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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.

Comparing78234Jbsa Ft Sam Houston, TX36113Montgomery, AL2–5 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	Jbsa Ft Sam Houston78234 · TX	Montgomery36113 · AL
ZipVitals ScoreComposite of 9 scoring domains	54.34 Leads	53.53
National rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#10,265of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads	#11,329of 32,066 US ZIPs
State rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#309of 1,868 TX ZIPs	#70of 619 AL ZIPs
Metro rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#35of 117 ZIPs in its metro area	#9of 41 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	Jbsa Ft Sam Houston78234 · TX	Montgomery36113 · AL
ZipVitals Score	54.34 Leads	53.53
National rank	#10,265of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads	#11,329of 32,066 US ZIPs
State rank	#309of 1,868 TX ZIPs	#70of 619 AL ZIPs
Metro rank	#35of 117 ZIPs in its metro area	#9of 41 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 — 78234: San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX · 36113: Montgomery, AL.

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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Healthcare Access5% of the score 78234 leads · 27-point gap
78234Jbsa Ft Sam Houston		healthier than 89% · 89% in Texas, 86% in its metro area	1 of 2
36113Montgomery		healthier than 62% · 67% in Alabama, 55% in its metro area	2 of 2

Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 78234 leads · 24-point gap
78234Jbsa Ft Sam Houston		healthier than 72% · 74% in Texas, 57% in its metro area	1 of 2
36113Montgomery		healthier than 48% · 72% in Alabama, 73% in its metro area	2 of 2

Mental Health8% of the score 36113 leads · 7-point gap
36113Montgomery		healthier than 13% · 7% in Alabama, 5% in its metro area	1 of 2
78234Jbsa Ft Sam Houston		healthier than 6% · 1% in Texas, 1% in its metro area	2 of 2

Environmental Hazard14% of the score 78234 leads · 5-point gap
78234Jbsa Ft Sam Houston		healthier than 31% · 19% in Texas, 2% in its metro area	1 of 2
36113Montgomery		healthier than 26% · 17% in Alabama, 10% in its metro area	2 of 2

Preventive Care13% of the score 36113 leads · 5-point gap
36113Montgomery		healthier than 7% · 2% in Alabama, 0% in its metro area	1 of 2
78234Jbsa Ft Sam Houston		healthier than 2% · 5% in Texas, 5% in its metro area	2 of 2

Disability7% of the score 78234 leads · 5-point gap
78234Jbsa Ft Sam Houston		healthier than 95% · 94% in Texas, 98% in its metro area	1 of 2
36113Montgomery		healthier than 90% · 98% in Alabama, 98% in its metro area	2 of 2

Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the score 36113 leads · 4-point gap
36113Montgomery		healthier than 12% · 9% in Alabama, 25% in its metro area	1 of 2
78234Jbsa Ft Sam Houston		healthier than 8% · 37% in Texas, 41% in its metro area	2 of 2

Chronic Disease Burden21% of the score 78234 leads · 2-point gap
78234Jbsa Ft Sam Houston		in the top 0.5% · 100% in Texas, 99% in its metro area	1 of 2
36113Montgomery		healthier than 98% · 99% in Alabama, 98% in its metro area	2 of 2

Risk Behavior11% of the scoretied — no single leader
78234Jbsa Ft Sam Houston		healthier than 28% · 43% in Texas, 41% in its metro area	=1 of 2
36113Montgomery		healthier than 28% · 49% in Alabama, 50% 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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Jbsa Ft Sam Houston vs. Montgomery

Jbsa Ft Sam Houston 78234 · TXLEADS54.34

Montgomery 36113 · AL53.53

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

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