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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.

Comparing30217Centralhatchee, GA29053Gaston, SC2–5 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	Centralhatchee30217 · GA	Gaston29053 · SC
ZipVitals ScoreComposite of 9 scoring domains	44.60 Leads	40.33
National rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#22,812of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads	#26,528of 32,066 US ZIPs
State rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#424of 711 GA ZIPs	#339of 417 SC ZIPs
Metro rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#187of 206 ZIPs in its metro area	#45of 47 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	Centralhatchee30217 · GA	Gaston29053 · SC
ZipVitals Score	44.60 Leads	40.33
National rank	#22,812of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads	#26,528of 32,066 US ZIPs
State rank	#424of 711 GA ZIPs	#339of 417 SC ZIPs
Metro rank	#187of 206 ZIPs in its metro area	#45of 47 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 — 30217: Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA · 29053: Columbia, SC.

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.

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Environmental Hazard14% of the score 30217 leads · 22-point gap
30217Centralhatchee		healthier than 79% · 72% in Georgia, 99% in its metro area	1 of 2
29053Gaston		healthier than 57% · 39% in South Carolina, 54% in its metro area	2 of 2

Healthcare Access5% of the score 29053 leads · 18-point gap
29053Gaston		healthier than 45% · 34% in South Carolina, 33% in its metro area	1 of 2
30217Centralhatchee		healthier than 27% · 12% in Georgia, 6% in its metro area	2 of 2

Mental Health8% of the score 30217 leads · 14-point gap
30217Centralhatchee		healthier than 27% · 10% in Georgia, 3% in its metro area	1 of 2
29053Gaston		healthier than 13% · 6% in South Carolina, 11% in its metro area	2 of 2

Preventive Care13% of the score 30217 leads · 11-point gap
30217Centralhatchee		healthier than 25% · 32% in Georgia, 22% in its metro area	1 of 2
29053Gaston		healthier than 14% · 6% in South Carolina, 9% in its metro area	2 of 2

Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 30217 leads · 9-point gap
30217Centralhatchee		healthier than 24% · 43% in Georgia, 20% in its metro area	1 of 2
29053Gaston		healthier than 15% · 32% in South Carolina, 30% in its metro area	2 of 2

Risk Behavior11% of the score 30217 leads · 9-point gap
30217Centralhatchee		healthier than 24% · 33% in Georgia, 10% in its metro area	1 of 2
29053Gaston		healthier than 15% · 15% in South Carolina, 7% in its metro area	2 of 2

Disability7% of the score 30217 leads · 8-point gap
30217Centralhatchee		healthier than 28% · 44% in Georgia, 12% in its metro area	1 of 2
29053Gaston		healthier than 20% · 36% in South Carolina, 22% in its metro area	2 of 2

Chronic Disease Burden21% of the score 30217 leads · 5-point gap
30217Centralhatchee		healthier than 39% · 49% in Georgia, 10% in its metro area	1 of 2
29053Gaston		healthier than 34% · 56% in South Carolina, 41% in its metro area	2 of 2

Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the scoretied — no single leader
30217Centralhatchee		healthier than 32% · 51% in Georgia, 9% in its metro area	=1 of 2
29053Gaston		healthier than 32% · 54% in South Carolina, 63% in its metro area	=1 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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Centralhatchee vs. Gaston

Centralhatchee 30217 · GALEADS44.60

Gaston 29053 · SC40.33

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

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