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Comparing48045Harrison Township, MI16417Girard, PA2–5 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	Harrison Township48045 · MI	Girard16417 · PA
ZipVitals ScoreComposite of 9 scoring domains	52.88	54.11 Leads
National rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#12,256of 32,066 US ZIPs	#10,549of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#368of 973 MI ZIPs	#514of 1,748 PA ZIPs
Metro rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#128of 215 ZIPs in its metro area	#14of 30 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	Harrison Township48045 · MI	Girard16417 · PA
ZipVitals Score	52.88	54.11 Leads
National rank	#12,256of 32,066 US ZIPs	#10,549of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rank	#368of 973 MI ZIPs	#514of 1,748 PA ZIPs
Metro rank	#128of 215 ZIPs in its metro area	#14of 30 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 — 48045: Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI · 16417: Erie, PA.

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 4 domains

Environmental Hazard14% of the score 48045 leads · 23-point gap
48045Harrison Township		healthier than 64% · 55% in Michigan, 86% in its metro area	1 of 2
16417Girard		healthier than 41% · no comparison group in Pennsylvania, no metro comparison group	2 of 2

Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 48045 leads · 1-point gap
48045Harrison Township		healthier than 63% · 67% in Michigan, 47% in its metro area	1 of 2
16417Girard		healthier than 62% · no comparison group in Pennsylvania, no metro comparison group	2 of 2

Healthcare Access5% of the score 16417 leads · 1-point gap
16417Girard		healthier than 69% · no comparison group in Pennsylvania, no metro comparison group	1 of 2
48045Harrison Township		healthier than 68% · 71% in Michigan, 56% in its metro area	2 of 2

Preventive Care13% of the scoretied — no single leader
48045Harrison Township		healthier than 91% · 81% in Michigan, 74% in its metro area	=1 of 2
16417GirardPartial		healthier than 91% · no comparison group in Pennsylvania, no metro comparison group	=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 — 16417 cannot be placed here
48045Harrison Township		healthier than 45% · 53% in Michigan, 29% in its metro area	1 of 1
16417Girard	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 — 16417 cannot be placed here
48045Harrison Township		healthier than 41% · 28% in Michigan, 35% in its metro area	1 of 1
16417Girard	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 — 16417 cannot be placed here
48045Harrison Township		healthier than 21% · 56% in Michigan, 40% in its metro area	1 of 1
16417Girard	not measured in this ZIP at all — left out of its score rather than estimated

Disability7% of the scoreno leader — 16417 cannot be placed here
48045Harrison Township		healthier than 58% · 59% in Michigan, 40% in its metro area	1 of 1
16417Girard	not measured in this ZIP at all — left out of its score rather than estimated

Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the scoreno leader — 48045 cannot be placed here
16417Girard		healthier than 86% · no comparison group in Pennsylvania, no metro comparison group	1 of 1
48045Harrison Township	not placed — too little of this domain is measured here to compare reliably, though it still counts toward this ZIP’s score

“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. 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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Girard vs. Harrison Township

Girard 16417 · PALEADS54.11

Harrison Township 48045 · MI52.88

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

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