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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.

Comparing79529Knox City, TX76665Meridian, 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	Knox City79529 · TX	Meridian76665 · TX
ZipVitals ScoreComposite of 9 scoring domains	36.76	44.90 Leads
National rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#28,641of 32,066 US ZIPs	#22,513of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#1,661of 1,868 TX ZIPs	#991of 1,868 TX ZIPs
Metro rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	Not in a metro area	#19of 36 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	Knox City79529 · TX	Meridian76665 · TX
ZipVitals Score	36.76	44.90 Leads
National rank	#28,641of 32,066 US ZIPs	#22,513of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rank	#1,661of 1,868 TX ZIPs	#991of 1,868 TX ZIPs
Metro rank	Not in a metro area	#19of 36 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 — 79529: not in a metro area · 76665: Waco, 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 76665 leads · 33-point gap
76665Meridian		healthier than 41% · 35% in Texas, 55% in its metro area	1 of 2
79529Knox City		healthier than 8% · 2% in Texas	2 of 2

Risk Behavior11% of the score 76665 leads · 18-point gap
76665Meridian		healthier than 43% · 62% in Texas, 55% in its metro area	1 of 2
79529Knox City		healthier than 25% · 39% in Texas	2 of 2

Disability7% of the score 76665 leads · 16-point gap
76665Meridian		healthier than 31% · 38% in Texas, 41% in its metro area	1 of 2
79529Knox City		healthier than 15% · 18% in Texas	2 of 2

Chronic Disease Burden21% of the score 76665 leads · 15-point gap
76665Meridian		healthier than 32% · 19% in Texas, 23% in its metro area	1 of 2
79529Knox City		healthier than 17% · 6% in Texas	2 of 2

Preventive Care13% of the score 76665 leads · 14-point gap
76665Meridian		healthier than 26% · 70% in Texas, 50% in its metro area	1 of 2
79529Knox City		healthier than 12% · 42% in Texas	2 of 2

Environmental Hazard14% of the score 79529 leads · 11-point gap
79529Knox City		healthier than 97% · 97% in Texas	1 of 2
76665Meridian		healthier than 86% · 77% in Texas, 77% in its metro area	2 of 2

Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the score 76665 leads · 10-point gap
76665Meridian		healthier than 12% · 64% in Texas, 82% in its metro area	1 of 2
79529Knox CityPartial		healthier than 2% · 5% in Texas	2 of 2

Mental Health8% of the score 79529 leads · 3-point gap
79529Knox City		healthier than 51% · 52% in Texas	1 of 2
76665Meridian		healthier than 48% · 48% in Texas, 64% in its metro area	2 of 2

Healthcare Access5% of the score 76665 leads · 2-point gap
76665Meridian		healthier than 5% · 4% in Texas, 0% in its metro area	1 of 2
79529Knox City		healthier than 3% · 1% in Texas	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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Meridian vs. Knox City

Meridian 76665 · TXLEADS44.90

Knox City 79529 · TX36.76

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

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