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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.

Comparing86326Cottonwood, AZ88007Las Cruces, NM2–5 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	Cottonwood86326 · AZ	Las Cruces88007 · NM
ZipVitals ScoreComposite of 9 scoring domains	50.42	51.61 Leads
National rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#15,662of 32,066 US ZIPs	#13,976of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#198of 394 AZ ZIPs	#103of 337 NM ZIPs
Metro rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#19of 27 ZIPs in its metro area	#6of 23 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	Cottonwood86326 · AZ	Las Cruces88007 · NM
ZipVitals Score	50.42	51.61 Leads
National rank	#15,662of 32,066 US ZIPs	#13,976of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rank	#198of 394 AZ ZIPs	#103of 337 NM ZIPs
Metro rank	#19of 27 ZIPs in its metro area	#6of 23 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 — 86326: Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ · 88007: Las Cruces, NM.

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 86326 leads · 33-point gap
86326Cottonwood		healthier than 69% · 63% in Arizona, 62% in its metro area	1 of 2
88007Las Cruces		healthier than 36% · 66% in New Mexico, 81% in its metro area	2 of 2

Chronic Disease Burden21% of the score 88007 leads · 30-point gap
88007Las Cruces		healthier than 67% · 73% in New Mexico, 62% in its metro area	1 of 2
86326Cottonwood		healthier than 37% · 45% in Arizona, 77% in its metro area	2 of 2

Environmental Hazard14% of the score 86326 leads · 17-point gap
86326Cottonwood		healthier than 45% · 25% in Arizona, 4% in its metro area	1 of 2
88007Las Cruces		healthier than 28% · 8% in New Mexico, 10% in its metro area	2 of 2

Healthcare Access5% of the score 86326 leads · 7-point gap
86326Cottonwood		in the top 0.00% · 100% in Arizona, 100% in its metro area	1 of 2
88007Las Cruces		healthier than 93% · 93% in New Mexico, 95% in its metro area	2 of 2

Preventive Care13% of the score 86326 leads · 4-point gap
86326Cottonwood		healthier than 16% · 51% in Arizona, 31% in its metro area	1 of 2
88007Las Cruces		healthier than 12% · 60% in New Mexico, 90% in its metro area	2 of 2

Risk Behavior11% of the score 88007 leads · 4-point gap
88007Las Cruces		healthier than 84% · 66% in New Mexico, 90% in its metro area	1 of 2
86326Cottonwood		healthier than 80% · 59% in Arizona, 46% in its metro area	2 of 2

Mental Health8% of the score 86326 leads · 3-point gap
86326Cottonwood		healthier than 82% · 57% in Arizona, 46% in its metro area	1 of 2
88007Las Cruces		healthier than 79% · 70% in New Mexico, 81% in its metro area	2 of 2

Disability7% of the score 88007 leads · 2-point gap
88007Las Cruces		healthier than 33% · 68% in New Mexico, 71% in its metro area	1 of 2
86326Cottonwood		healthier than 31% · 43% in Arizona, 38% in its metro area	2 of 2

Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the scoretied — no single leader
86326Cottonwood		healthier than 34% · 63% in Arizona, 0% in its metro area	=1 of 2
88007Las Cruces		healthier than 34% · 12% in New Mexico, 38% 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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Las Cruces vs. Cottonwood

Las Cruces 88007 · NMLEADS51.61

Cottonwood 86326 · AZ50.42

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

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