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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.

Comparing40347Midway, KY15342Houston, PA2–5 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	Midway40347 · KY	Houston15342 · PA
ZipVitals ScoreComposite of 9 scoring domains	56.60	58.54 Leads
National rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#7,647of 32,066 US ZIPs	#5,960of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#30of 742 KY ZIPs	#270of 1,748 PA ZIPs
Metro rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#7of 25 ZIPs in its metro area	#72of 376 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	Midway40347 · KY	Houston15342 · PA
ZipVitals Score	56.60	58.54 Leads
National rank	#7,647of 32,066 US ZIPs	#5,960of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rank	#30of 742 KY ZIPs	#270of 1,748 PA ZIPs
Metro rank	#7of 25 ZIPs in its metro area	#72of 376 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 — 40347: Lexington-Fayette, KY · 15342: Pittsburgh, PA.

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 40347 leads · 21-point gap
40347Midway		healthier than 85% · 29% in Kentucky, no metro comparison group	1 of 2
15342Houston		healthier than 64% · no comparison group in Pennsylvania, no metro comparison group	2 of 2

Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 40347 leads · 13-point gap
40347Midway		healthier than 77% · 100% in Kentucky, no metro comparison group	1 of 2
15342Houston		healthier than 64% · no comparison group in Pennsylvania, no metro comparison group	2 of 2

Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the score 15342 leads · 8-point gap
15342Houston		healthier than 59% · no comparison group in Pennsylvania, no metro comparison group	1 of 2
40347Midway		healthier than 51% · 14% in Kentucky, no metro comparison group	2 of 2

Preventive Care13% of the score 15342 leads · 6-point gap
15342HoustonPartial		healthier than 97% · no comparison group in Pennsylvania, no metro comparison group	1 of 2
40347MidwayPartial		healthier than 91% · 100% in Kentucky, no metro comparison group	2 of 2

Environmental Hazard14% of the score 40347 leads · 1-point gap
40347Midway		healthier than 17% · 6% in Kentucky, no metro comparison group	1 of 2
15342Houston		healthier than 16% · no comparison group in Pennsylvania, no metro comparison group	2 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 — 40347 and 15342 cannot be placed here
40347Midway	not placed — too little of this domain is measured here to compare reliably, though it still counts toward this ZIP’s score
15342Houston	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 — 40347 and 15342 cannot be placed here
40347Midway	not placed — too little of this domain is measured here to compare reliably, though it still counts toward this ZIP’s score
15342Houston	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 — 40347 and 15342 cannot be placed here
40347Midway	not measured in this ZIP at all — left out of its score rather than estimated
15342Houston	not measured in this ZIP at all — left out of its score rather than estimated

Disability7% of the scoreno leader — 40347 and 15342 cannot be placed here
40347Midway	not measured in this ZIP at all — left out of its score rather than estimated
15342Houston	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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Houston vs. Midway

Houston 15342 · PALEADS58.54

Midway 40347 · KY56.60

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

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