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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.

Comparing49525Grand Rapids, MI49024Portage, 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	Grand Rapids49525 · MI	Portage49024 · MI
ZipVitals ScoreComposite of 9 scoring domains	61.10 Leads	60.87
National rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#4,065of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads	#4,212of 32,066 US ZIPs
State rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#99of 973 MI ZIPs	#102of 973 MI ZIPs
Metro rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#12of 79 ZIPs in its metro area	#3of 18 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	Grand Rapids49525 · MI	Portage49024 · MI
ZipVitals Score	61.10 Leads	60.87
National rank	#4,065of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads	#4,212of 32,066 US ZIPs
State rank	#99of 973 MI ZIPs	#102of 973 MI ZIPs
Metro rank	#12of 79 ZIPs in its metro area	#3of 18 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 — 49525: Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI · 49024: Kalamazoo-Portage, 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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Environmental Hazard14% of the score 49024 leads · 6-point gap
49024Portage		healthier than 24% · 14% in Michigan, 35% in its metro area	1 of 2
49525Grand Rapids		healthier than 18% · 10% in Michigan, 19% in its metro area	2 of 2

Chronic Disease Burden21% of the score 49525 leads · 5-point gap
49525Grand Rapids		healthier than 82% · 92% in Michigan, 76% in its metro area	1 of 2
49024Portage		healthier than 77% · 88% in Michigan, 88% in its metro area	2 of 2

Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 49525 leads · 4-point gap
49525Grand Rapids		healthier than 91% · 93% in Michigan, 91% in its metro area	1 of 2
49024Portage		healthier than 87% · 89% in Michigan, 100% in its metro area	2 of 2

Risk Behavior11% of the score 49024 leads · 4-point gap
49024Portage		healthier than 91% · 93% in Michigan, 82% in its metro area	1 of 2
49525Grand Rapids		healthier than 87% · 88% in Michigan, 85% in its metro area	2 of 2

Healthcare Access5% of the score 49024 leads · 4-point gap
49024Portage		healthier than 67% · 70% in Michigan, 59% in its metro area	1 of 2
49525Grand Rapids		healthier than 63% · 66% in Michigan, 63% in its metro area	2 of 2

Preventive Care13% of the score 49024 leads · 3-point gap
49024Portage		healthier than 92% · 84% in Michigan, 76% in its metro area	1 of 2
49525Grand Rapids		healthier than 89% · 73% in Michigan, 80% in its metro area	2 of 2

Mental Health8% of the score 49525 leads · 3-point gap
49525Grand Rapids		healthier than 31% · 70% in Michigan, 76% in its metro area	1 of 2
49024Portage		healthier than 28% · 67% in Michigan, 76% in its metro area	2 of 2

Disability7% of the score 49525 leads · 3-point gap
49525Grand Rapids		healthier than 88% · 92% in Michigan, 87% in its metro area	1 of 2
49024Portage		healthier than 85% · 89% in Michigan, 82% in its metro area	2 of 2

Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the score 49024 leads · 3-point gap
49024Portage		healthier than 62% · 12% in Michigan, 6% in its metro area	1 of 2
49525Grand Rapids		healthier than 59% · 9% in Michigan, 7% in its metro area	2 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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Grand Rapids vs. Portage

Grand Rapids 49525 · MILEADS61.10

Portage 49024 · MI60.87

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

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