	#17,593of 32,066 US ZIPs	#16,807of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rank	#172of 417 SC ZIPs	#487of 873 VA ZIPs
Metro rank	#77of 113 ZIPs in its metro area	#97of 123 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 · 23434: Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-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

all 2 ZIPs can be placed on these 9 domains

Healthcare Access5% of the score 23434 leads · 44-point gap
23434Suffolk		healthier than 78% · 87% in Virginia, 84% in its metro area	1 of 2
29714Fort Lawn		healthier than 34% · 18% in South Carolina, 11% in its metro area	2 of 2

Preventive Care13% of the score 23434 leads · 22-point gap
23434Suffolk		healthier than 80% · 67% in Virginia, 56% in its metro area	1 of 2
29714Fort Lawn		healthier than 58% · 54% in South Carolina, 54% in its metro area	2 of 2

Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the score 29714 leads · 11-point gap
29714Fort Lawn		healthier than 25% · 42% in South Carolina, 5% in its metro area	1 of 2
23434Suffolk		healthier than 14% · 4% in Virginia, 30% in its metro area	2 of 2

Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 23434 leads · 10-point gap
23434Suffolk		healthier than 42% · 35% in Virginia, 26% in its metro area	1 of 2
29714Fort Lawn		healthier than 32% · 48% in South Carolina, 15% in its metro area	2 of 2

Chronic Disease Burden21% of the score 29714 leads · 7-point gap
29714Fort Lawn		healthier than 41% · 62% in South Carolina, 23% in its metro area	1 of 2
23434Suffolk		healthier than 34% · 51% in Virginia, 30% in its metro area	2 of 2

Mental Health8% of the score 23434 leads · 6-point gap
23434Suffolk		healthier than 53% · 60% in Virginia, 61% in its metro area	1 of 2
29714Fort Lawn		healthier than 47% · 49% in South Carolina, 66% in its metro area	2 of 2

Risk Behavior11% of the score 29714 leads · 2-point gap
29714Fort Lawn		healthier than 48% · 60% in South Carolina, 29% in its metro area	1 of 2
23434Suffolk		healthier than 46% · 31% in Virginia, 22% in its metro area	2 of 2

Environmental Hazard14% of the score 29714 leads · 1-point gap
29714Fort Lawn		healthier than 67% · 49% in South Carolina, 89% in its metro area	1 of 2
23434Suffolk		healthier than 66% · 46% in Virginia, 32% in its metro area	2 of 2

Disability7% of the score 23434 leads · 1-point gap
23434Suffolk		healthier than 42% · 52% in Virginia, 26% in its metro area	1 of 2
29714Fort Lawn		healthier than 41% · 66% in South Carolina, 39% 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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Suffolk vs. Fort Lawn

Suffolk 23434 · VALEADS49.59

Fort Lawn 29714 · SC49.05

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

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