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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.

Comparing49686Traverse City, MI49456Spring Lake, 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	Traverse City49686 · MI	Spring Lake49456 · MI
ZipVitals ScoreComposite of 9 scoring domains	59.02	61.90 Leads
National rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#5,581of 32,066 US ZIPs	#3,573of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#141of 973 MI ZIPs	#86of 973 MI ZIPs
Metro rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#10of 28 ZIPs in its metro area	#10of 79 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	Traverse City49686 · MI	Spring Lake49456 · MI
ZipVitals Score	59.02	61.90 Leads
National rank	#5,581of 32,066 US ZIPs	#3,573of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rank	#141of 973 MI ZIPs	#86of 973 MI ZIPs
Metro rank	#10of 28 ZIPs in its metro area	#10of 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 — 49686: Traverse City, MI · 49456: 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

Disability7% of the score 49456 leads · 9-point gap
49456Spring Lake		healthier than 79% · 83% in Michigan, 70% in its metro area	1 of 2
49686Traverse City		healthier than 70% · 72% in Michigan, 52% in its metro area	2 of 2

Risk Behavior11% of the score 49456 leads · 8-point gap
49456Spring Lake		healthier than 91% · 93% in Michigan, 97% in its metro area	1 of 2
49686Traverse City		healthier than 83% · 84% in Michigan, 33% in its metro area	2 of 2

Environmental Hazard14% of the score 49456 leads · 7-point gap
49456Spring Lake		healthier than 53% · 40% in Michigan, 40% in its metro area	1 of 2
49686Traverse City		healthier than 46% · 32% in Michigan, 0% in its metro area	2 of 2

Mental Health8% of the score 49456 leads · 6-point gap
49456Spring Lake		healthier than 46% · 85% in Michigan, 95% in its metro area	1 of 2
49686Traverse City		healthier than 40% · 81% in Michigan, 36% in its metro area	2 of 2

Chronic Disease Burden21% of the score 49456 leads · 5-point gap
49456Spring Lake		healthier than 63% · 74% in Michigan, 32% in its metro area	1 of 2
49686Traverse City		healthier than 58% · 69% in Michigan, 86% in its metro area	2 of 2

Preventive Care13% of the score 49456 leads · 4-point gap
49456Spring Lake		healthier than 96% · 93% in Michigan, 98% in its metro area	1 of 2
49686Traverse City		healthier than 92% · 83% in Michigan, 36% in its metro area	2 of 2

Healthcare Access5% of the score 49686 leads · 3-point gap
49686Traverse City		healthier than 90% · 92% in Michigan, 99% in its metro area	1 of 2
49456Spring Lake		healthier than 87% · 89% in Michigan, 85% in its metro area	2 of 2

Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 49456 leads · 2-point gap
49456Spring Lake		healthier than 90% · 92% in Michigan, 90% in its metro area	1 of 2
49686Traverse City		healthier than 88% · 90% in Michigan, 72% in its metro area	2 of 2

Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the score 49686 leads · 1-point gap
49686Traverse CityPartial		healthier than 97% · 93% in Michigan, 85% in its metro area	1 of 2
49456Spring LakePartial		healthier than 96% · 92% in Michigan, 100% 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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Spring Lake vs. Traverse City

Spring Lake 49456 · MILEADS61.90

Traverse City 49686 · MI59.02

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

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