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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.

Comparing88230Dexter, NM99694Houston, AK2–5 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	Dexter88230 · NM	Houston99694 · AK
ZipVitals ScoreComposite of 9 scoring domains	37.35	39.18 Leads
National rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#28,370of 32,066 US ZIPs	#27,276of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#276of 337 NM ZIPs	#100of 211 AK ZIPs
Metro rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	Not in a metro area	#27of 27 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	Dexter88230 · NM	Houston99694 · AK
ZipVitals Score	37.35	39.18 Leads
National rank	#28,370of 32,066 US ZIPs	#27,276of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads
State rank	#276of 337 NM ZIPs	#100of 211 AK ZIPs
Metro rank	Not in a metro area	#27of 27 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 — 88230: not in a metro area · 99694: Anchorage, AK.

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

Chronic Disease Burden21% of the score 88230 leads · 19-point gap
88230Dexter		healthier than 50% · 50% in New Mexico	1 of 2
99694Houston		healthier than 31% · no comparison group in Alaska, no metro comparison group	2 of 2

Disability7% of the score 99694 leads · 14-point gap
99694Houston		healthier than 23% · no comparison group in Alaska, no metro comparison group	1 of 2
88230Dexter		healthier than 9% · 28% in New Mexico	2 of 2

Healthcare Access5% of the score 88230 leads · 11-point gap
88230Dexter		healthier than 39% · 60% in New Mexico	1 of 2
99694Houston		healthier than 28% · no comparison group in Alaska, no metro comparison group	2 of 2

Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the score 99694 leads · 10-point gap
99694HoustonPartial		healthier than 29% · no comparison group in Alaska, no metro comparison group	1 of 2
88230Dexter		healthier than 19% · 3% in New Mexico	2 of 2

Risk Behavior11% of the score 88230 leads · 8-point gap
88230Dexter		healthier than 26% · 17% in New Mexico	1 of 2
99694Houston		healthier than 18% · no comparison group in Alaska, no metro comparison group	2 of 2

Environmental Hazard14% of the score 99694 leads · 6-point gap
99694HoustonPartial		healthier than 98% · no comparison group in Alaska, no metro comparison group	1 of 2
88230Dexter		healthier than 92% · 54% in New Mexico	2 of 2

Mental Health8% of the score 99694 leads · 5-point gap
99694Houston		healthier than 38% · no comparison group in Alaska, no metro comparison group	1 of 2
88230Dexter		healthier than 33% · 26% in New Mexico	2 of 2

Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 99694 leads · 3-point gap
99694Houston		healthier than 7% · no comparison group in Alaska, no metro comparison group	1 of 2
88230Dexter		healthier than 4% · 20% in New Mexico	2 of 2

Preventive Care13% of the score 99694 leads · 1-point gap
99694Houston		healthier than 3% · no comparison group in Alaska, no metro comparison group	1 of 2
88230Dexter		healthier than 2% · 13% in New Mexico	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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Houston vs. Dexter

Houston 99694 · AKLEADS39.18

Dexter 88230 · NM37.35

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

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