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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.

Comparing39217Jackson, MS67260Wichita, KS2–5 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	Jackson39217 · MS	Wichita67260 · KS
ZipVitals ScoreComposite of 9 scoring domains	44.25 Leads	41.38
National rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#23,171of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads	#25,760of 32,066 US ZIPs
State rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#133of 406 MS ZIPs	#646of 682 KS ZIPs
Metro rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#25of 59 ZIPs in its metro area	#69of 77 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	Jackson39217 · MS	Wichita67260 · KS
ZipVitals Score	44.25 Leads	41.38
National rank	#23,171of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads	#25,760of 32,066 US ZIPs
State rank	#133of 406 MS ZIPs	#646of 682 KS ZIPs
Metro rank	#25of 59 ZIPs in its metro area	#69of 77 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 — 39217: Jackson, MS · 67260: Wichita, KS.

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 39217 leads · 28-point gap
39217Jackson		healthier than 35% · 10% in Mississippi, 33% in its metro area	1 of 2
67260Wichita		healthier than 7% · 6% in Kansas, 16% in its metro area	2 of 2

Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the score 67260 leads · 21-point gap
67260Wichita		healthier than 40% · 90% in Kansas, 97% in its metro area	1 of 2
39217Jackson		healthier than 19% · 44% in Mississippi, 52% in its metro area	2 of 2

Mental Health8% of the score 39217 leads · 5-point gap
39217Jackson		healthier than 6% · 1% in Mississippi, 2% in its metro area	1 of 2
67260Wichita		in the bottom 0.7% · 0% in Kansas, 0% in its metro area	2 of 2

Healthcare Access5% of the score 67260 leads · 4-point gap
67260Wichita		healthier than 80% · 89% in Kansas, 77% in its metro area	1 of 2
39217Jackson		healthier than 76% · 73% in Mississippi, 60% in its metro area	2 of 2

Disability7% of the score 39217 leads · 2-point gap
39217Jackson		healthier than 46% · 91% in Mississippi, 78% in its metro area	1 of 2
67260Wichita		healthier than 44% · 39% in Kansas, 32% in its metro area	2 of 2

Chronic Disease Burden21% of the score 67260 leads · 1-point gap
67260Wichita		in the top 0.8% · 99% in Kansas, 100% in its metro area	1 of 2
39217Jackson		healthier than 98% · 98% in Mississippi, 98% in its metro area	2 of 2

Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 39217 leads · 1-point gap
39217Jackson		in the bottom 0.8% · 5% in Mississippi, 2% in its metro area	1 of 2
67260Wichita		in the bottom 0.5% · 0% in Kansas, 0% in its metro area	2 of 2

Preventive Care13% of the score 39217 leads · 1-point gap
39217Jackson		in the bottom 0.7% · 0% in Mississippi, 0% in its metro area	1 of 2
67260Wichita		in the bottom 0.2% · 0% in Kansas, 0% in its metro area	2 of 2

Risk Behavior11% of the score 67260 leads · 1-point gap
67260Wichita		healthier than 36% · 18% in Kansas, 17% in its metro area	1 of 2
39217Jackson		healthier than 35% · 74% in Mississippi, 69% 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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Jackson vs. Wichita

Jackson 39217 · MSLEADS44.25

Wichita 67260 · KS41.38

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

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