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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.

Comparing38301Jackson, TN42045Grand Rivers, KY2–5 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	Jackson38301 · TN	Grand Rivers42045 · KY
ZipVitals ScoreComposite of 9 scoring domains	31.61	37.58 Leads
National rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#30,405of 32,066 US ZIPs	#28,248of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#568of 616 TN ZIPs	#299of 742 KY ZIPs
Metro rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#25of 25 ZIPs in its metro area	#15of 24 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	Jackson38301 · TN	Grand Rivers42045 · KY
ZipVitals Score	31.61	37.58 Leads
National rank	#30,405of 32,066 US ZIPs	#28,248of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rank	#568of 616 TN ZIPs	#299of 742 KY ZIPs
Metro rank	#25of 25 ZIPs in its metro area	#15of 24 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 — 38301: Jackson, TN · 42045: Paducah, KY-IL.

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

Healthcare Access5% of the score 38301 leads · 51-point gap
38301Jackson		in the top 0.00% · 100% in Tennessee, 100% in its metro area	1 of 2
42045Grand Rivers		healthier than 49% · 0% in Kentucky, no metro comparison group	2 of 2

Preventive Care13% of the score 42045 leads · 10-point gap
42045Grand RiversPartial		healthier than 33% · 20% in Kentucky, no metro comparison group	1 of 2
38301Jackson		healthier than 23% · 29% in Tennessee, 17% in its metro area	2 of 2

Environmental Hazard14% of the score 42045 leads · 1-point gap
42045Grand Rivers		healthier than 25% · 39% in Kentucky, no metro comparison group	1 of 2
38301Jackson		healthier than 24% · 18% in Tennessee, 4% in its metro area	2 of 2

Social Need / SDOH16% of the scoretied — no single leader
38301Jackson		healthier than 14% · 5% in Tennessee, 4% in its metro area	=1 of 2
42045Grand Rivers		healthier than 14% · 17% in Kentucky, no metro comparison group	=1 of 2

Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the scoretied — no single leader
38301Jackson		healthier than 19% · 8% in Tennessee, 13% in its metro area	=1 of 2
42045Grand Rivers		healthier than 19% · 0% in Kentucky, no metro comparison group	=1 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 — 42045 cannot be placed here
38301Jackson		healthier than 9% · 22% in Tennessee, 8% in its metro area	1 of 1
42045Grand Rivers	not 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 — 42045 cannot be placed here
38301Jackson		healthier than 9% · 12% in Tennessee, 4% in its metro area	1 of 1
42045Grand Rivers	not 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 — 42045 cannot be placed here
38301Jackson		healthier than 5% · 33% in Tennessee, 21% in its metro area	1 of 1
42045Grand Rivers	not measured in this ZIP at all — left out of its score rather than estimated

Disability7% of the scoreno leader — 42045 cannot be placed here
38301Jackson		healthier than 3% · 5% in Tennessee, 0% in its metro area	1 of 1
42045Grand Rivers	not 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. 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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Grand Rivers vs. Jackson

Grand Rivers 42045 · KYLEADS37.58

Jackson 38301 · TN31.61

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

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