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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.

Comparing61862Penfield, IL21219Sparrows Point, MD2–5 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	Penfield61862 · IL	Sparrows Point21219 · MD
ZipVitals ScoreComposite of 9 scoring domains	52.44	55.60 Leads
National rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#12,847of 32,066 US ZIPs	#8,740of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#545of 1,368 IL ZIPs	#286of 458 MD ZIPs
Metro rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#33of 48 ZIPs in its metro area	#120of 157 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	Penfield61862 · IL	Sparrows Point21219 · MD
ZipVitals Score	52.44	55.60 Leads
National rank	#12,847of 32,066 US ZIPs	#8,740of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rank	#545of 1,368 IL ZIPs	#286of 458 MD ZIPs
Metro rank	#33of 48 ZIPs in its metro area	#120of 157 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 — 61862: Champaign-Urbana, IL · 21219: Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD.

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 8 domains

Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 21219 leads · 22-point gap
21219Sparrows Point		healthier than 71% · 46% in Maryland, 30% in its metro area	1 of 2
61862Penfield		healthier than 49% · 57% in Illinois, 43% in its metro area	2 of 2

Environmental Hazard14% of the score 61862 leads · 19-point gap
61862Penfield		healthier than 58% · 78% in Illinois, 74% in its metro area	1 of 2
21219Sparrows Point		healthier than 39% · 21% in Maryland, 32% in its metro area	2 of 2

Healthcare Access5% of the score 21219 leads · 19-point gap
21219Sparrows Point		healthier than 47% · 42% in Maryland, 42% in its metro area	1 of 2
61862Penfield		healthier than 28% · 37% in Illinois, 57% in its metro area	2 of 2

Preventive Care13% of the score 21219 leads · 17-point gap
21219Sparrows Point		healthier than 74% · 39% in Maryland, 32% in its metro area	1 of 2
61862Penfield		healthier than 57% · 68% in Illinois, 47% in its metro area	2 of 2

Risk Behavior11% of the score 21219 leads · 15-point gap
21219Sparrows Point		healthier than 75% · 53% in Maryland, 42% in its metro area	1 of 2
61862Penfield		healthier than 60% · 68% in Illinois, 40% in its metro area	2 of 2

Disability7% of the score 21219 leads · 13-point gap
21219Sparrows Point		healthier than 73% · 41% in Maryland, 25% in its metro area	1 of 2
61862Penfield		healthier than 60% · 49% in Illinois, 23% in its metro area	2 of 2

Chronic Disease Burden21% of the score 21219 leads · 3-point gap
21219Sparrows Point		healthier than 55% · 37% in Maryland, 17% in its metro area	1 of 2
61862Penfield		healthier than 52% · 47% in Illinois, 23% in its metro area	2 of 2

Mental Health8% of the score 61862 leads · 2-point gap
61862Penfield		healthier than 47% · 30% in Illinois, 28% in its metro area	1 of 2
21219Sparrows Point		healthier than 45% · 16% in Maryland, 19% in its metro area	2 of 2

Not every ZIP can be placed here

no leader and no gap — ordered by weight instead

Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the scoreno leader — 21219 cannot be placed here
61862Penfield		healthier than 56% · 44% in Illinois, 26% in its metro area	1 of 1
21219Sparrows Point	not placed — too little of this domain is measured here to compare reliably, though it still counts toward this ZIP’s score

“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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Sparrows Point vs. Penfield

Sparrows Point 21219 · MDLEADS55.60

Penfield 61862 · IL52.44

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

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