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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.

Comparing78501McAllen, TX78560La Joya, 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.
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McAllen78501 · TX
La Joya78560 · TX
ZipVitals Score40.89 Leads38.83
National rank#26,121of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads#27,527of 32,066 US ZIPs
State rank#1,387of 1,868 TX ZIPs#1,555of 1,868 TX ZIPs
Metro rank#8of 27 ZIPs in its metro area#13of 27 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 — 78501: McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX · 78560: McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, 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
Healthcare Access5% of the score 78501 leads · 36-point gap
78501McAllenhealthier than 69% · 61% in Texas, no metro comparison group1 of 2
78560La Joyahealthier than 33% · 32% in Texas, no metro comparison group2 of 2
Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 78501 leads · 12-point gap
78501McAllenhealthier than 25% · 17% in Texas, no metro comparison group1 of 2
78560La Joyahealthier than 13% · 5% in Texas, no metro comparison group2 of 2
Environmental Hazard14% of the score 78501 leads · 10-point gap
78501McAllenhealthier than 69% · 50% in Texas, no metro comparison group1 of 2
78560La Joyahealthier than 59% · 40% in Texas, no metro comparison group2 of 2
Risk Behavior11% of the score 78501 leads · 10-point gap
78501McAllenhealthier than 25% · 39% in Texas, no metro comparison group1 of 2
78560La Joyahealthier than 15% · 23% in Texas, no metro comparison group2 of 2
Mental Health8% of the score 78501 leads · 10-point gap
78501McAllenhealthier than 73% · 79% in Texas, no metro comparison group1 of 2
78560La Joyahealthier than 63% · 69% in Texas, no metro comparison group2 of 2
Chronic Disease Burden21% of the score 78560 leads · 9-point gap
78560La Joyahealthier than 69% · 58% in Texas, no metro comparison group1 of 2
78501McAllenhealthier than 60% · 47% in Texas, no metro comparison group2 of 2
Preventive Care13% of the score 78501 leads · 2-point gap
78501McAllenhealthier than 5% · 19% in Texas, no metro comparison group1 of 2
78560La Joyahealthier than 3% · 13% in Texas, no metro comparison group2 of 2
Disability7% of the scoretied — no single leader
78501McAllenhealthier than 9% · 11% in Texas, no metro comparison group=1 of 2
78560La Joyahealthier than 9% · 10% in Texas, no metro comparison group=1 of 2
Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the scoretied — no single leader
78501McAllenPartialin the bottom 0.01% · 0% in Texas, no metro comparison group=1 of 2
78560La JoyaPartialin the bottom 0.01% · 0% in Texas, no metro comparison group=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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McAllen vs. La Joya

McAllen 78501 · TXLEADS40.89
La Joya 78560 · TX38.83

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

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