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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.

Comparing36071Rutledge, AL42079Sedalia, KY
2–5 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
Rutledge36071 · AL
Sedalia42079 · KY
ZipVitals Score44.0948.18 Leads
National rank#23,325of 32,066 US ZIPs#18,706of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rank#271of 619 AL ZIPs#86of 742 KY ZIPs
Metro rankNot in a metro areaNot 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 — 36071: not in a metro area · 42079: 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

all 2 ZIPs can be placed on these 5 domains
Preventive Care13% of the score 36071 leads · 22-point gap
36071Rutledgehealthier than 78% · 89% in Alabama1 of 2
42079SedaliaPartialhealthier than 56% · 100% in Kentucky2 of 2
Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 42079 leads · 13-point gap
42079Sedaliahealthier than 46% · 98% in Kentucky1 of 2
36071Rutledgehealthier than 33% · 55% in Alabama2 of 2
Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the score 42079 leads · 9-point gap
42079Sedaliahealthier than 36% · 0% in Kentucky1 of 2
36071Rutledgehealthier than 27% · 45% in Alabama2 of 2
Healthcare Access5% of the score 42079 leads · 3-point gap
42079Sedaliahealthier than 26% · 0% in Kentucky1 of 2
36071Rutledgehealthier than 23% · 17% in Alabama2 of 2
Environmental Hazard14% of the score 36071 leads · 1-point gap
36071Rutledgehealthier than 91% · 87% in Alabama1 of 2
42079Sedaliahealthier than 90% · 100% in Kentucky2 of 2

Not every ZIP can be placed here

no leader and no gap — ordered by weight instead
Chronic Disease Burden21% of the scoreno leader — 42079 cannot be placed here
36071Rutledgehealthier than 7% · 22% in Alabama1 of 1
42079Sedalianot placed — too little of this domain is measured here to compare reliably, though it still counts toward this ZIP’s score
Risk Behavior11% of the scoreno leader — 42079 cannot be placed here
36071Rutledgehealthier than 38% · 66% in Alabama1 of 1
42079Sedalianot placed — too little of this domain is measured here to compare reliably, though it still counts toward this ZIP’s score
Mental Health8% of the scoreno leader — 42079 cannot be placed here
36071Rutledgehealthier than 69% · 91% in Alabama1 of 1
42079Sedalianot measured in this ZIP at all — left out of its score rather than estimated
Disability7% of the scoreno leader — 42079 cannot be placed here
36071Rutledgehealthier than 14% · 37% in Alabama1 of 1
42079Sedalianot measured in this ZIP at all — left out of its score rather than estimated

“Of the score” is the domain’s weight in the ZipVitals Score — a property of the score itself, the same on every ZIP. Where a ZIP has no measurement for a domain, that domain drops out of its score and the remaining weights scale up, so its own mix differs slightly from the weights shown here; each ZIP’s own page carries its exact shares. 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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Sedalia vs. Rutledge

Sedalia 42079 · KYLEADS48.18
Rutledge 36071 · AL44.09

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

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