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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.

Comparing70515Basile, LA71270Ruston, LA2–5 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	Basile70515 · LA	Ruston71270 · LA
ZipVitals ScoreComposite of 9 scoring domains	36.29	39.10 Leads
National rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#28,862of 32,066 US ZIPs	#27,327of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#330of 508 LA ZIPs	#248of 508 LA ZIPs
Metro rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#21of 30 ZIPs in its metro area	Not in a 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	Basile70515 · LA	Ruston71270 · LA
ZipVitals Score	36.29	39.10 Leads
National rank	#28,862of 32,066 US ZIPs	#27,327of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rank	#330of 508 LA ZIPs	#248of 508 LA ZIPs
Metro rank	#21of 30 ZIPs in its metro area	Not in a metro area

ZipVitals Score — Composite of 9 scoring domainsNational rank, State rank and Metro rank — Among ZIPs with a computed score

Metro areas — 70515: Lafayette, LA · 71270: not in a metro area.

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

Healthcare Access5% of the score 71270 leads · 47-point gap
71270Ruston		in the top 0.00% · 100% in Louisiana	1 of 2
70515Basile		healthier than 53% · 40% in Louisiana, 34% in its metro area	2 of 2

Environmental Hazard14% of the score 70515 leads · 11-point gap
70515Basile		healthier than 69% · 52% in Louisiana, 34% in its metro area	1 of 2
71270Ruston		healthier than 58% · 37% in Louisiana	2 of 2

Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the score 71270 leads · 11-point gap
71270Ruston		healthier than 21% · 88% in Louisiana	1 of 2
70515Basile		healthier than 10% · 59% in Louisiana, 69% in its metro area	2 of 2

Chronic Disease Burden21% of the score 71270 leads · 7-point gap
71270Ruston		healthier than 36% · 64% in Louisiana	1 of 2
70515Basile		healthier than 29% · 57% in Louisiana, 41% in its metro area	2 of 2

Preventive Care13% of the score 71270 leads · 7-point gap
71270Ruston		healthier than 35% · 14% in Louisiana	1 of 2
70515Basile		healthier than 28% · 9% in Louisiana, 0% in its metro area	2 of 2

Risk Behavior11% of the score 71270 leads · 3-point gap
71270Ruston		healthier than 8% · 45% in Louisiana	1 of 2
70515Basile		healthier than 5% · 29% in Louisiana, 10% in its metro area	2 of 2

Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 71270 leads · 2-point gap
71270Ruston		healthier than 12% · 40% in Louisiana	1 of 2
70515Basile		healthier than 10% · 33% in Louisiana, 10% in its metro area	2 of 2

Disability7% of the score 70515 leads · 2-point gap
70515Basile		healthier than 14% · 44% in Louisiana, 31% in its metro area	1 of 2
71270Ruston		healthier than 12% · 37% in Louisiana	2 of 2

Mental Health8% of the score 71270 leads · 1-point gap
71270Ruston		healthier than 5% · 19% in Louisiana	1 of 2
70515Basile		healthier than 4% · 12% in Louisiana, 28% 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. Not every ZIP sits in a metro area — those show a state figure only. 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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Ruston vs. Basile

Ruston 71270 · LALEADS39.10

Basile 70515 · LA36.29

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

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