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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.

Comparing45301Alpha, OH28428Carolina Beach, NC2–5 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	Alpha45301 · OH	Carolina Beach28428 · NC
ZipVitals ScoreComposite of 9 scoring domains	57.98 Leads	57.95
National rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#6,408of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads	#6,440of 32,066 US ZIPs
State rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#112of 1,176 OH ZIPs	#138of 793 NC ZIPs
Metro rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#12of 57 ZIPs in its metro area	#12of 28 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	Alpha45301 · OH	Carolina Beach28428 · NC
ZipVitals Score	57.98 Leads	57.95
National rank	#6,408of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads	#6,440of 32,066 US ZIPs
State rank	#112of 1,176 OH ZIPs	#138of 793 NC ZIPs
Metro rank	#12of 57 ZIPs in its metro area	#12of 28 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 — 45301: Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH · 28428: Wilmington, NC.

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

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Environmental Hazard14% of the score 28428 leads · 38-point gap
28428Carolina Beach		healthier than 64% · 48% in North Carolina, 23% in its metro area	1 of 2
45301Alpha		healthier than 26% · 46% in Ohio, 75% in its metro area	2 of 2

Disability7% of the score 45301 leads · 19-point gap
45301Alpha		healthier than 90% · 94% in Ohio, 88% in its metro area	1 of 2
28428Carolina Beach		healthier than 71% · 85% in North Carolina, 77% in its metro area	2 of 2

Healthcare Access5% of the score 28428 leads · 15-point gap
28428Carolina Beach		healthier than 61% · 55% in North Carolina, 46% in its metro area	1 of 2
45301Alpha		healthier than 46% · 40% in Ohio, 23% in its metro area	2 of 2

Chronic Disease Burden21% of the score 28428 leads · 4-point gap
28428Carolina Beach		healthier than 54% · 69% in North Carolina, 65% in its metro area	1 of 2
45301Alpha		healthier than 50% · 68% in Ohio, 50% in its metro area	2 of 2

Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 45301 leads · 3-point gap
45301Alpha		healthier than 98% · 99% in Ohio, 98% in its metro area	1 of 2
28428Carolina Beach		healthier than 95% · 94% in North Carolina, 85% in its metro area	2 of 2

Preventive Care13% of the score 45301 leads · 2-point gap
45301Alpha		healthier than 95% · 98% in Ohio, 98% in its metro area	1 of 2
28428Carolina Beach		healthier than 93% · 93% in North Carolina, 73% in its metro area	2 of 2

Risk Behavior11% of the score 28428 leads · 2-point gap
28428Carolina Beach		healthier than 85% · 81% in North Carolina, 65% in its metro area	1 of 2
45301Alpha		healthier than 83% · 97% in Ohio, 91% in its metro area	2 of 2

Mental Health8% of the score 28428 leads · 2-point gap
28428Carolina Beach		healthier than 59% · 82% in North Carolina, 65% in its metro area	1 of 2
45301Alpha		healthier than 57% · 92% in Ohio, 86% in its metro area	2 of 2

Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the scoretied — no single leader
45301Alpha		healthier than 7% · 1% in Ohio, 2% in its metro area	=1 of 2
28428Carolina Beach		healthier than 7% · 5% in North Carolina, 17% in its metro area	=1 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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Alpha vs. Carolina Beach

Alpha 45301 · OHLEADS57.98

Carolina Beach 28428 · NC57.95

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