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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.

Comparing42259Mammoth Cave, KY42286Trenton, KY
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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
Mammoth Cave42259 · KY
Trenton42286 · KY
ZipVitals Score36.7942.95 Leads
National rank#28,634of 32,066 US ZIPs#24,424of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rank#320of 742 KY ZIPs#178of 742 KY ZIPs
Metro rank#11of 17 ZIPs in its metro areaNot in a metro area

ZipVitals Score — Composite of 9 scoring domainsNational rank, State rank and Metro rank — Among ZIPs with a computed score

Metro areas — 42259: Bowling Green, KY · 42286: not in a metro area.

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
Preventive Care13% of the score 42286 leads · 14-point gap
42286TrentonPartialhealthier than 26% · 0% in Kentucky1 of 2
42259Mammoth CavePartialhealthier than 12% · 0% in Kentucky, no metro comparison group2 of 2
Healthcare Access5% of the score 42259 leads · 12-point gap
42259Mammoth Cavehealthier than 72% · 0% in Kentucky, no metro comparison group1 of 2
42286Trentonhealthier than 60% · 0% in Kentucky2 of 2
Environmental Hazard14% of the score 42259 leads · 1-point gap
42259Mammoth Cavehealthier than 49% · 100% in Kentucky, no metro comparison group1 of 2
42286Trentonhealthier than 48% · 100% in Kentucky2 of 2
Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the score 42259 leads · 1-point gap
42259Mammoth Cavehealthier than 40% · 0% in Kentucky, no metro comparison group1 of 2
42286Trentonhealthier than 39% · 0% in Kentucky2 of 2
Social Need / SDOH16% of the scoretied — no single leader
42259Mammoth Cavehealthier than 16% · 23% in Kentucky, no metro comparison group=1 of 2
42286Trentonhealthier than 16% · 26% in Kentucky=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 — 42259 and 42286 cannot be placed here
42259Mammoth Cavenot placed — too little of this domain is measured here to compare reliably, though it still counts toward this ZIP’s score
42286Trentonnot 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 — 42259 and 42286 cannot be placed here
42259Mammoth Cavenot placed — too little of this domain is measured here to compare reliably, though it still counts toward this ZIP’s score
42286Trentonnot 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 — 42259 and 42286 cannot be placed here
42259Mammoth Cavenot measured in this ZIP at all — left out of its score rather than estimated
42286Trentonnot measured in this ZIP at all — left out of its score rather than estimated
Disability7% of the scoreno leader — 42259 and 42286 cannot be placed here
42259Mammoth Cavenot measured in this ZIP at all — left out of its score rather than estimated
42286Trentonnot 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. 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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Trenton vs. Mammoth Cave

Trenton 42286 · KYLEADS42.95
Mammoth Cave 42259 · KY36.79

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

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