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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.

Comparing43722Buffalo, OH42726Clarkson, 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	Buffalo43722 · OH	Clarkson42726 · KY
ZipVitals ScoreComposite of 9 scoring domains	43.26 Leads	38.78
National rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#24,148of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads	#27,550of 32,066 US ZIPs
State rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#836of 1,176 OH ZIPs	#271of 742 KY ZIPs
Metro rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	Not in a 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	Buffalo43722 · OH	Clarkson42726 · KY
ZipVitals Score	43.26 Leads	38.78
National rank	#24,148of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads	#27,550of 32,066 US ZIPs
State rank	#836of 1,176 OH ZIPs	#271of 742 KY ZIPs
Metro rank	Not in a 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 — 43722: not in a metro area · 42726: 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 42726 leads · 33-point gap
42726Clarkson		healthier than 56% · 0% in Kentucky	1 of 2
43722Buffalo		healthier than 23% · 9% in Ohio	2 of 2

Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 42726 leads · 8-point gap
42726Clarkson		healthier than 51% · 100% in Kentucky	1 of 2
43722Buffalo		healthier than 43% · 47% in Ohio	2 of 2

Preventive Care13% of the score 43722 leads · 6-point gap
43722Buffalo		healthier than 45% · 36% in Ohio	1 of 2
42726ClarksonPartial		healthier than 39% · 70% in Kentucky	2 of 2

Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the score 42726 leads · 4-point gap
42726Clarkson		healthier than 41% · 0% in Kentucky	1 of 2
43722Buffalo		healthier than 37% · 7% in Ohio	2 of 2

Environmental Hazard14% of the score 42726 leads · 1-point gap
42726Clarkson		healthier than 53% · 100% in Kentucky	1 of 2
43722Buffalo		healthier than 52% · 81% in Ohio	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 — 42726 cannot be placed here
43722Buffalo		healthier than 18% · 18% in Ohio	1 of 1
42726Clarkson	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 — 42726 cannot be placed here
43722Buffalo		healthier than 18% · 36% in Ohio	1 of 1
42726Clarkson	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 — 42726 cannot be placed here
43722Buffalo		healthier than 23% · 50% in Ohio	1 of 1
42726Clarkson	not measured in this ZIP at all — left out of its score rather than estimated

Disability7% of the scoreno leader — 42726 cannot be placed here
43722Buffalo		healthier than 39% · 28% in Ohio	1 of 1
42726Clarkson	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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Buffalo vs. Clarkson

Buffalo 43722 · OHLEADS43.26

Clarkson 42726 · KY38.78

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

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