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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.

Comparing77979Port Lavaca, TX78039LaCoste, TX
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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
Port Lavaca77979 · TX
LaCoste78039 · TX
ZipVitals Score46.3950.18 Leads
National rank#20,878of 32,066 US ZIPs#15,986of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rank#819of 1,868 TX ZIPs#521of 1,868 TX ZIPs
Metro rankNot in a metro area#54of 117 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 — 77979: not in a metro area · 78039: San Antonio-New Braunfels, 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

all 2 ZIPs can be placed on these 9 domains
Environmental Hazard14% of the score 78039 leads · 61-point gap
78039LaCostehealthier than 74% · 57% in Texas, 41% in its metro area1 of 2
77979Port Lavacahealthier than 13% · 9% in Texas2 of 2
Healthcare Access5% of the score 78039 leads · 33-point gap
78039LaCostehealthier than 50% · 45% in Texas, 28% in its metro area1 of 2
77979Port Lavacahealthier than 17% · 19% in Texas2 of 2
Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 78039 leads · 15-point gap
78039LaCostehealthier than 71% · 72% in Texas, 54% in its metro area1 of 2
77979Port Lavacahealthier than 56% · 54% in Texas2 of 2
Risk Behavior11% of the score 78039 leads · 11-point gap
78039LaCostehealthier than 47% · 66% in Texas, 65% in its metro area1 of 2
77979Port Lavacahealthier than 36% · 53% in Texas2 of 2
Disability7% of the score 78039 leads · 7-point gap
78039LaCostehealthier than 44% · 55% in Texas, 52% in its metro area1 of 2
77979Port Lavacahealthier than 37% · 46% in Texas2 of 2
Mental Health8% of the score 77979 leads · 6-point gap
77979Port Lavacahealthier than 75% · 82% in Texas1 of 2
78039LaCostehealthier than 69% · 76% in Texas, 70% in its metro area2 of 2
Preventive Care13% of the score 78039 leads · 5-point gap
78039LaCostehealthier than 14% · 48% in Texas, 52% in its metro area1 of 2
77979Port Lavacahealthier than 9% · 35% in Texas2 of 2
Chronic Disease Burden21% of the score 77979 leads · 2-point gap
77979Port Lavacahealthier than 68% · 57% in Texas1 of 2
78039LaCostehealthier than 66% · 54% in Texas, 42% in its metro area2 of 2
Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the score 78039 leads · 2-point gap
78039LaCostehealthier than 5% · 22% in Texas, 14% in its metro area1 of 2
77979Port Lavacahealthier than 3% · 11% in Texas2 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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LaCoste vs. Port Lavaca

LaCoste 78039 · TXLEADS50.18
Port Lavaca 77979 · TX46.39

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

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