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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.

Comparing32608Gainesville, FL29905Parris Island, 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	Gainesville32608 · FL	Parris Island29905 · SC
ZipVitals ScoreComposite of 9 scoring domains	55.82	64.56 Leads
National rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#8,493of 32,066 US ZIPs	#2,175of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#344of 974 FL ZIPs	#13of 417 SC ZIPs
Metro rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#6of 29 ZIPs in its metro area	#3of 19 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	Gainesville32608 · FL	Parris Island29905 · SC
ZipVitals Score	55.82	64.56 Leads
National rank	#8,493of 32,066 US ZIPs	#2,175of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rank	#344of 974 FL ZIPs	#13of 417 SC ZIPs
Metro rank	#6of 29 ZIPs in its metro area	#3of 19 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 — 32608: Gainesville, FL · 29905: Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, 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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Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 29905 leads · 32-point gap
29905Parris Island		healthier than 72% · 80% in South Carolina, 50% in its metro area	1 of 2
32608Gainesville		healthier than 40% · 17% in Florida, 39% in its metro area	2 of 2

Disability7% of the score 29905 leads · 20-point gap
29905Parris Island		healthier than 98% · 99% in South Carolina, 100% in its metro area	1 of 2
32608Gainesville		healthier than 78% · 83% in Florida, 82% in its metro area	2 of 2

Environmental Hazard14% of the score 29905 leads · 18-point gap
29905Parris Island		healthier than 76% · 59% in South Carolina, 50% in its metro area	1 of 2
32608Gainesville		healthier than 58% · 31% in Florida, 21% in its metro area	2 of 2

Mental Health8% of the score 29905 leads · 18-point gap
29905Parris Island		healthier than 68% · 79% in South Carolina, 33% in its metro area	1 of 2
32608Gainesville		healthier than 50% · 14% in Florida, 25% in its metro area	2 of 2

Healthcare Access5% of the score 32608 leads · 14-point gap
32608Gainesville		healthier than 75% · 58% in Florida, 82% in its metro area	1 of 2
29905Parris Island		healthier than 61% · 57% in South Carolina, 56% in its metro area	2 of 2

Preventive Care13% of the score 32608 leads · 9-point gap
32608Gainesville		healthier than 11% · 16% in Florida, 14% in its metro area	1 of 2
29905Parris Island		healthier than 2% · 0% in South Carolina, 0% in its metro area	2 of 2

Risk Behavior11% of the score 29905 leads · 6-point gap
29905Parris Island		healthier than 78% · 88% in South Carolina, 56% in its metro area	1 of 2
32608Gainesville		healthier than 72% · 68% in Florida, 79% in its metro area	2 of 2

Chronic Disease Burden21% of the score 29905 leads · 5-point gap
29905Parris Island		in the top 0.02% · 100% in South Carolina, 100% in its metro area	1 of 2
32608Gainesville		healthier than 95% · 96% in Florida, 93% in its metro area	2 of 2

Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the score 32608 leads · 5-point gap
32608Gainesville		healthier than 8% · 47% in Florida, 36% in its metro area	1 of 2
29905Parris Island		healthier than 3% · 3% in South Carolina, 33% 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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Parris Island vs. Gainesville

Parris Island 29905 · SCLEADS64.56

Gainesville 32608 · FL55.82

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

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