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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.

Comparing36251Ashland, AL29706Chester, SC
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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
Ashland36251 · AL
Chester29706 · SC
ZipVitals Score39.5840.97 Leads
National rank#27,031of 32,066 US ZIPs#26,051of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rank#415of 619 AL ZIPs#328of 417 SC ZIPs
Metro rankNot in a metro area#105of 113 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 — 36251: not in a metro area · 29706: Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-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.

Furthest apart first

all 2 ZIPs can be placed on these 9 domains
Environmental Hazard14% of the score 29706 leads · 9-point gap
29706Chesterhealthier than 55% · 38% in South Carolina, 75% in its metro area1 of 2
36251Ashlandhealthier than 46% · 35% in Alabama2 of 2
Preventive Care13% of the score 29706 leads · 8-point gap
29706Chesterhealthier than 41% · 26% in South Carolina, 30% in its metro area1 of 2
36251Ashlandhealthier than 33% · 24% in Alabama2 of 2
Risk Behavior11% of the score 36251 leads · 6-point gap
36251Ashlandhealthier than 25% · 44% in Alabama1 of 2
29706Chesterhealthier than 19% · 20% in South Carolina, 5% in its metro area2 of 2
Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 29706 leads · 5-point gap
29706Chesterhealthier than 17% · 33% in South Carolina, 10% in its metro area1 of 2
36251Ashlandhealthier than 12% · 25% in Alabama2 of 2
Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the score 36251 leads · 5-point gap
36251Ashlandhealthier than 43% · 86% in Alabama1 of 2
29706Chesterhealthier than 38% · 70% in South Carolina, 41% in its metro area2 of 2
Healthcare Access5% of the score 29706 leads · 5-point gap
29706Chesterhealthier than 75% · 76% in South Carolina, 57% in its metro area1 of 2
36251Ashlandhealthier than 70% · 77% in Alabama2 of 2
Chronic Disease Burden21% of the score 29706 leads · 4-point gap
29706Chesterhealthier than 15% · 28% in South Carolina, 5% in its metro area1 of 2
36251Ashlandhealthier than 11% · 32% in Alabama2 of 2
Mental Health8% of the score 29706 leads · 4-point gap
29706Chesterhealthier than 34% · 27% in South Carolina, 40% in its metro area1 of 2
36251Ashlandhealthier than 30% · 41% in Alabama2 of 2
Disability7% of the score 36251 leads · 2-point gap
36251Ashlandhealthier than 14% · 37% in Alabama1 of 2
29706Chesterhealthier than 12% · 20% in South Carolina, 5% in its metro area2 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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Chester vs. Ashland

Chester 29706 · SCLEADS40.97
Ashland 36251 · AL39.58

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

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