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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.

Comparing49329Howard City, MI49303Bailey, MI2–5 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	Howard City49329 · MI	Bailey49303 · MI
ZipVitals ScoreComposite of 9 scoring domains	48.96 Leads	48.73
National rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#17,725of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads	#18,034of 32,066 US ZIPs
State rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#573of 973 MI ZIPs	#588of 973 MI ZIPs
Metro rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#58of 79 ZIPs in its metro area	#7of 13 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	Howard City49329 · MI	Bailey49303 · MI
ZipVitals Score	48.96 Leads	48.73
National rank	#17,725of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads	#18,034of 32,066 US ZIPs
State rank	#573of 973 MI ZIPs	#588of 973 MI ZIPs
Metro rank	#58of 79 ZIPs in its metro area	#7of 13 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 — 49329: Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI · 49303: Muskegon-Norton Shores, 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

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Healthcare Access5% of the score 49329 leads · 13-point gap
49329Howard City		healthier than 41% · 40% in Michigan, 28% in its metro area	1 of 2
49303Bailey		healthier than 28% · 23% in Michigan, 0% in its metro area	2 of 2

Risk Behavior11% of the score 49329 leads · 11-point gap
49329Howard City		healthier than 32% · 19% in Michigan, 8% in its metro area	1 of 2
49303Bailey		healthier than 21% · 11% in Michigan, 44% in its metro area	2 of 2

Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 49329 leads · 8-point gap
49329Howard City		healthier than 34% · 38% in Michigan, 20% in its metro area	1 of 2
49303Bailey		healthier than 26% · 27% in Michigan, 33% in its metro area	2 of 2

Disability7% of the score 49303 leads · 8-point gap
49303Bailey		healthier than 59% · 60% in Michigan, 89% in its metro area	1 of 2
49329Howard City		healthier than 51% · 51% in Michigan, 19% in its metro area	2 of 2

Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the score 49303 leads · 7-point gap
49303Bailey		healthier than 94% · 82% in Michigan, 89% in its metro area	1 of 2
49329Howard CityPartial		healthier than 87% · 60% in Michigan, 88% in its metro area	2 of 2

Chronic Disease Burden21% of the score 49303 leads · 5-point gap
49303Bailey		healthier than 56% · 66% in Michigan, 100% in its metro area	1 of 2
49329Howard City		healthier than 51% · 59% in Michigan, 18% in its metro area	2 of 2

Preventive Care13% of the score 49329 leads · 5-point gap
49329Howard City		healthier than 52% · 17% in Michigan, 19% in its metro area	1 of 2
49303Bailey		healthier than 47% · 14% in Michigan, 33% in its metro area	2 of 2

Environmental Hazard14% of the score 49329 leads · 3-point gap
49329Howard City		healthier than 85% · 80% in Michigan, 94% in its metro area	1 of 2
49303Bailey		healthier than 82% · 77% in Michigan, 89% in its metro area	2 of 2

Mental Health8% of the scoretied — no single leader
49329Howard City		healthier than 10% · 16% in Michigan, 14% in its metro area	=1 of 2
49303Bailey		healthier than 10% · 18% in Michigan, 56% 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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Howard City vs. Bailey

Howard City 49329 · MILEADS48.96

Bailey 49303 · MI48.73

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