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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.

Comparing81612Aspen, CO81242Poncha Springs, CO2–5 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	Aspen81612 · CO	Poncha Springs81242 · CO
ZipVitals ScoreComposite of 9 scoring domains	65.21 Leads	64.85
National rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#1,917of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads	#2,061of 32,066 US ZIPs
State rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#61of 502 CO ZIPs	#68of 502 CO ZIPs
Metro rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	Not in a metro area	Not in a 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	Aspen81612 · CO	Poncha Springs81242 · CO
ZipVitals Score	65.21 Leads	64.85
National rank	#1,917of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads	#2,061of 32,066 US ZIPs
State rank	#61of 502 CO ZIPs	#68of 502 CO ZIPs
Metro rank	Not in a metro area	Not in a metro area

ZipVitals Score — Composite of 9 scoring domainsNational rank, State rank and Metro rank — Among ZIPs with a computed score

Metro areas — 81612: not in a metro area · 81242: not in a metro area.

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

Mental Health8% of the score 81242 leads · 14-point gap
81242Poncha Springs		healthier than 81% · 86% in Colorado	1 of 2
81612Aspen		healthier than 67% · 64% in Colorado	2 of 2

Preventive Care13% of the score 81242 leads · 11-point gap
81242Poncha Springs		healthier than 51% · 79% in Colorado	1 of 2
81612Aspen		healthier than 40% · 72% in Colorado	2 of 2

Environmental Hazard14% of the score 81612 leads · 6-point gap
81612Aspen		in the top 0.4% · 99% in Colorado	1 of 2
81242Poncha Springs		healthier than 94% · 89% in Colorado	2 of 2

Chronic Disease Burden21% of the score 81612 leads · 2-point gap
81612Aspen		healthier than 81% · 51% in Colorado	1 of 2
81242Poncha Springs		healthier than 79% · 47% in Colorado	2 of 2

Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the score 81612 leads · 2-point gap
81612Aspen		in the top 0.8% · 85% in Colorado	1 of 2
81242Poncha Springs		healthier than 97% · 69% in Colorado	2 of 2

Risk Behavior11% of the score 81242 leads · 1-point gap
81242Poncha Springs		healthier than 96% · 85% in Colorado	1 of 2
81612Aspen		healthier than 95% · 84% in Colorado	2 of 2

Disability7% of the score 81612 leads · 1-point gap
81612Aspen		healthier than 85% · 65% in Colorado	1 of 2
81242Poncha Springs		healthier than 84% · 63% in Colorado	2 of 2

Healthcare Access5% of the score 81242 leads · 1-point gap
81242Poncha Springs		healthier than 5% · 8% in Colorado	1 of 2
81612Aspen		healthier than 4% · 6% in Colorado	2 of 2

Social Need / SDOH16% of the scoretied — no single leader
81612AspenPartial		in the top 0.2% · 100% in Colorado	=1 of 2
81242Poncha Springs		in the top 0.3% · 100% in Colorado	=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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Aspen vs. Poncha Springs

Aspen 81612 · COLEADS65.21

Poncha Springs 81242 · CO64.85

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

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