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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.

Comparing48476Vernon, MI49783Sault Ste. Marie, MI
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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
Vernon48476 · MI
Sault Ste. Marie49783 · MI
ZipVitals Score45.5448.60 Leads
National rank#21,832of 32,066 US ZIPs#18,193of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rank#770of 973 MI ZIPs#597of 973 MI ZIPs
Metro rankNot in a metro areaNot 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 — 48476: not in a metro area · 49783: 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 9 domains
Healthcare Access5% of the score 49783 leads · 64-point gap
49783Sault Ste. Mariein the top 0.00% · 100% in Michigan1 of 2
48476Vernonhealthier than 36% · 33% in Michigan2 of 2
Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 49783 leads · 27-point gap
49783Sault Ste. Mariehealthier than 49% · 53% in Michigan1 of 2
48476Vernonhealthier than 22% · 21% in Michigan2 of 2
Environmental Hazard14% of the score 49783 leads · 23-point gap
49783Sault Ste. Mariehealthier than 97% · 95% in Michigan1 of 2
48476Vernonhealthier than 74% · 65% in Michigan2 of 2
Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the score 49783 leads · 10-point gap
49783Sault Ste. Mariehealthier than 32% · 3% in Michigan1 of 2
48476Vernonhealthier than 22% · 2% in Michigan2 of 2
Risk Behavior11% of the score 49783 leads · 9-point gap
49783Sault Ste. Mariehealthier than 49% · 41% in Michigan1 of 2
48476Vernonhealthier than 40% · 27% in Michigan2 of 2
Disability7% of the score 48476 leads · 8-point gap
48476Vernonhealthier than 45% · 43% in Michigan1 of 2
49783Sault Ste. Mariehealthier than 37% · 31% in Michigan2 of 2
Chronic Disease Burden21% of the score 49783 leads · 7-point gap
49783Sault Ste. Mariehealthier than 44% · 52% in Michigan1 of 2
48476Vernonhealthier than 37% · 41% in Michigan2 of 2
Preventive Care13% of the score 48476 leads · 3-point gap
48476Vernonhealthier than 63% · 27% in Michigan1 of 2
49783Sault Ste. Mariehealthier than 60% · 23% in Michigan2 of 2
Mental Health8% of the score 49783 leads · 1-point gap
49783Sault Ste. Mariehealthier than 8% · 11% in Michigan1 of 2
48476Vernonhealthier than 7% · 10% in Michigan2 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. 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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Sault Ste. Marie vs. Vernon

Sault Ste. Marie 49783 · MILEADS48.60
Vernon 48476 · MI45.54

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

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