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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.

Comparing42261Morgantown, KY42324Belton, 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	Morgantown42261 · KY	Belton42324 · KY
ZipVitals ScoreComposite of 9 scoring domains	31.57	32.63 Leads
National rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#30,410of 32,066 US ZIPs	#30,142of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#434of 742 KY ZIPs	#416of 742 KY ZIPs
Metro rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#15of 17 ZIPs in its metro area	Not in a 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	Morgantown42261 · KY	Belton42324 · KY
ZipVitals Score	31.57	32.63 Leads
National rank	#30,410of 32,066 US ZIPs	#30,142of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rank	#434of 742 KY ZIPs	#416of 742 KY ZIPs
Metro rank	#15of 17 ZIPs in its metro area	Not 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 — 42261: Bowling Green, KY · 42324: 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

Healthcare Access5% of the score 42261 leads · 21-point gap
42261Morgantown		healthier than 41% · 0% in Kentucky, no metro comparison group	1 of 2
42324Belton		healthier than 20% · 0% in Kentucky	2 of 2

Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 42324 leads · 10-point gap
42324Belton		healthier than 44% · 94% in Kentucky	1 of 2
42261Morgantown		healthier than 34% · 74% in Kentucky, no metro comparison group	2 of 2

Environmental Hazard14% of the score 42261 leads · 6-point gap
42261Morgantown		healthier than 57% · 100% in Kentucky, no metro comparison group	1 of 2
42324Belton		healthier than 51% · 100% in Kentucky	2 of 2

Preventive Care13% of the score 42324 leads · 5-point gap
42324BeltonPartial		healthier than 19% · 0% in Kentucky	1 of 2
42261MorgantownPartial		healthier than 14% · 0% in Kentucky, no metro comparison group	2 of 2

Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the score 42324 leads · 5-point gap
42324Belton		healthier than 32% · 0% in Kentucky	1 of 2
42261Morgantown		healthier than 27% · 0% in Kentucky, 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 — 42261 and 42324 cannot be placed here
42261Morgantown	not placed — too little of this domain is measured here to compare reliably, though it still counts toward this ZIP’s score
42324Belton	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 — 42261 and 42324 cannot be placed here
42261Morgantown	not placed — too little of this domain is measured here to compare reliably, though it still counts toward this ZIP’s score
42324Belton	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 — 42261 and 42324 cannot be placed here
42261Morgantown	not measured in this ZIP at all — left out of its score rather than estimated
42324Belton	not measured in this ZIP at all — left out of its score rather than estimated

Disability7% of the scoreno leader — 42261 and 42324 cannot be placed here
42261Morgantown	not measured in this ZIP at all — left out of its score rather than estimated
42324Belton	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. 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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Belton vs. Morgantown

Belton 42324 · KYLEADS32.63

Morgantown 42261 · KY31.57

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

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