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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.

Comparing68524Lincoln, NE77002Houston, TX2–5 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	Lincoln68524 · NE	Houston77002 · TX
ZipVitals ScoreComposite of 9 scoring domains	51.76	56.83 Leads
National rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#13,754of 32,066 US ZIPs	#7,433of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#409of 566 NE ZIPs	#226of 1,868 TX ZIPs
Metro rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#44of 46 ZIPs in its metro area	#52of 237 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	Lincoln68524 · NE	Houston77002 · TX
ZipVitals Score	51.76	56.83 Leads
National rank	#13,754of 32,066 US ZIPs	#7,433of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rank	#409of 566 NE ZIPs	#226of 1,868 TX ZIPs
Metro rank	#44of 46 ZIPs in its metro area	#52of 237 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 — 68524: Lincoln, NE · 77002: Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX.

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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Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 77002 leads · 54-point gap
77002Houston		healthier than 96% · 97% in Texas, 95% in its metro area	1 of 2
68524Lincoln		healthier than 42% · 31% in Nebraska, 7% in its metro area	2 of 2

Mental Health8% of the score 77002 leads · 28-point gap
77002Houston		healthier than 80% · 86% in Texas, 76% in its metro area	1 of 2
68524Lincoln		healthier than 52% · 2% in Nebraska, 2% in its metro area	2 of 2

Disability7% of the score 77002 leads · 28-point gap
77002Houston		healthier than 95% · 94% in Texas, 92% in its metro area	1 of 2
68524Lincoln		healthier than 67% · 49% in Nebraska, 4% in its metro area	2 of 2

Healthcare Access5% of the score 77002 leads · 28-point gap
77002Houston		healthier than 81% · 77% in Texas, 65% in its metro area	1 of 2
68524Lincoln		healthier than 53% · 84% in Nebraska, 67% in its metro area	2 of 2

Environmental Hazard14% of the score 68524 leads · 17-point gap
68524Lincoln		healthier than 17% · 24% in Nebraska, 33% in its metro area	1 of 2
77002Houston		in the bottom 0.5% · 0% in Texas, 1% in its metro area	2 of 2

Chronic Disease Burden21% of the score 77002 leads · 12-point gap
77002Houston		healthier than 99% · 99% in Texas, 100% in its metro area	1 of 2
68524Lincoln		healthier than 87% · 88% in Nebraska, 64% in its metro area	2 of 2

Preventive Care13% of the score 68524 leads · 11-point gap
68524Lincoln		healthier than 14% · 7% in Nebraska, 11% in its metro area	1 of 2
77002Houston		healthier than 3% · 11% in Texas, 21% in its metro area	2 of 2

Risk Behavior11% of the score 68524 leads · 11-point gap
68524Lincoln		healthier than 33% · 10% in Nebraska, 4% in its metro area	1 of 2
77002Houston		healthier than 22% · 34% in Texas, 41% in its metro area	2 of 2

Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the score 68524 leads · 8-point gap
68524Lincoln		healthier than 25% · 15% in Nebraska, 18% in its metro area	1 of 2
77002Houston		healthier than 17% · 87% in Texas, 81% 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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Houston vs. Lincoln

Houston 77002 · TXLEADS56.83

Lincoln 68524 · NE51.76

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

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