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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.

Comparing45204Cincinnati, OH62018Cottage Hills, IL2–5 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	Cincinnati45204 · OH	Cottage Hills62018 · IL
ZipVitals ScoreComposite of 9 scoring domains	25.71	40.04 Leads
National rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#31,394of 32,066 US ZIPs	#26,725of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#1,153of 1,176 OH ZIPs	#1,306of 1,368 IL ZIPs
Metro rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#154of 156 ZIPs in its metro area	#210of 234 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	Cincinnati45204 · OH	Cottage Hills62018 · IL
ZipVitals Score	25.71	40.04 Leads
National rank	#31,394of 32,066 US ZIPs	#26,725of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rank	#1,153of 1,176 OH ZIPs	#1,306of 1,368 IL ZIPs
Metro rank	#154of 156 ZIPs in its metro area	#210of 234 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 — 45204: Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN · 62018: St. Louis, MO-IL.

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

Chronic Disease Burden21% of the score 62018 leads · 23-point gap
62018Cottage Hills		healthier than 34% · 22% in Illinois, 20% in its metro area	1 of 2
45204Cincinnati		healthier than 11% · 10% in Ohio, 9% in its metro area	2 of 2

Disability7% of the score 62018 leads · 19-point gap
62018Cottage Hills		healthier than 24% · 6% in Illinois, 17% in its metro area	1 of 2
45204Cincinnati		healthier than 5% · 3% in Ohio, 2% in its metro area	2 of 2

Healthcare Access5% of the score 45204 leads · 17-point gap
45204Cincinnati		healthier than 88% · 87% in Ohio, 79% in its metro area	1 of 2
62018Cottage Hills		healthier than 71% · 75% in Illinois, 59% in its metro area	2 of 2

Risk Behavior11% of the score 62018 leads · 13-point gap
62018Cottage Hills		healthier than 14% · 4% in Illinois, 18% in its metro area	1 of 2
45204Cincinnati		in the bottom 0.7% · 2% in Ohio, 2% in its metro area	2 of 2

Mental Health8% of the score 62018 leads · 13-point gap
62018Cottage Hills		healthier than 14% · 0% in Illinois, 5% in its metro area	1 of 2
45204Cincinnati		healthier than 1% · 2% in Ohio, 3% in its metro area	2 of 2

Environmental Hazard14% of the score 62018 leads · 10-point gap
62018Cottage Hills		healthier than 38% · 50% in Illinois, 58% in its metro area	1 of 2
45204Cincinnati		healthier than 28% · 49% in Ohio, 44% in its metro area	2 of 2

Preventive Care13% of the score 62018 leads · 9-point gap
62018Cottage Hills		healthier than 15% · 7% in Illinois, 1% in its metro area	1 of 2
45204Cincinnati		healthier than 6% · 2% in Ohio, 1% in its metro area	2 of 2

Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 62018 leads · 7-point gap
62018Cottage Hills		healthier than 10% · 6% in Illinois, 10% in its metro area	1 of 2
45204Cincinnati		healthier than 3% · 2% in Ohio, 3% in its metro area	2 of 2

Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the score 62018 leads · 5-point gap
62018Cottage HillsPartial		healthier than 31% · 15% in Illinois, 43% in its metro area	1 of 2
45204Cincinnati		healthier than 26% · 4% in Ohio, 9% 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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Cottage Hills vs. Cincinnati

Cottage Hills 62018 · ILLEADS40.04

Cincinnati 45204 · OH25.71

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

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