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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.

Comparing38401Columbia, TN37184Watertown, TN
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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
Columbia38401 · TN
Watertown37184 · TN
ZipVitals Score47.0747.81 Leads
National rank#20,076of 32,066 US ZIPs#19,167of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rank#153of 616 TN ZIPs#129of 616 TN ZIPs
Metro rank#63of 110 ZIPs in its metro area#54of 110 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 — 38401: Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN · 37184: Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN.

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
Healthcare Access5% of the score 38401 leads · 51-point gap
38401Columbiain the top 0.00% · 100% in Tennessee, 100% in its metro area1 of 2
37184Watertownhealthier than 49% · 48% in Tennessee, 43% in its metro area2 of 2
Environmental Hazard14% of the score 37184 leads · 15-point gap
37184Watertownhealthier than 43% · 36% in Tennessee, 48% in its metro area1 of 2
38401Columbiahealthier than 28% · 20% in Tennessee, 25% in its metro area2 of 2
Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 38401 leads · 8-point gap
38401Columbiahealthier than 72% · 81% in Tennessee, 54% in its metro area1 of 2
37184Watertownhealthier than 64% · 71% in Tennessee, 39% in its metro area2 of 2
Chronic Disease Burden21% of the score 37184 leads · 7-point gap
37184Watertownhealthier than 51% · 81% in Tennessee, 46% in its metro area1 of 2
38401Columbiahealthier than 44% · 78% in Tennessee, 39% in its metro area2 of 2
Disability7% of the score 37184 leads · 7-point gap
37184Watertownhealthier than 46% · 79% in Tennessee, 44% in its metro area1 of 2
38401Columbiahealthier than 39% · 74% in Tennessee, 35% in its metro area2 of 2
Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the score 37184 leads · 6-point gap
37184Watertownhealthier than 47% · 60% in Tennessee, 57% in its metro area1 of 2
38401Columbiahealthier than 41% · 44% in Tennessee, 34% in its metro area2 of 2
Preventive Care13% of the score 38401 leads · 4-point gap
38401Columbiahealthier than 41% · 72% in Tennessee, 64% in its metro area1 of 2
37184Watertownhealthier than 37% · 65% in Tennessee, 51% in its metro area2 of 2
Risk Behavior11% of the score 37184 leads · 2-point gap
37184Watertownhealthier than 39% · 70% in Tennessee, 49% in its metro area1 of 2
38401Columbiahealthier than 37% · 68% in Tennessee, 48% in its metro area2 of 2
Mental Health8% of the scoretied — no single leader
38401Columbiahealthier than 10% · 73% in Tennessee, 57% in its metro area=1 of 2
37184Watertownhealthier than 10% · 72% in Tennessee, 55% in its metro area=1 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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Watertown vs. Columbia

Watertown 37184 · TNLEADS47.81
Columbia 38401 · TN47.07

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

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