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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.

Comparing48461North Branch, MI16720Austin, 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	North Branch48461 · MI	Austin16720 · PA
ZipVitals ScoreComposite of 9 scoring domains	49.39	51.75 Leads
National rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#17,093of 32,066 US ZIPs	#13,774of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#529of 973 MI ZIPs	#694of 1,748 PA ZIPs
Metro rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#146of 215 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	North Branch48461 · MI	Austin16720 · PA
ZipVitals Score	49.39	51.75 Leads
National rank	#17,093of 32,066 US ZIPs	#13,774of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rank	#529of 973 MI ZIPs	#694of 1,748 PA ZIPs
Metro rank	#146of 215 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 — 48461: Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI · 16720: 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

Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 48461 leads · 13-point gap
48461North Branch		healthier than 39% · 44% in Michigan, 31% in its metro area	1 of 2
16720Austin		healthier than 26% · no comparison group in Pennsylvania	2 of 2

Environmental Hazard14% of the score 16720 leads · 12-point gap
16720Austin		healthier than 64% · no comparison group in Pennsylvania	1 of 2
48461North Branch		healthier than 52% · 38% in Michigan, 68% in its metro area	2 of 2

Healthcare Access5% of the score 16720 leads · 4-point gap
16720Austin		healthier than 35% · no comparison group in Pennsylvania	1 of 2
48461North Branch		healthier than 31% · 26% in Michigan, 10% in its metro area	2 of 2

Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the score 16720 leads · 2-point gap
16720Austin		healthier than 91% · no comparison group in Pennsylvania	1 of 2
48461North Branch		healthier than 89% · 64% in Michigan, 67% in its metro area	2 of 2

Preventive Care13% of the scoretied — no single leader
48461North Branch		healthier than 61% · 24% in Michigan, 23% in its metro area	=1 of 2
16720AustinPartial		healthier than 61% · no comparison group in Pennsylvania	=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 — 16720 cannot be placed here
48461North Branch		healthier than 51% · 59% in Michigan, 34% in its metro area	1 of 1
16720Austin	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 — 16720 cannot be placed here
48461North Branch		healthier than 37% · 23% in Michigan, 33% in its metro area	1 of 1
16720Austin	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 — 16720 cannot be placed here
48461North Branch		healthier than 13% · 29% in Michigan, 21% in its metro area	1 of 1
16720Austin	not measured in this ZIP at all — left out of its score rather than estimated

Disability7% of the scoreno leader — 16720 cannot be placed here
48461North Branch		healthier than 50% · 51% in Michigan, 34% in its metro area	1 of 1
16720Austin	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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Austin vs. North Branch

Austin 16720 · PALEADS51.75

North Branch 48461 · MI49.39

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

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