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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.

Comparing49030Burr Oak, MI49329Howard City, 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
Burr Oak49030 · MI
Howard City49329 · MI
ZipVitals Score47.5848.96 Leads
National rank#19,466of 32,066 US ZIPs#17,725of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rank#655of 973 MI ZIPs#573of 973 MI ZIPs
Metro rankNot in a metro area#58of 79 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 — 49030: not in a metro area · 49329: Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI.

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
Environmental Hazard14% of the score 49329 leads · 28-point gap
49329Howard Cityhealthier than 85% · 80% in Michigan, 94% in its metro area1 of 2
49030Burr Oakhealthier than 57% · 46% in Michigan2 of 2
Healthcare Access5% of the score 49030 leads · 12-point gap
49030Burr Oakhealthier than 53% · 55% in Michigan1 of 2
49329Howard Cityhealthier than 41% · 40% in Michigan, 28% in its metro area2 of 2
Disability7% of the score 49329 leads · 10-point gap
49329Howard Cityhealthier than 51% · 51% in Michigan, 19% in its metro area1 of 2
49030Burr Oakhealthier than 41% · 38% in Michigan2 of 2
Risk Behavior11% of the score 49030 leads · 9-point gap
49030Burr Oakhealthier than 41% · 29% in Michigan1 of 2
49329Howard Cityhealthier than 32% · 19% in Michigan, 8% in its metro area2 of 2
Preventive Care13% of the score 49329 leads · 7-point gap
49329Howard Cityhealthier than 52% · 17% in Michigan, 19% in its metro area1 of 2
49030Burr Oakhealthier than 45% · 12% in Michigan2 of 2
Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 49329 leads · 6-point gap
49329Howard Cityhealthier than 34% · 38% in Michigan, 20% in its metro area1 of 2
49030Burr Oakhealthier than 28% · 29% in Michigan2 of 2
Chronic Disease Burden21% of the score 49329 leads · 4-point gap
49329Howard Cityhealthier than 51% · 59% in Michigan, 18% in its metro area1 of 2
49030Burr Oakhealthier than 47% · 55% in Michigan2 of 2
Mental Health8% of the scoretied — no single leader
49030Burr Oakhealthier than 10% · 16% in Michigan=1 of 2
49329Howard Cityhealthier than 10% · 16% in Michigan, 14% in its metro area=1 of 2
Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the scoretied — no single leader
49030Burr Oakhealthier than 87% · 58% in Michigan=1 of 2
49329Howard CityPartialhealthier than 87% · 60% in Michigan, 88% 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. 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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Howard City vs. Burr Oak

Howard City 49329 · MILEADS48.96
Burr Oak 49030 · MI47.58

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

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