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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.

Comparing64494Union Star, MO29058Heath Springs, SC2–5 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	Union Star64494 · MO	Heath Springs29058 · SC
ZipVitals ScoreComposite of 9 scoring domains	50.88	51.22 Leads
National rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#15,026of 32,066 US ZIPs	#14,514of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#163of 993 MO ZIPs	#131of 417 SC ZIPs
Metro rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#12of 31 ZIPs in its metro area	#62of 113 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	Union Star64494 · MO	Heath Springs29058 · SC
ZipVitals Score	50.88	51.22 Leads
National rank	#15,026of 32,066 US ZIPs	#14,514of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rank	#163of 993 MO ZIPs	#131of 417 SC ZIPs
Metro rank	#12of 31 ZIPs in its metro area	#62of 113 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 — 64494: St. Joseph, MO-KS · 29058: Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC.

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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Preventive Care13% of the score 29058 leads · 16-point gap
29058Heath Springs		healthier than 72% · 71% in South Carolina, 72% in its metro area	1 of 2
64494Union Star		healthier than 56% · 79% in Missouri, 68% in its metro area	2 of 2

Environmental Hazard14% of the score 64494 leads · 10-point gap
64494Union Star		healthier than 76% · 77% in Missouri, 74% in its metro area	1 of 2
29058Heath Springs		healthier than 66% · 48% in South Carolina, 86% in its metro area	2 of 2

Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 64494 leads · 3-point gap
64494Union Star		healthier than 49% · 55% in Missouri, 58% in its metro area	1 of 2
29058Heath Springs		healthier than 46% · 60% in South Carolina, 27% in its metro area	2 of 2

Mental Health8% of the score 29058 leads · 3-point gap
29058Heath Springs		healthier than 51% · 56% in South Carolina, 72% in its metro area	1 of 2
64494Union Star		healthier than 48% · 84% in Missouri, 37% in its metro area	2 of 2

Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the score 64494 leads · 2-point gap
64494Union Star		healthier than 40% · 62% in Missouri, 68% in its metro area	1 of 2
29058Heath Springs		healthier than 38% · 73% in South Carolina, 47% in its metro area	2 of 2

Healthcare Access5% of the score 29058 leads · 2-point gap
29058Heath Springs		healthier than 46% · 37% in South Carolina, 23% in its metro area	1 of 2
64494Union Star		healthier than 44% · 50% in Missouri, 74% in its metro area	2 of 2

Chronic Disease Burden21% of the score 64494 leads · 1-point gap
64494Union Star		healthier than 45% · 68% in Missouri, 58% in its metro area	1 of 2
29058Heath Springs		healthier than 44% · 65% in South Carolina, 29% in its metro area	2 of 2

Disability7% of the score 64494 leads · 1-point gap
64494Union Star		healthier than 47% · 78% in Missouri, 53% in its metro area	1 of 2
29058Heath Springs		healthier than 46% · 70% in South Carolina, 47% in its metro area	2 of 2

Risk Behavior11% of the scoretied — no single leader
64494Union Star		healthier than 44% · 82% in Missouri, 53% in its metro area	=1 of 2
29058Heath Springs		healthier than 44% · 53% in South Carolina, 22% 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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Heath Springs vs. Union Star

Heath Springs 29058 · SCLEADS51.22

Union Star 64494 · MO50.88

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

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