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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.

Comparing30824Thomson, GA29475Ruffin, 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	Thomson30824 · GA	Ruffin29475 · SC
ZipVitals ScoreComposite of 9 scoring domains	44.98 Leads	42.79
National rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#22,428of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads	#24,557of 32,066 US ZIPs
State rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#414of 711 GA ZIPs	#294of 417 SC ZIPs
Metro rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#25of 43 ZIPs in its metro area	Not in a 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	Thomson30824 · GA	Ruffin29475 · SC
ZipVitals Score	44.98 Leads	42.79
National rank	#22,428of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads	#24,557of 32,066 US ZIPs
State rank	#414of 711 GA ZIPs	#294of 417 SC ZIPs
Metro rank	#25of 43 ZIPs in its metro area	Not in a metro area

ZipVitals Score — Composite of 9 scoring domainsNational rank, State rank and Metro rank — Among ZIPs with a computed score

Metro areas — 30824: Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC · 29475: not in a metro area.

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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Healthcare Access5% of the score 30824 leads · 40-point gap
30824Thomson		in the top 0.00% · 100% in Georgia, 100% in its metro area	1 of 2
29475Ruffin		healthier than 60% · 56% in South Carolina	2 of 2

Environmental Hazard14% of the score 29475 leads · 38-point gap
29475Ruffin		healthier than 96% · 95% in South Carolina	1 of 2
30824Thomson		healthier than 58% · 44% in Georgia, 52% in its metro area	2 of 2

Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 30824 leads · 11-point gap
30824Thomson		healthier than 19% · 35% in Georgia, 31% in its metro area	1 of 2
29475Ruffin		healthier than 8% · 16% in South Carolina	2 of 2

Chronic Disease Burden21% of the score 30824 leads · 9-point gap
30824Thomson		healthier than 23% · 32% in Georgia, 40% in its metro area	1 of 2
29475Ruffin		healthier than 14% · 26% in South Carolina	2 of 2

Disability7% of the score 30824 leads · 6-point gap
30824Thomson		healthier than 22% · 35% in Georgia, 43% in its metro area	1 of 2
29475Ruffin		healthier than 16% · 29% in South Carolina	2 of 2

Risk Behavior11% of the score 30824 leads · 3-point gap
30824Thomson		healthier than 33% · 46% in Georgia, 55% in its metro area	1 of 2
29475Ruffin		healthier than 30% · 37% in South Carolina	2 of 2

Preventive Care13% of the score 29475 leads · 2-point gap
29475Ruffin		healthier than 47% · 36% in South Carolina	1 of 2
30824Thomson		healthier than 45% · 66% in Georgia, 43% in its metro area	2 of 2

Mental Health8% of the score 30824 leads · 2-point gap
30824Thomson		healthier than 55% · 50% in Georgia, 62% in its metro area	1 of 2
29475Ruffin		healthier than 53% · 58% in South Carolina	2 of 2

Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the score 30824 leads · 2-point gap
30824Thomson		healthier than 30% · 47% in Georgia, 50% in its metro area	1 of 2
29475Ruffin		healthier than 28% · 47% in South Carolina	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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Thomson vs. Ruffin

Thomson 30824 · GALEADS44.98

Ruffin 29475 · SC42.79

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

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