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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.

Comparing87044Ponderosa, NM93452San Simeon, 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	Ponderosa87044 · NM	San Simeon93452 · CA
ZipVitals ScoreComposite of 9 scoring domains	56.22	61.11 Leads
National rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#8,040of 32,066 US ZIPs	#4,051of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#45of 337 NM ZIPs	#452of 1,719 CA ZIPs
Metro rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#17of 51 ZIPs in its metro area	#9of 21 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	Ponderosa87044 · NM	San Simeon93452 · CA
ZipVitals Score	56.22	61.11 Leads
National rank	#8,040of 32,066 US ZIPs	#4,051of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rank	#45of 337 NM ZIPs	#452of 1,719 CA ZIPs
Metro rank	#17of 51 ZIPs in its metro area	#9of 21 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 — 87044: Albuquerque, NM · 93452: San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, 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

Disability7% of the score 93452 leads · 18-point gap
93452San Simeon		healthier than 70% · 65% in California, 63% in its metro area	1 of 2
87044Ponderosa		healthier than 52% · 83% in New Mexico, 56% in its metro area	2 of 2

Chronic Disease Burden21% of the score 93452 leads · 12-point gap
93452San Simeon		healthier than 86% · 59% in California, 76% in its metro area	1 of 2
87044Ponderosa		healthier than 74% · 83% in New Mexico, 72% in its metro area	2 of 2

Preventive Care13% of the score 93452 leads · 12-point gap
93452San Simeon		healthier than 27% · 49% in California, 23% in its metro area	1 of 2
87044Ponderosa		healthier than 15% · 65% in New Mexico, 58% in its metro area	2 of 2

Mental Health8% of the score 93452 leads · 12-point gap
93452San Simeon		healthier than 85% · 86% in California, 96% in its metro area	1 of 2
87044Ponderosa		healthier than 73% · 62% in New Mexico, 79% in its metro area	2 of 2

Environmental Hazard14% of the score 87044 leads · 9-point gap
87044Ponderosa		healthier than 95% · 60% in New Mexico, 86% in its metro area	1 of 2
93452San Simeon		healthier than 86% · 90% in California, 88% in its metro area	2 of 2

Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 93452 leads · 6-point gap
93452San Simeon		healthier than 66% · 61% in California, 31% in its metro area	1 of 2
87044Ponderosa		healthier than 60% · 82% in New Mexico, 58% in its metro area	2 of 2

Risk Behavior11% of the score 93452 leads · 6-point gap
93452San Simeon		healthier than 87% · 73% in California, 42% in its metro area	1 of 2
87044Ponderosa		healthier than 81% · 62% in New Mexico, 49% in its metro area	2 of 2

Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the score 93452 leads · 2-point gap
93452San SimeonPartial		in the top 0.00% · 100% in California, 100% in its metro area	1 of 2
87044Ponderosa		healthier than 98% · 82% in New Mexico, 95% in its metro area	2 of 2

Healthcare Access5% of the score 87044 leads · 2-point gap
87044Ponderosa		healthier than 16% · 30% in New Mexico, 16% in its metro area	1 of 2
93452San Simeon		healthier than 14% · 9% in California, 4% in its metro area	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. 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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San Simeon vs. Ponderosa

San Simeon 93452 · CALEADS61.11

Ponderosa 87044 · NM56.22

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

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