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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.

Comparing80487Steamboat Springs, CO92078San Marcos, CA2–5 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	Steamboat Springs80487 · CO	San Marcos92078 · CA
ZipVitals ScoreComposite of 9 scoring domains	64.83 Leads	63.69
National rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#2,069of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads	#2,620of 32,066 US ZIPs
State rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#69of 502 CO ZIPs	#325of 1,719 CA ZIPs
Metro rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	Not in a metro area	#35of 106 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	Steamboat Springs80487 · CO	San Marcos92078 · CA
ZipVitals Score	64.83 Leads	63.69
National rank	#2,069of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads	#2,620of 32,066 US ZIPs
State rank	#69of 502 CO ZIPs	#325of 1,719 CA ZIPs
Metro rank	Not in a metro area	#35of 106 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 — 80487: not in a metro area · 92078: San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA.

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

Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the score 80487 leads · 11-point gap
80487Steamboat Springs		healthier than 99% · 79% in Colorado	1 of 2
92078San Marcos		healthier than 88% · 74% in California, 65% in its metro area	2 of 2

Environmental Hazard14% of the score 80487 leads · 10-point gap
80487Steamboat Springs		healthier than 64% · 59% in Colorado	1 of 2
92078San Marcos		healthier than 54% · 76% in California, 44% in its metro area	2 of 2

Preventive Care13% of the score 92078 leads · 9-point gap
92078San Marcos		healthier than 43% · 64% in California, 63% in its metro area	1 of 2
80487Steamboat Springs		healthier than 34% · 66% in Colorado	2 of 2

Disability7% of the score 80487 leads · 9-point gap
80487Steamboat Springs		healthier than 90% · 77% in Colorado	1 of 2
92078San Marcos		healthier than 81% · 76% in California, 61% in its metro area	2 of 2

Risk Behavior11% of the score 80487 leads · 3-point gap
80487Steamboat Springs		healthier than 93% · 77% in Colorado	1 of 2
92078San Marcos		healthier than 90% · 79% in California, 75% in its metro area	2 of 2

Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 80487 leads · 2-point gap
80487Steamboat Springs		healthier than 91% · 84% in Colorado	1 of 2
92078San Marcos		healthier than 89% · 83% in California, 82% in its metro area	2 of 2

Chronic Disease Burden21% of the score 92078 leads · 1-point gap
92078San Marcos		healthier than 92% · 74% in California, 57% in its metro area	1 of 2
80487Steamboat Springs		healthier than 91% · 70% in Colorado	2 of 2

Mental Health8% of the scoretied — no single leader
80487Steamboat Springs		healthier than 70% · 70% in Colorado	=1 of 2
92078San Marcos		healthier than 70% · 65% in California, 66% in its metro area	=1 of 2

Healthcare Access5% of the scoretied — no single leader
80487Steamboat Springs		in the top 0.00% · 100% in Colorado	=1 of 2
92078San Marcos		in the top 0.00% · 100% in California, 100% 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. 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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Steamboat Springs vs. San Marcos

Steamboat Springs 80487 · COLEADS64.83

San Marcos 92078 · CA63.69

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

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